Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerome Thornton speaks June 20 about his experience during the memorial observance of an active-shooter incident at Fairchild Air Force Base that occurred June 20, 1994.
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE - Base leaders and community members gathered June 20 to honor the victims of a tragic shooting that occurred 30 years ago.
The memorial observance remembered the lives lost and those affected by the deadliest mass shooting in Spokane County history.
On June 20, 1994, Dean A. Mellberg, a 20-year-old former airman, entered the Fairchild Air Force Base hospital annex armed with a MAK-90 assault rifle. His attack began with the fatal shooting of Major Thomas E. Brigham, a psychiatrist, and Capt. Alan W. London, a psychologist, who had both recommended his discharge from t...
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