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August 8, 1967 - Patrick Tracy Burris

In the span of less than a week, Burris carried out five killings across Cherokee County, South Carolina, making his 2009 rampage one of the more concentrated episodes of spree violence in the state's recent history. The compressed timeline and geographic focus of the murders drew significant law enforcement attention before his death brought the spree to an end.

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Patrick Tracy Burris (August 8, 1967 – July 6, 2009) was an American spree killer responsible for at least five known murders in Cherokee County, South Carolina in 2009. Over a span of six days, he shot and killed five people. His final known victim died of her injuries in the hospital on July 4, 2009. On July 6, 2009, police shot and killed Burris during a shootout in Dallas, North Carolina. His gun was matched by ballistics tests to the bullets used in the murders.

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