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The 1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings was a spree shooting which occurred in the United States on September 25, 1982, carried out by George Emil Banks, a former Camp Hill prison guard. Banks fatally shot 13 people in Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township , Pennsylvania.
Sep 24, 2017 · George Banks killed 13 people, including five of his own children, in a shooting spree in 1982. He was convicted and sentenced to death, but his execution was blocked due to his delusional belief that he was innocent.
Sep 23, 2022 · A former prison guard killed 13 family members in Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township in 1982. The web page recounts the events, the investigation, and the trial of George Banks, who is still in prison.
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George Banks, more commonly known as "Mr. Banks", is the former secondary antagonist in the 1964 film Mary Poppins. He is similar in character to George Darling from Peter Pan, and was inspired by P.L. Travers' own father, himself a strict, no-nonsense banker and was inspired by Walt Disney's...
Sep 25, 2022 · George Banks killed 13 people in Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township in 1982, mostly his own children. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death, but the sentence was overturned and he is still in jail at 80.
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Sep 25, 2022 · George Banks slaughtered 13 people, including five of his children, that day in Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Twp. It was the second-deadliest mass shooting in United States history at the time....
Sep 25, 2022 · George Banks shot and killed 13 people, mostly his own children, in Luzerne County in a rampage that lasted hours. He was sentenced to death, but later ruled mentally ill and remains in prison.
