He Hunted Strangers With a Sniper Rifle to Start a Race War
Liberty Park Sniper: The Hunt for Joseph Paul Franklin | The FBI Files
It was a warm summer evening in Salt Lake City. Ted Fields, 20, and David Martin, 18, were jogging through Liberty Park with two white girlfriends. They were young. They were happy. They had no idea that a man with a high-powered rifle was watching them from a vacant lot across the street, hidden behind a hill, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
The shots rang out at 10:30 PM on August 20, 1980. Seven rounds from a .30-06 rifle tore through the night. Fields and Martin were struck multiple times. They died in the…
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