2000 Wilkinsburg shooting

On March 1, 2000, a racially motivated shooting spree occurred in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, when 39-year-old Ronald Taylor, a black man, shot and killed three white men and wounded two others within an eight block radius, primarily at local Burger King and McDonald's restaurants. Hours later, Taylor surrendered to police and was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death the following year. He was incarcerated at SCI Phoenix in eastern Pennsylvania until his death in 2024.