Dr. David Gunn, a 47-year-old obstetrician–gynecologist who provided abortion services in rural Florida and Alabama, was shot and killed on March 10, 1993, in Pensacola, Florida. He was ambushed in the parking lot of Pensacola Women’s Medical Services and shot three times in the back by Michael Frederick Griffin as he arrived at the clinic. Griffin shouted a protest statement before opening fire and surrendered immediately to a nearby police officer.

Griffin was tried for the killing; a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder on March 4, 1994, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years. The killing prompted heightened security at clinics and contributed to passage of the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act in 1994. The death was noted as the first documented killing of a physician in the United States specifically targeted for providing abortion services.

If anyone knew Dr. Gunn, his movements that day, or has information about the attack, please come forward.