1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings - Wikipedia
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 …
Mass murderer George Banks, spared from death penalty, dies in …
Nov 4, 2025 · Banks had been in prison since 1982 after shooting 14 people, and killing 13, including his own children, during a rampage in Wilkes-Barre. At time, it was considered one of the worst mass...
Mass murderer George Banks dies at 83 in Pennsylvania prison | AP …
Banks had been in prison since 1982 after shooting 14 people, and killing 13, including his own children, during a rampage in Wilkes-Barre. At time, it was considered one of the worst mass murders in …
Convicted mass killer George Banks dies in prison at 83 - MSN
George Emil Banks, whose 1982 shooting rampage in the Wilkes-Barre area remains one of the most infamous mass murders in Pennsylvania history, has died in prison at the age of 83.
George Banks, who murdered 13 in PA, has died
Nov 3, 2025 · Infamous mass murderer George Banks, who slaughtered 13 people including five of his own children, has died in state prison at the age of 83, according to the Pennsylvania Department of...
Man who killed 13, including his 5 children, dies in Pa. prison
Nov 4, 2025 · George Banks died at State Correctional Institution - Phoenix on Sunday at the age of 83. In 1982, Banks shot 14 people, killing 13, during a rampage in Wilkes-Barre.
George Banks, Convicted Mass Murderer, Dies at 83
Nov 3, 2025 · He fatally shot 13 people in Pennsylvania in September 1982 in what was then one of the nation’s worst mass shootings. Five of the victims were his own children.
THE TRUE STORY OF GEORGE EMIL BANKS - Crime Library
George Emil Banks was born on June 22, 1942. Born and raised in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of a white woman and a black man. Banks parents never married and the racial mix seemed to torment …
40 years ago, George Banks became the first spree killer in Pa. to use ...
Sep 25, 2022 · In 1961, not long after Banks was discharged from the Army, he committed his first serious violent crime — the shooting of an unarmed tavern-keeper during a robbery in 1961.
Beyond the Breaking Point: The Tale of George Emil Banks and the …
Nov 24, 2024 · On the morning of September 25, 1982, 40-year-old George Emil Banks roamed his Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, neighborhood on a mission of destruction. On that fateful morning, with …