Ronald G. Doney was 36 when he was killed on February 16, 1988, at the ESL Incorporated offices in Sunnyvale, California. The attack was carried out by Richard Wade Farley, a former ESL employee who had been fired after a long, obsessive fixation on a co-worker named Laura Black. Farley entered the building armed with multiple firearms and opened fire, killing seven people, including Doney, and wounding four others.

Farley surrendered after a standoff with police. He was arrested and charged with multiple counts including murder and attempted murder; he was convicted and sentenced to death in 1992. The shooting prompted changes in how employers and the public think about workplace violence and stalking, and it remains one of California’s deadliest workplace shootings.