Due to the graphic nature of this episode, listener discretion is advised.

This episode contains discussions of violence and murder.

Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13.

On September 24, 1980, 43-year-old Joseph McCoy walked alone through an intersection in Niagara Falls.

The former boxer and liked to begin every day with the familiar routine.

Around 9am, he strode through a crosswalk as cars waited patiently at the stoplight.

Suddenly, a slight, wiry young white man appeared behind McCoy.

He rushed at the older man, catching him off guard.

Without saying anything, he wrestled McCoy's head down, making escape difficult.

To onlookers, the bizarre sight looked almost like two boys play fighting.

But in seconds, it turned deadly serious.

With McCoy still struggling to break free, the young man held up an oddly shaped paper bag.

Seconds later, the air erupted with the distinct,

terrifying sound of two gunshots.

The mystery man had fired a sawdoth rifle into McCoy's head.

McCoy collapsed onto the concrete as his attacker fled.

His weapon still concealed inside the paper bag.

The two stunned witnesses rushed to McCoy's lifeless form, desperate to help.

But it was too late.

By the time the medics arrived, just 18 minutes later, he was dead.

As bizarre and unexpected as the crime had been,

it wasn't an isolated incident.

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