On September 25, 1982, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania was the scene of a mass shooting that left 13 people dead, including 11-year-old Nancy Lyons. The attack began inside the home of 40-year-old George Emil Banks on Schoolhouse Lane, where Banks used a Colt AR-15 semi-automatic rifle to kill eight people. Among those killed in the house were three women described as Banks’s girlfriends and five of his children; Nancy Lyons and her mother, Dorothy Lyons, were among the victims.

After the killings at the house, Banks shot two men across the street, killing one and wounding the other, then drove to the Heather Highlands mobile home park in Jenkins Township, where additional victims were killed, including another former girlfriend, her mother, her young nephew, and one of Banks’s own sons. Banks later surrendered after a four-hour standoff with police.

Banks was charged in the killings; his defense raised insanity during legal proceedings. Details about motive in the case include Banks’s stated belief that he was sparing his children from future racial suffering. Does anyone have memories of Nancy Lyons or information that could shed light on her life and the family she came from?