5. Mark Orrin Barton
White collar workers can also snap and turn murderous, like in the case of day trader Mark Barton. Holding down two jobs at two Atlanta trading firms, Barton seemed the picture of happiness, with his wife and 2 kids. But in 1996, he incurred a trading loss of $105,000 that led to revocation of his trading privileges. Soon after, Barton snapped and was suddenly under the impression that “some people sought his destruction.”
On the morning of July 29, Barton bludgeoned his wife and two children to death with a hammer, typed a long rambling suicide note before heading to the office. Arriving at his first job at Momentum Securities, Barton asked to speak with his manager. But when the manager failed to arrive, Barton whipped out two pistols and killed four people in the office.
He then proceeded to his second office, located just across the street. Barton asked to see the manager and even spent time chatting with some colleagues while waiting. He soon drew his weapons and killed five people here. Though he fled the scene, he was soon cornered by the police. By shooting himself, his rampage finally came to an end. Investigations found that Barton had been a suspect in the 1993 bludgeoning murders of his first wife and mother-in-law.
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