Charles T Barbagallo, a 42-year-old postal worker at the Dana Point Post Office, was shot and killed on May 6, 1993, during a violent spree carried out by Mark Richard Hilbun. Hilbun, a former postal employee who had been dismissed for stalking a female co-worker, reportedly began the rampage by stabbing his mother, Frances, and her dog at their home before going to the post office.

Wearing a T-shirt with the word Psycho, Hilbun entered the Dana Point facility intending to target the woman he had been stalking, Kim Springer; Springer hid and avoided injury. Barbagallo, described as one of Hilbun’s few friends, was shot and killed, and another postal worker, Peter Gates, was wounded. Hilbun wounded additional people before being arrested at a Huntington Beach bar; he was later charged with multiple counts including the murders of Frances Hilbun and Charles Barbagallo and several counts of attempted murder.

The trial brought out Hilbun’s history of psychological problems and the defense considered an insanity plea; he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. Does anyone have memories of Barbagallo at the Dana Point Post Office or information about that day?