Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1949-08-12
Deathday
1973-01-07
Place of Birth
Emporia, Kansas, USA
Mark Essex
Biography
Mark James Robert Essex (August 12, 1949 – January 7, 1973) was an American serial sniper and Black nationalist known as the 'New Orleans Sniper' who killed a total of nine people, including five police officers, and wounded twelve others, in two separate attacks in New Orleans on December 31, 1972, and January 7, 1973. Essex was killed by police in the second armed confrontation.
