Lawrence Moore
Mass murderer
4known / alleged victims
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Case Facts
- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
- Date of birth
- 1961
- Age at first offence
- 20
- Characteristics
- shooting spree
- Victim profile
- Men and women
- Method of murder
- Shooting
- Date(s) of murder
- May 8, 1981
- Years active
- 1981
- Date of arrest
- Same day
- Status
-
Sentenced to death
Sentenced to death; on 8 May 1981 Lawrence Moore, 20 years old with a brain defect, burst into the Oregon Museum Tavern and began shooting.
Case Summary
Background
Lawrence Moore was 20 years old and had a brain defect.
The offence
On 8 May 1981, Lawrence Moore burst into the Oregon Museum Tavern and began shooting. Within seconds, four people lay dead and 19 others were wounded.
Trial
During the trial of another lethal Oregonian serial killer, Randy Woodfield, defense attorneys tried to lay the blame of Randy Woodfield's killings on the mentally defective Moore. Moore did not become Woodfield's escape.
Outcome
Lawrence Moore was sentenced to death.
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