GMAC massacre
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On June 18, 1990, James Edward Pough walked into the General Motors Acceptance Corporation Office, Jacksonville, Florida and killed nine employees and customers. He then killed himself. Four people were injured. The firearms used in the crime were a Universal .30 caliber M1 rifle and a .38 revolver. [1]
Pough was upset because his 1988 Pontiac Grand Am was repossessed. He purchased the car for $9,700 in September of 1988. Pough gave the car back to GMAC in January 1990. His anger had been stoked by repeated letters from GMAC requesting a payment of $6,394. This was the remaining loan balance after the car was sold.
Pough was also suspected in the robbery of a convenience store, a hit-and-run against a pedestrian, shooting two people, and the murder of two people on June 17, 1990.
The GMAC office was located at 7870 Baymeadows Way. It never reopened in this location. The GMAC building was renovated and is now occupied by the Florida Telco Credit Union.
