On July 18, 1984, a lone gunman James Oliver Huberty entered a crowded McDonald’s with a plan: “hunting for humans.” He opened fire on the customers inside the fast-food chain, killing 21 and wounding 19 others.
Upon entering the restaurant with several guns, including a 9mm automatic pistol and a semiautomatic rifle, Huberty demanded everyone get on the floor. He then began shooting the patrons point-blank.
The assailant’s youngest fatal victims was an 8-month-old baby, a 9-year-old little girl, and three 11-year-old boys.
Huberty was killed after an employee managed to escape the restaurant and inform the SWAT team that he was alone and without hostages. Police fired a shot through his chest, fatally wounding him.
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A bloodied victim is led away by police as SWAT officers assist the wounded at a McDonald’s restaurant, July 18, 1984 in San Ysidro, California. (AP Photo)
A San Diego Police Officer escorts a woman away from the scene in San Ysidro. (Daily Mail)
Investigators look for evidence in the parking lot of the McDonald’s restaurant on July 19, 1984. (Credit: VINCE BUCCI/AP)
This photo of Omar Hernandez lying next to his bicycle on July 18, 1984, became a symbol of the devastating San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre. The 11-year-old boy was among 21 people killed by James Oliver Huberty. (File photo / San Diego Union-Tribune)
San Diego Police officers escort out McDonald’s employees after gunman James Oliver Huberty shot and killed 20 people and injured 20 others on July 18, 1984. (Union-Tribune / James Skovmand/ Corbis)
Paramedics rushed to the scene following the news, but were unable to enter until they got the news that Huberty was alone and without hostages. (Credit: LENNY IGNELZI/AP)
Staff screams as they run out of the restaurant in horror. (Daily Mail)
Police officers working at the scene.
A young boy is treated after he was injured in the rampage. (Credit: LENNY IGNELZI/AP)
(Credit: LENNY IGNELZI/AP)
A woman is taken away on a stretcher after she was injured in the shooting that erupted in the McDonald’s just an hour earlier. (Credit: GREG VOJTKO/AP)
Nurse Lorraine Bonaldi listens to the heartbeat of 4-month-old Karlita Felix while she recuperates at Children’s Hospital in San Diego on July 20, 1984. She was in serious, but stable condition as a result of her injuries from the shooting. (Credit: AP)
William Kolender, San Diego’s police chief, speaks at a news conference with Joan Kroc, the widow of McDonald’s CEO Ray Kroc, on the massacre on July 19, 1984. “I hope to God I never see such a thing again,” Kolender said. (Credit: GREG VOJTKO/AP)
Gloria Aquino (r) mourns the death of her sister, Paulina Aquino who was gunned down and killed by Huberty, at a burial service on July 21, 1984. (Credit: JIMMY DORANTES/AP)
Family and friends of those killed in the McDonald’s massacre remember their loved ones during a rosary service at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church on July 20, 1984 in San Ysidro, California. (Credit: REED SAXON/AP)
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