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- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 12, 1949
- Place of Birth
- Emporia, Kansas, USA
- Died
- January 7, 1973
Mark Essex
Mark James Robert Essex (August 12, 1949 – January 7, 1973) was an American serial sniper and Black nationalist known as the 'New Orleans Sniper' who killed a total of nine people, including five police officers, and wounded twelve others, in two separate attacks in New Orleans on December 31, 1972, and January 7, 1973. Essex was killed by police in the second armed confrontation.
