Eaton Township Weis Markets shooting

Coordinates: 41°31′45″N 75°56′51″W / 41.5291°N 75.9474°W / 41.5291; -75.9474
From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Randy Stair)
Eaton Township Weis Markets shooting
Eaton Township Weis Markets shooting is located in Pennsylvania
Eaton Township Weis Markets shooting
Location within PA / United States
Eaton Township Weis Markets shooting is located in the United States
Eaton Township Weis Markets shooting
Eaton Township Weis Markets shooting (the United States)
LocationEaton Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates41°31′45″N 75°56′51″W / 41.5291°N 75.9474°W / 41.5291; -75.9474
DateJune 8, 2017
12:57 a.m. – 1:01 a.m. (EDT)
TargetEmployees at Weis Markets
Attack type
Mass murder, murder-suicide, workplace violence
WeaponsTwo pistol gripped Mossberg 500 pump-action shotguns
Deaths4 (including the perpetrator)
PerpetratorRandy Stair

In the morning of June 8, 2017, employees at a Weis Market supermarket in Eaton Township, Pennsylvania were stocking and closing the store for the night. Shortly before 1:00 a.m., 24-year-old Randy Stair barricaded the exits of the store and started to shoot and kill three of his co-workers before shooting himself.

Victims[change | change source]

Responses[change | change source]

After the shooting, Stairs' parents Robert Stair and Lori Anne Stair offered their condolences towards the victims' families, Stair's father commented.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. We are so sorry for all the pain and loss of life this has caused everyone involved.


References[change | change source]

  1. "Four dead in shooting in Pennsylvania supermarket". Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  2. Berkeley, Tapinto (June 12, 2017). "A GoFundMe Campaign is Accepting Donations for Family of Brian Hayes, Killed in the Grocery Store Massacre". TAPinto. Retrieved July 21, 2017.