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Patrick Sherrill
Patrick Henry Sherrill was a US Postal Service employee who, on August 20, 1986 in Edmond, Oklahoma, shot and killed 14 employees at his work place before turning one of his several guns on himself and committing suicide. Six other employees were wounded.
The incident is credited with inspiring the American phrase "going postal" which is now applied to any form of violence that occurrs at a workplace.
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