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On December 30, 1974, 25-year-old Carmen Wright Drayton was fatally shot while driving near Olean High School in Olean, New York. Drayton was pregnant when a bullet pierced the car she occupied; her death was one of three fatalities in a larger rampage that also killed two men, Earl Metcalf, a 62-year-old school custodian, and 58-year-old Neal Pilon.

The attacker was 17-year-old Anthony F. Barbaro, described as an honor student and marksman on the school rifle team. During the Christmas break Barbaro entered the otherwise deserted high school, went to the third floor and began firing down into areas below. He also set off a fire alarm; eight firefighters among the eleven wounded responded and were injured in the shooting. Barbaro was captured after a standoff and charged with multiple counts including second-degree murder, first-degree assault and first-degree reckless endangerment. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, and on November 1, 1975 he was found hanged in his jail cell.

Are there readers who remember Olean in 1974 or who can add context about the victims and the community impact?