Monday, September 14, 2020

1969 Pennsylvania Turnpike shooting

On April 5, 1969 Donald Martin Lambright, son of comedian Stepin Fetchit, killed 4, including himself and his wife, and injured 16 while driving and occasionally stopping along the Pennsylvania Turnpike east of Harrisburg, PA. Victims- Traveling in the same car was the Keenan family: -Ignatius Keenan, dead -Ruby Keenan, dead -Paul Keenan, injured Critically injured: -Vincent Saitta, died of his wound after he was in the head at Harrisburg Hospital on May 9, 1969. -George A. Bonsell, injured -Ernest R. Stephens, injured -Kim Stevens, injured -Rose Marie Saitta, injured -Alexander Saitta, injured -Traveling in the same car were the shooter and his wife -Donald Martin Lambright, the shooter, committed suicide Annette Lambright, wife of Donald Martin Lambright, dead Early life and background: Donald Martin Lambright (born Donald Martin Perry; who grew up in New York City and Cleveland was the son of comedian Stepin Fetchit. A child of divorce he took the name of his stepfather, Dr Middleton Hugher Lambright, Jr. (Nov 7, 1908 - June 14, 1999), a thoracic surgeon in Cleveland OH. He studied political science at Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) in Oxford, Pennsylvania, after being discharged from the US Air Force in 1961, after four years of military service and two tours in Vietnam War. Just before the shooting he quit his job at the Ohio state employment office in Cleveland.

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