Frank Vitkovic
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Frank Vitkovic (c. 1965 - December 8, 1987) was an Australian mass murderer responsible for the Queen Street massacre. At 4:00 P.M. on December 8, 1987, Vitkovic, a former law student at Samaritan Catholic College in Preston, Melbourne, Australia, walked into a building in Melbourne's Queen Street holding a brown paper bag and carrying a sawed-off M1 carbine. He entered the fifth floor offices of the Australia Post, pulled a sawn-off shotgun from the bag and began firing at fleeing workers, killing a young woman office worker. Vitkovic went from floor to floor, randomly shooting at targets in the elevators or in offices. On the twelfth floor, Vitkovic's gun was wrestled away from him by an office worker named Frank Carmody. The weapon was immediately hidden in a refrigerator by another worker. Vitkovic then broke a window on the floor, and despite attempts by postal workers to save him, he jumped to his death on Queen Street.
