The Iron Fist In The Iron Glove

March, 1986

About four o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 30, 1985, Sylvia Seegrist parked her car at the Springfield Shopping Mall near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She got out of the car, wearing combat fatigues and sneakers and carrying a rifle. Without saying anything, she started shooting.Seegrist opened fire at a woman standing at a banking machine, missed her, fired at two other people, moved inside the mall, killed a two-year-old boy who was walking with older relatives and worked her way...