On March 1, 2000, a shooting spree took place in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, when 39-year-old Ronald Taylor opened fire on five people within an eight block radius. Three of the five people he shot died while the other two survived. Taylor surrendered to police later that day and was sentenced to death in 2002. The shooting spree is believed to have been racially motivated due to all the victims being white and Taylor, an African American, was known to have been prejudice towards white people.