Starburst Lounge shooting
| 1980 El Paso shooting | |
|---|---|
  El Paso El Paso (Texas)  El Paso El Paso (the United States) | |
| Location | 5030 Fairbanks Drive, El Paso, Texas, United States |
| Coordinates | 31°45′33″N 106°29′19″W / 31.75917°N 106.48861°W |
| Date | February 3, 1980 ~1:45 a.m. (MDT) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, Mass murder |
| Weapons | .22-caliber Marlin Model 60 semi-automatic rifle[1] |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 3 |
| Motive | Thrill killing |
On February 3, 1980, a mass shooting occurred at the Starburst Lounge bar in El Paso, Texas. 21-year-old Barry Chvarak, armed with a .22-caliber Marlin Model 60 semi-automatic rifle,[1] killed five and injured three others before being arrested. Chvarak was later sentenced to five consecutive life sentences.[2][3]
It was the deadliest mass shooting in El Paso County until the 2019 El Paso shooting.[4]
See also
- 2019 El Paso shooting
- 1984 Dallas nightclub shooting
- List of massacres in the United States
- List of mass shootings in the United States
- List of shootings in Texas
References
- ^ a b "A Story of Mass Violence". kxan.com.
- ^ "Starburst Lounge mass shooting killed five in 1987 in El Paso bar". El Paso Times. February 11, 2020.
- ^ "1980 Northeast El Paso shooting stands as one of Texas' first mass murders". ktsm.com. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ "Two mass shootings in one Texas town, decades apart". everythinglubbock.com. Retrieved November 18, 2019.