Key Personnel massacre
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The '''Key Personnel massacre''' is a [[misandry|misandristic]] [[mass shooting]] that occurred inside the multi-business Heritage Building in [[Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey]] on June 21, 1972.{{Cite web |date=21 June 2021 |title=This day in New Jersey history: Shooting spree in Cherry Hill|url=https://nj1015.com/this-day-in-new-jersey-history-shooting-spree-in-cherry-hill/|access-date=2026-04-18 |website=[[WKXW]]|language=en-US}} The perpetrator, 33-year-old Edwin James Grace Jr., entered the building armed with two sawed-off rifles and shot 12 men inside the business building after failing to apply for an application with Key Personnel Incorporated, killing six men and injuring six other men, including the company's president.{{Cite web |date=9 January 2019 |title=The most infamous event ever in each of N.J.'s 21 counties|url=https://www.nj.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/01/78355f96074044/the-most-infamous-event-ever-i.html|access-date=2026-04-18 |website=New Jersey|language=en-US}} |
The '''Key Personnel massacre''' is a [[misandry|misandristic]] [[mass shooting]] that occurred inside the multi-business Heritage Building in [[Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey]] on June 21, 1972.{{Cite web |date=21 June 2021 |title=This day in New Jersey history: Shooting spree in Cherry Hill|url=https://nj1015.com/this-day-in-new-jersey-history-shooting-spree-in-cherry-hill/|access-date=2026-04-18 |website=[[WKXW]]|language=en-US}} The perpetrator, 33-year-old Edwin James Grace Jr., entered the building armed with two sawed-off rifles and shot 12 men inside the business building after failing to apply for an application with Key Personnel Incorporated, killing six men and injuring six other men, including the company's president.{{Cite web |date=9 January 2019 |title=The most infamous event ever in each of N.J.'s 21 counties|url=https://www.nj.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/01/78355f96074044/the-most-infamous-event-ever-i.html|access-date=2026-04-18 |website=New Jersey|language=en-US}} |
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Grace attempted to take his own life after the shooting and died after shooting himself elsewhere in the body hours after arriving at Cherry Hill Medical Center. The massacre itself, known as "12 Minutes of Chaos", was marked one of the worst mass shootings in New Jersey's history. The shooting also marked one of the deadliest [[androcide]]s in modern American history, as Philadelphia outlets confirmed that he |
Grace attempted to take his own life after the shooting and died after shooting himself elsewhere in the body hours after arriving at Cherry Hill Medical Center. The massacre itself, known as "12 Minutes of Chaos", was marked one of the worst mass shootings in New Jersey's history. The shooting also marked one of the deadliest [[androcide]]s in modern American history, as Philadelphia outlets confirmed that he killed men only as his target.{{Cite web |date=9 July 1972 |title=Slayer of 6 in Cherry Hill Dies; 2 of 6 Wounded Still in Hospital|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/09/archives/slayer-of-6-in-cherry-hill-dies-2-of-6-wounded-still-in-hospital.html|access-date=2026-04-18 |website=[[New York Times]]|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=25 June 1972 |title=The Nation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/06/25/archives/a-quiet-man-on-a-rampage-crime.html|access-date=2026-04-18 |website=New York Times|language=en-US}} |
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