Buford O'Neal Furrow, Jr. attempted a mass murder on August 10, 1999, when he attacked a daycare of the North Valley Jewish Community Center, Los Angeles. The attack injured three children, a counselor, and a receptionist. He also shot dead a US Postal Service carrier who was Filipino American. Furrow, now serving life in prison, was a member of the white-supremacist group, Aryan Nations. A mass murder (massacre) involves the murder of large numbers of people either by a state or an individual. ... August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Day care is the care of a child during the day by a person other than the childs parents or legal guardians, often someone outside the childs immediate family. ... The Downtown Los Angeles skyline. ... A USPS Truck at Night A U.S. Post Office sign The United States Postal Service (USPS) is the United States government organization responsible for providing postal service in the United States and is generally referred to as the post office. ... In 1998, Benjamin J. Cayetano became the first Filipino American (and second Asian American after Governor George R. Ariyoshi) to be elected state Governor of the United States. ... White supremacy is the variety of white nationalism that believes the white race should rule over other races. ... Aryan Nations (AN) (also known as the Aryan National Alliance) is a right-wing anti-Semitic White supremacist anti-government group based in the United States. ...
On August 7, Furrow bought a used red Chevrolet van in Tacoma, Washington, and loaded it with five assault rifles, two pistols, 6,000 rounds of ammunition and a flak jacket.
Furrow considered attacking three Jewish institutions: the Skirball Cultural Center, the University of Judaism and the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance, but security measures presented too much of a problem.
Furrow proceeded to drive from Washington to the San Fernando Valley with the stated purpose of "killing Jews".