Pete Parrous, 73, was one of four people killed in a mass shooting at Luigi’s Italian Restaurant on McPherson Church Road in Fayetteville on August 6, 1993. Pete and his wife Ethel Parrous owned the restaurant. The gunman, identified as 22-year-old soldier Kenneth Junior French, entered the restaurant armed with two shotguns and a rifle and opened fire after making statements about President Bill Clinton’s policy allowing homosexuals to serve in the military. Wesley Scot Cover and James F. Kidd were also killed and several other patrons were injured during the attack.

French was apprehended and charged with four counts of capital murder and eight counts of assault. During the trial, evidence was presented that he had been drinking heavily and had a history of anger issues; his defense raised matters of his mental state and past trauma. The sentences imposed included four consecutive life terms and additional years for the assaults.

Does anyone have memories of Luigi’s or information about the victims and that night that could help flesh out what happened?