This attack committed by John Neumann on June 5, 2017 at his former place of employment is perhaps one of the most straight-forward revenge / get even type of attack seen to date. On that date, John Robert Neumann, Jr., 45 years old at the time, took a handgun into his former place of employment, killed the man who had been his boss and then also killed four other former coworkers. Without engaging other employees beyond that, he killed himself as deputies were responding to the call of a reported active shooter.
Neumann was an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Army and is reported not to have had a concealed carry permit at the time of the attack. The event received such little notice in the mainstream media that it’s difficult to even find record of what type of firearm he used. He was also alleged to have had a large hunting knife but there’s no indication that he used it in the attack to injure or even threaten anyone.
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The remainder of this article is part of the book "Active Killers and the Crimes They Perpetrated," available in print or ebook via Amazon.
Joshua Borelli
Joshua Borelli has been studying active shooter and mass attack events over the course of the past several years, commensurate with receiving training on response and recovery to natural disasters and civil disturbances. Joshua started to outline this series of articles in an attempt to identify commonalities and logistical needs patterns for response.
