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Lynwood Crumpler Drake III (October 10, 1949 – November 8, 1992) was an American actor and spree killer who killed six people and wounded one other at two homes in Morro Bay and a card-playing club in Paso Robles, California, United States on November 7, 1992. He then drove to another house in San Miguel, where he took the owner hostage, before committing suicide the next morning.〔(Gunman Kills 6 Then Himself in California ), ''The New York Times'' (November 9, 1992)〕 ==Life== Drake, who was known as "Crazy Jim" by locals, was said to have often related to others that someday he would kill his enemies and himself. The last time he did so was one day before the shootings, but as he was regarded a "nut" nobody took his threats seriously. According to investigators and acquaintances Drake was a man who felt wronged by almost everyone he met. Drake had worked as a bartender, caterer and construction worker, but had also attended acting classes in New York, and had a minor role in the film ''The World According to Garp'',〔(Killer's pose ), ''The Prescott Courier'' (November 12, 1992)〕 though at the time of the shooting he was unemployed and lived off of disability and his girlfriend's welfare. In June 1991 he was arrested for assaulting a day-care worker after his daughter had suffered a cut in a fall. He was sentenced to one year's probation and ordered to complete a mental health program for aggressive people, though there is no indication that he ever did so.〔(Mass murderer was 'nut' who threatened to kill ), ''The Union Democrat'' (November 10, 1992)〕 In May 1992 Drake was evicted from his rental home by his landlord, Andrew Zatko, for not paying his rent for several months, whereupon his common-law wife left him, together with their infant daughter.〔(Gunman kills six, wounds one, before turning gun on self ), ''The Nevada Daily Mail'' (November 10, 1992)〕 In a suicide note later found in his pocket Drake identified himself as Jesse Cole Younger, apparently in allusion to the outlaw and member of the Jesse James gang Cole Younger, and blamed those, who had become his first victims, for the estrangement from his girlfriend and daughter, writing "I Jesse Cole Younger killed 3 men because they took my wife, family and daughter from me." Furthermore, he harshly criticized his parents and sister, holding them responsible for his troubles and stated that "I have been persecuted my whole life by people." Drake ended his note with the words: "They refused to help. Damn the American family to hell. God forgive me."〔(Gunman who killed had often made threats ), ''The Albany Herald'' (November 10, 1992)〕〔(Killer had threatened violence ), ''The Spokesman-Review'' (November 10, 1992)〕〔(Morro Bay changed forever by killings ), ''The Fresno Bee'' (November 10, 1992)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lynwood Drake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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