Ernestine Moore, 67, was killed on August 20, 1982, in Miami, Florida, during a mass shooting at a welding shop. A machine shop owner and well-known member of her community, she was one of eight people killed and three injured when Carl Robert Brown carried out a daytime shooting spree. Brown, described as a disgruntled former teacher with recent psychiatric problems, used a shotgun in the attack and was later shot and killed by two witnesses who pursued him as he fled on a bicycle.

Moore’s family and friends remembered her as hardworking and kind, devoted to her business and community. There were no arrests related to her death because the perpetrator died at the scene. The shooting prompted public discussion about gun control and mental health care in the wake of the tragedy.

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