Andrew Kehoe
Andrew Kehoe | |
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Photo taken c. 1920 | |
| Born | Andrew Phillip Kehoe February 1, 1872 Tecumseh, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | May 18, 1927 (aged 55) Bath Township, Michigan, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide bombing |
| Occupation(s) | Farmer, school board member and treasurer |
| Known for | Perpetrator of the Bath School disaster |
| Spouse |
Ellen Agnes "Nellie" Price
(m. 1912; murdered 1927) |
| Motive | Inconclusive |
| Details | |
| Date | May 18, 1927 |
| Location | Bath Township, Michigan |
| Targets | Bath Consolidated School, his house and farm |
| Killed | 45 (Including himself) |
| Injured | 58 |
| Weapons | Explosives: |
Andrew Philip Kehoe (February 1, 1872 – May 18, 1927) was an American mass murderer. Kehoe was a Michigan farmer who became disgruntled after losing an election to be the Bath Township Clerk. He murdered his wife and then detonated bombs at the Bath Consolidated School on May 18, 1927, resulting in the Bath School disaster in which 45 people were killed and 58 more people were injured. Kehoe killed himself near the school by detonating dynamite in his truck, killing himself and several other people and wounding more. He had earlier set off incendiary devices in his house and around his farm, destroying all the buildings. The event remains the deadliest act of mass murder at an American school.