John Lee Fritz Jr., 37, was killed during the April 4, 1991, hostage crisis at the Good Guys! Electronics store in Sacramento, California. The siege began about 1:00 p.m. when four armed men entered the store with three pistols and a shotgun and took 41 employees and customers hostage. The standoff lasted roughly eight hours and ended violently; three of the gunmen were killed by law enforcement and the fourth was captured.

Fourteen people were shot during the crisis and three hostages died: employees John Lee Fritz Jr. and Kris Edward Sohne, and customer Fernando Gutierrez. The attackers were identified as Loi Khac Nguyen, Pham Khac Nguyen, Long Khac Nguyen, and Cuong Tran. Their backgrounds included expulsions from school for theft and attempts at arson; their exact motives for the attack remain unclear.

The incident remains one of the largest hostage rescue operations in U.S. history and had a profound effect on the Sacramento community. If anyone knew John Lee Fritz Jr. or has information about his time at the store, please share what can help complete the record.