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7 slain in `Silicon Valley' shooting spree // Fired, spurned worker gives up after invading office with 2 guns

February 17, 1988 | Copyright

SUNNYVALE, Calif. A man fired by a computer company for sexual harassment of a fellow worker walked into the company's offices Tuesday and opened fire, killing at least seven people and wounding five, authorities said.

The man, identified by police as Richard Wade Farley, 39, surrendered after barricading himself inside the building for about six hours. Three officers grabbed him as he walked out with his hands in the air, and he was taken to the Santa Clara County Jail in nearby San Jose.

The shooting began about 2:30 p.m. in the ESL Corp., about 40 miles south of San Francisco in "Silicon Valley," when the man identified as Farley entered the building. He carried a shotgun and high-powered rifle and had two bandoliers of ammunition across his chest. …

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