Fernando E. Alcivar, a 24-year-old student, was killed on February 19, 1976, during a mass shooting at the Computer Learning Center in downtown Los Angeles. The attack began around 8:30 a.m. when 18-year-old student Neil Jordan Liebeskind assembled a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun in a classroom and opened fire. Liebeskind first aimed at Kenneth Pastore, a student he had frequently argued with; Alcivar, seated next to Pastore, was shot and later died of his wounds. Seven other people were injured.

Liebeskind moved through the building shooting before being confronted by security guards working with a nearby television crew; the guards, all former police officers, engaged him in a brief shootout and subdued him after Liebeskind was severely wounded. He was charged with manslaughter and multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon, but at trial was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a mental hospital. The killing of Alcivar remains a stark example of the human cost of gun violence and the intersection of crime and mental health.