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Perpetrator. Colin Ferguson. Motive. Racism against white people. Convicted. February 17, 1995. Charges. 6 counts of murder, 19 counts of attempted murder. On December 7, 1993, a mass shooting occurred aboard a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train in Garden City Park, New York, United States.
- December 7, 1993 (EST)
- Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) commuters
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Colin Ferguson was a Jamaican-born man who shot and killed six people on a Long Island Rail commuter train in 1993, and was sentenced to 200 years in prison. He claimed that he was the victim of a racist conspiracy and that someone else had taken his gun and shot the people, but the court found him guilty and convicted him.
Dec 7, 2023 · A man from Brooklyn named Colin Ferguson opened fire inside the commuter train to Hicksville on December 7, 1993. Six passengers were killed and 19 others were hurt. Ferguson is serving a...
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Dec 8, 2023 · Local News. Remembering the Long Island Rail Road massacre 30 years later. By Carolyn Gusoff. Updated on: December 7, 2023 / 8:42 PM EST / CBS New York. GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- Thirty years ago, a...
- CBS News New York
- Carolyn Gusoff
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Dec 7, 2023 · Ferguson was found guilty of six counts of murder and 19 counts of attempted murder. Ferguson was sentenced to a total of 315 years in prison. Mineola, N.Y.: Accused Long Island Rail Road...
Dec 21, 1997 · On December 7, 1993, Colin Ferguson marched up the aisle of a crowded, evening rush-hour Long Island Railroad car, shooting the passengers as the train pulled into the Merillion Avenue station. When he was finished, six were dead and 19 were injured.
Dec 9, 1993 · The suspect was identified as Colin Ferguson, 35, a black Brooklyn resident who emigrated from Jamaica in 1982, made the dean's list at Adelphi University in Garden City, L.I., and later worked...
