The Killer Son of Jones Town - February 24 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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February 24th: Tyrone Mitchell Dies (1984) Grieving can come in all shapes and sizes. No two people grieve alike so it’s hard to know what is, and what is not, an appropriate way to act after a loved one is taken away. On February 24th 1984 a man began a rampage that ended with his own life. A man who, many speculate, began a shooting spree while grieving the loss of his family. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Mitchell, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/02/25/sniper-firing-at-school-kills-child-injures-13-before-shooting-himself/87145fce-57de-4de2-be12-3454ba4c5616/, https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/25/us/girl-killed-11-shot-at-school-on-coast-suspect-found-dead.html, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31290178/tyrone-mitchell, https://amok.fandom.com/wiki/Tyrone_Mitchell, https://reallifevillains.miraheze.org/wiki/Tyrone_Mitchell, https://debrabuck.medium.com/tragic-story-of-tyrone-mitchell-and-the-49th-street-elementary-school-shooting-6659ba515575 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:32.7	When police arrives, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:36.1	We have a weird homicide.
0:38.6	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:42.3	A cop of murder...
0:44.3	Grieving can come in all shapes and sizes.
0:48.5	No two people grieve alike, so it's hard to know what is and what is not
0:52.7	an appropriate way to act after a loved one is taken away.
0:57.0	On February 24, 1984, a man began a rampage that ended with his own life.
1:04.4	A man who, many speculate, began a shooting spree while grieving the loss of his family. So if you like your coffee hot,
1:13.5	but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
1:20.9	Tyrone Mitchell was born on October 17, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, but grew up in a South Central Los Angeles residence that, at some point, was leveled to build the 49th Street Elementary School.
1:35.3	Keep this piece of information in mind as we continue today's story.
1:39.8	According to the sources, Tyrone Mitchell and his family, including his mother, Annie Lee,
1:45.7	father Lee Charles, and siblings were actually followers of Jim Jones.
1:51.6	When the cult made its way to Guyana to start the Temple's Jonestown settlement,
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