On August 6, 1993, an armed Fort Bragg soldier, Sgt. Kenneth Junior French, aged 22, walked into Luigi’s restaurant, 528 McPherson Church Road, around 10 p.m. in Fayetteville, North Carolina, with two shotguns and a rifle. French began to yell about politics, Bill Clinton, and homosexuality when he opened fire during the drunken killing spree. Four people were killed, and seven others were injured during the attack. Thankfully, Fayetteville Police Lt. Bill Simon crawled through a window and shot French, hitting the suspect in the leg and jaw.
The event is one of the deadliest hate-fueled rampages in the history of North Carolina.
Kenneth Junior French was sentenced to four consecutive life terms for the murders, with a further 35 years imprisonment for the assaults.
Written By John G. Clark Jr.