On August 9, 1982, 28-year-old Dave Bahl was shot and killed while working at the Jewel T warehouse in Grand Prairie, Texas. The attack was part of a 25-minute shooting spree carried out by 49-year-old truck driver John Felton Parish, who began at the Western Transfer & Storage Inc. office and then entered other sites. Parish shot and killed several supervisors earlier and then fatally shot Bahl and coworker Rick Svoboda; another employee, Robert Sarabia, 30, was wounded.

Parish was armed with an M-1 carbine, a .25-caliber semi-automatic pistol, and a .38-caliber revolver. After the shootings he stole a semi-trailer and led police on a high-speed chase that ended when he crashed through a barricade and was fatally shot by officers. Investigators concluded Parish acted alone; no other arrests were reported.