Lawrence Lamont, a 31-year-old Oglala Lakota and Vietnam War veteran, was killed during the Wounded Knee occupation on April 27, 1973. During an intense exchange of gunfire amid the 71-day standoff, a sniper’s bullet pierced his heart. Lamont’s death was described as having been caused by a bullet fired by a federal agent, but no individual has been publicly identified as the shooter.

Lamont was buried in Wounded Knee.

If anyone has information about who fired that fatal shot or remembers the events at Wounded Knee that day, please share details.