September 22, 1955 - Joseph Christopher
His attacks on Black men and boys across New York state in 1980 and 1981 combined two methods — stabbing and shooting — and unfolded across multiple cities, complicating early efforts to connect the crimes. The scale and pattern of the violence, along with its apparent racial targeting, drew comparisons at the time to other serial cases that had unsettled American cities during that period.
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Joseph Gerard Christopher (July 26, 1955 – March 1, 1993), also known as the Midtown Slasher and the .22 Caliber Killer, was an American serial killer who committed a series of stabbings and shootings against African American men and boys, killing twelve and injuring seven, between 1980 and 1981 in various New York cities and towns.
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