Mark Essex
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday12 August 1949
Died7 January 1973 (age 23)
Place of birthEmporia, Kansas, USA
Known credits2
Biography
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.
