In honor of the Hispanic community in the US for Hispanic Heritage Month, this week we will be discussing the 1984 San Ysidro McDonald's mass shooting and the tragic story of innocent lives taken.

Mass shootings were not unheard of in 1984, but they were far from common.  Most incidents with multiple deaths with three or more victims were usually the result of family killings, street gang activity, organized crime wars, or in connection with a crime like robbery.  What happened at a San Ysidro, California McDonalds on July 18 of 1984 was something very different—the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history at that time.