Dr. John Bayard Britton, 69, was assassinated on July 29, 1994, as he arrived at the Pensacola Ladies’ Center in Pensacola, Florida. Britton, who had provided abortion services across the state and taken visible precautions including a homemade bulletproof vest and carrying a .357 Magnum, had become a target after threats and harassment following the 1993 killing of Dr. David Gunn.

On arrival with his bodyguard, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel James Herman Barrett Jr., and Barrett’s wife June, an assailant approached and fired a twelve-gauge shotgun at close range. Britton was struck in the head and killed instantly; Barrett was also killed and June Barrett was wounded. The attacker, identified in reports as Paul Jennings Hill, was arrested at the scene and charged with the murders.

The killings were the second assassination of an abortion provider in Pensacola within less than two years and prompted calls from members of Congress for heightened federal attention to extremist anti-abortion groups. Does anyone have additional information about security measures or eyewitness accounts from that day?