Ali Hassan Abu Kamal

 

 

 

Age: 69

 

Summary: Palestinian retired schoolteacher and spree shooter who had reportedly opened fire on the 86th floor at the observation deck of New York City's Empire State Building during an apparent politically-motivated shooting rampage that killed a Danish tourist and critically wounded six others in a premeditated attack as he had sought revenge against the American, the British, and the French government for supporting Israel.

 

 

Cause of Death: Suicide by self-inflicted gunshot wound

 

Born: September 19, 1927

 

Died: February 23, 1997

 

Location: New York City, New York