Marty Wakefield, 57, was one of four people killed in a workplace shooting at the C. Edwin Piper Technical Center in Los Angeles on July 19, 1995. The shooter, city electrician Willie Woods, reportedly confronted supervisors that morning, retrieved a Glock 9mm handgun after a brief argument, and began shooting; the attack started in the building’s basement and continued to the ground floor where Wakefield and Anthony Gain were shot after Neil Carpenter and James Walton had been shot in the basement. Two police officers who happened to be at the facility for an unrelated matter confronted Woods and persuaded him to surrender; he was arrested at the scene and later charged with multiple counts of murder.

Woods was tried and convicted and received life without the possibility of parole. The trial included testimony about Woods’ disciplinary problems and his growing frustration with supervisors in months before the attack. The city responded by changing workplace-safety and grievance procedures. If anyone knew Marty Wakefield or has information about his time at the Piper Technical Center, please share what you know.