On July 29, 1999, Mark Barton, a day trader known as “The Shark,” walked into his former office in Atlanta. He was smiling – until he pulled out two guns and opened fire on his colleagues. By the end of the day, 12 people would be dead and 13 wounded in a bloodbath that shocked the nation. What caused the family man and Cub Scout leader to snap and kill not just his former colleagues, but his entire family?
Source Material
- Atlanta Rewind: Mark Barton’s 1999 Buckhead rampage – AJC
- SHOOTINGS IN ATLANTA: THE VICTIMS; Drawn to Their Deaths By Lives in Day Trading – New York Times
- SHOOTINGS IN ATLANTA: THE OVERVIEW; Killer Confessed in a Letter Spiked With Rage – New York Times
- Blood Bath Followed Suspect’s Mounting Stock Losses – CNN