John Salvi

On March 19, 1996, Salvi was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and five counts of armed assault with intent to murder. He was sentenced to life in prison.

Salvi was found dead in his prison cell at MCI Cedar Junction in Walpole, Massachusetts with a garbage bag over his head tied around his neck on November 29, 1996. Salvi was found under his bed with his hands and feet tied up. The official report states that Salvi's death was a suicide.

In the mid-morning of December 30, 1994, John Salvi walked into the Planned Parenthood clinic on Beacon Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, carrying a black duffle bag. In the waiting room, he took a modified .22-caliber Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic rifle from the bag and wordlessly opened fire. A medical assistant, Arjana Agrawal, was hit in the abdomen. Salvi then shot at receptionist Shannon Lowney in the neck, killing her instantly. Approximately forty people were in the room during the assault; of these, five were wounded, including several men who were accompanying women seeking abortions. Salvi shot indiscriminately, including at those protesting outside.

John C. Salvi III (March 2, 1972 – November 29, 1996) was a schizophrenic abortion opponent who carried out fatal shootings at two abortion facilities in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 30, 1994. The shootings killed two and wounded five. An insanity defense at his trial was not successful and he was convicted of two counts of murder. He died in 1996 in what was officially ruled a suicide in his jail cell.