1991 Sacramento hostage crisis
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On April 4, 1991, 41 employees and customers were taken hostage by four gunmen and held at a Good Guys! electronics store at the corner of 65th Street and Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento, California, near the Florin Mall (now Florin Town Centre) for approximately eight hours. Near the end of the hostage crisis, six were killed: three hostages and three of the four hostage-takers. The fourth hostage-taker was captured by authorities, and an additional 14 hostages were injured during the crisis. To this day, the hostage crisis remains the largest hostage rescue operation in US history, with over 40 hostages having been held at gunpoint.[1]
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1991 Sacramento hostage crisis | |
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Location | Sacramento County, California, U.S. |
Date | April 4, 1991; 33 years ago (1991-04-04) 2:00 p.m. ā 10:00 p.m. |
Attack type | Hostage-taking, siege, mass shooting |
Weapons | Three pistols; shotgun |
Deaths | 6 (including 3 suspects) |
Injured | 14 (11 by gunfire) |
Perpetrators | Loi Khac Nguyen, Pham Khac Nguyen, Long Khac Nguyen, and Cuong Tran |