John Salvi

John Salvi

John C. Salvi III (March 2, 1972 – November 29, 1996) was an abortion opponent who carried out fatal shootings at two Planned Parenthood reproductive health clinics in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 30, 1994. These were the subject of intense media coverage. He was convicted, and later died in 1996 of an apparent suicide.

Read more about John Salvi:  Planned Parenthood Shootings, Trial, Death

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