On this day, December 11, 1985, computer store owner Hugh Scrutton was killed by a bomb mailed by the Unabomber.

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Ted Kaczynski

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Bombings

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Later bombings

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In late 1985, a nail-and-splinter-loaded bomb in the parking lot of a computer store in Sacramento, California, killed 38-year-old owner of the store, Hugh Scrutton. On February 20, 1987, a bomb disguised as a piece of lumber injured Gary Wright in the parking lot of a computer store in Salt Lake City, Utah; nerves in Wright's left arm were severed, and at least 200 pieces of shrapnel entered his body. Kaczynski was spotted while planting the Salt Lake City bomb. This led to a widely distributed sketch of the suspect as a hooded man with a mustache and aviator sunglasses.

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Mon Dec 11, 2023: On this day, December 11, 1985, computer store owner Hugh Scrutton was killed by a bomb mailed by the Unabomber.

[Sneederbunk]

1. You could argue that a bomb is akin to shooting someone in the back.