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Mass murderer George Banks, spared from death penalty, dies in prison 43 years after rampage
George Banks killed 13 people, including five of his children, during a 1982 shooting spree and died at 83 from kidney cancer in a Pennsylvania prison.
- George Banks, 83, died in prison on Sunday from kidney cancer complications after serving 43 years for a 1982 rampage in Wilkes-Barre where he killed 13 people, including his own children.
- Banks was convicted of 12 counts of first-degree murder and one count of third-degree murder after using an AR-15 rifle to kill five of his children, aged 1 to 6, four of their mothers, and four other victims.
- After killing his family at home, Banks fatally shot a teenager and injured another before killing three more people at a trailer park and surrendering to police after a standoff.
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In one of the worst massacres of that time, George Banks shot 13 people in Pennsylvania in the early 1980s. Among them are several children of the perpetrator. After decades in prison, the murderer has now died.
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