(Howard Unruh in 1989) |
by KYW's David Madden
Six decades after he killed 13 people in a shooting rampage in Camden, NJ, mass murderer Howard Unruh (above and right) passed away Monday in a New Jersey prison hospital, having never stood trial for his crime.
Walking along River Road in the Cramer Hill section of Camden on September 6th, 1949, Unruh -- a World War II veteran -- took out anyone who got in his way that day, and only stopped shooting when he ran out of ammunition.
Ron Dale was eight years old at the time and getting a haircut when the rampage began. Dale recalls that the courts consistently found Unruh mentally unfit to be tried for the carnage:
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