On March 1, 2000, a racially motivated shooting spree occurred in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, when 39-year-old Ronald Taylor, a black man who embraced anti-white and anti-semitic ideologies, shot and killed three white men and wounded two others within an eight block radius, primarily at local Burger King and McDonald's restaurants.

"[6] As the job was almost done, a woman downstairs from Taylor called upstairs and asked if one of the maintenance workers could come and help her with a locked bedroom door.

Dewitt, who was in the parking lot putting tools away, walked back into the building to get Kroll when he noticed Taylor with a gun, so he took cover.

[6] About five minutes later Taylor walked two blocks to Burger King at Penn and Pitt avenues, where he fatally shot 71-year-old Joseph Healy, a former PNC Bank employee and priest.

[5] Shortly afterwards, Taylor approached a McDonald's, and shot multiple times at the van belonging to 56-year-old Richard Clinger as he waited in the drive-through.

[24] President Clinton also used the case as an example as to why stricter gun laws should be implemented; "We don't know all the facts yet, but it was a bad situation....

These incidents, particularly the one yesterday in Michigan, call on us to recognize the fact that we simply haven't done everything we can do to keep guns away from criminals and children".

[24] Wilkinsburg mayor Wilbert Young held multiple vigils the night after the shooting to honor the victims.

[27] The prosecuting attorneys argued for another psychiatric examination after one hired by Taylor's defense in June claimed he suffered from schizophrenia.

Following another evaluation by Dr. Michael Welner, Taylor was ruled competent, and in September prosecutors announced that they were seeking the death penalty.

[27] In April 2001, Taylor was transferred to the Allegheny County Jail in downtown Pittsburgh to await trial, which began on November 1.

[28] Dr. Horacio Fabrega argued that on the day of the shooting Taylor had been under large amount of stress, including worries that the lease at his apartment would not be renewed.

In an attempt to sway the jury away from imposing the death penalty, the defense brought in Taylor's family to testify on his behalf.

[29] Taylor's defense argued multiple factors that weighed against the death penalty, including his lack of a criminal record and previous mental health issues.

Due to the close proximity, timing, and overall similarities media outlets compared Taylor and Baumhammers during multiple news reports.

[34] In January 2006, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell signed a death warrant ordering Taylor to be executed on February 28 of that year via lethal injection.

[4][36] Kroll's widow was ecstatic and relieved upon hearing the news but added that Taylor's death ultimately did not change anything.