Posted in Oklahoma
February 27, 2018
The Deadly History Of This Oklahoma Post Office Is Terrifying But True
Just over a year ago, Oklahomans commemorated the 30th anniversary of the horrific Edmond post office shooting that occurred on August 20, 1986. It was, at that time, the state’s largest and the nation’s third-largest mass murder committed by a single individual in a single incident.
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Sherrill was a disgruntled postal worker who had received multiple complaints from his managers in the weeks leading up to the incident. He claimed he was being mistreated and quoted to his Union worker, "I gotta get out of here." But instead of quitting his job, he showed up to work with a different agenda.
He sought out specific co-workers and managers and gunned them down. He bolted the doors closed and walked to different stations shooting as many people as he could.
The Edmond SWAT team finally made their way into the building, only to find multiple deaths, including Sherrill.
At the time, it was the third worst mass murder in U.S. history.
The Yellow Ribbon Memorial is a bronze statue of a man and a woman standing atop the fountain's center base and holding the ribbon of the bow attached to the base. The fountain also has 14 jets in memory of each life lost that day.
The memorial was built by sculptor Richard Muno and still stands today outside the downtown Edmond post office.
Watch the video below as a mail carrier relives the Edmond post office massacre 30 years later:
Our hearts go out to everyone that was affected by this horrible tragedy. If you visit the memorial outside the Edmond post office and need a place to eat while in town, check out this great sandwich shop that was named one of the best in the country.
