11. Terrence Howard – Christmas Slaying
On December 21, 1971, a young Terrence Howard and his family were in line waiting to see Santa in an Ohio department store, not the real Santa. Howard was only two-years old at the time, and he would witness his father kill another man.
The stories differ depending on who’s telling it, but most of the accounts agree that the Howards were accused of cutting in line. After that, some things were said between Howard’s father Tyrone and Jack Fitzpatrick, the victim. The argument became physical and Fitzpatrick began to knee Tyrone Howard in the groin, re-aggravating a previous injury and causing some bleeding down there.
Howard then began to stab Fitzpatrick with an unknown object in the neck and thighs. Fitzpatrick was rushed to a nearby hospital where he would die.
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