This week, Beth and Wendy delve into the case of James Edward Pough, a black man who went on a deadly shooting spree in Florida in June 1990, killing nine people. The massacre at the GMAC payment center in Baymeadows is regarded as one of the earliest workplace mass shootings in U.S. history, sending shockwaves through Florida and the nation. But there was more to the story; authorities soon discovered that Pough had killed two people and injured two others the weekend before.
This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.
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Footnotes
Articles/Websites
Wikipedia. (02/26/2025). James Edward Pough. Retrieved 03/18/2025 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Pough
Word, Ron. (06/24/1990). Officials Puzzled Over Pough. The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 01/24/2025 from https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FPMRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PuoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6051,8213818&dq=pough
Murderpedia. (n.d.). James Edward Pough. Retrieved 01/26/2025 from https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/pough-james-edward.htm
Tampa Bay Times. (06/18/2000). GMAC shooting still resonates. Retrieved 01/26/2025 from https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/06/18/gmac-shooting-still-resonates/
Parker, Laura. (06/19/1990). Jacksonville Gunman Shot 4 Others Before Rampage At Finance Company. The Washington Post. Retrieved 01/27/2025 from https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/06/20/jacksonville-gunman-shot-4-others-before-rampage-at-finance-company/938d6bcb-63d8-4e1f-ad63-aa0d6ddc9ea2/
Feindt, Casey. (04/08/2019). Controversial play based on one of the worst mass killings in Florida opens this week at FSCJ. First Coast News. Retrieved 01/29/2025 from https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/podcast-controversial-play-based-on-one-of-the-worst-mass-killings-in-florida-opens-this-week-at-fscj/77-9daad707-04e0-4bb2-b337-1b4a25e74f8a
Peck Wagner, Madeleine. (11/01/2022). FW: Trigger Warning. FSCJ.edu. Retrieved 01/29/2025 from https://www.fscj.edu/news-events/news/news-results/2022/11/01/4152019-fw-trigger-warning
Gilmore, Tim. (06/07/2019). Moncrief Park: Saturday Night Prior to the GMAC Mass Shooting. JaxPsychoGeo. Retrieved 03/10/2025 from https://jaxpsychogeo.com/north/moncrief-park-saturday-night-prior-to-the-gmac-mass-shooting/
Gilmore, Tim. (02/23/2018). Baymeadows: GMAC Mass Shooting Site. JaxPsychoGeo. Retrieved 03/14/2025 from https://jaxpsychogeo.com/south/baymeadows-gmac-mass-shooting-site/
Tampa Bay Times. (06/20/1990). Victims of Monday’s Jacksonville shootings. Retrieved 03/18/2025 from https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/06/20/victims-of-monday-s-jacksonville-shootings/
History
Davis, Ennis. (08/03/2021). Destroyed by Urban Renewal: Hansontown. Modern Cities. Retrieved 03/10/2025 from https://www.moderncities.com/article/2021-aug-destroyed-by-urban-renewal-hansontown
Davis, Ennis. (12/24/2019). Urban Renewal and the Slum Heart of Jacksonville. The Jaxson. Retrieved 03/10/2025 from https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/urban-renewal-and-the-slum-heart-of-jacksonville
Gilmore, Tim. (10/07/2017). Hansontown / Downtown Campus, Florida State College at Jacksonville. JaxPsychoGeo. Retrieved 03/10/2025 from https://jaxpsychogeo.com/the-center-of-the-city/hansontown-downtown-campus-florida-state-college-at-jacksonville/
Wilcox, James. (n.d.). Reaganomics Implications for African Americans. Sonoma State University. Retrieved 03/18/2025 from https://orsp.sonoma.edu/training-and-events/gallery/reaganomics-implications-african-americans
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