Wendy's massacre
| Wendy's massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | 40°45′33.07″N 73°49′48.68″W / 40.7591861°N 73.8301889°W Flushing, New York, U.S. |
| Date | May 24, 2000 11:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) |
| Target | Wendy's outlet |
Attack type | |
| Weapon | Bryco-Jennings Model J38 .380 ACP semi-automatic pistol |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrators | Craig Godineaux, John Taylor |
The Wendy's massacre was a mass murder that took place in a Wendy's fast-food restaurant at 40-12 Main Street in Flushing, Queens, New York City, on May 24, 2000. Seven employees were shot in the head and five of them died. The killings were committed by former Wendy's employee John Taylor along with Craig Godineaux, who had planned to rob the restaurant's safe. Taylor was subsequently sentenced to death (later changed to life imprisonment without parole), while Godineaux was sentenced to life in prison without parole. After the shooting, the Wendy's was closed and boarded up until it was eventually reopened as a shopping center. It remains one of the deadliest mass shootings in New York City history.