On December 18, 1997 a mass shooting took place at the California Department of Transportation Batavia Street maintenance yard in Orange, California. The attack began in the mid-afternoon; the initial dispatch came at about 3 p.m. The assailant fired an AK-47–type 7.62mm rifle inside the yard, fatally wounding four Caltrans employees, including Paul White, a 40-year-old man from Orange.

The other victims were Hal Bruce Bierlein, 51; Michael Kelley, 49; and Wayne Bowers, 43. The shooter fled in a vehicle but was intercepted minutes later; officers engaged him in a gun battle and he was shot and killed at the scene. Because the gunman died, there were no arrests or prosecutions related to Paul White’s killing.

If anyone knew Paul White, worked at the Batavia Street yard, or has memories of that afternoon, please share information that might help remember him and the others.