Bio 

Clifton McCree was born in the mid-1950s in the United States and later served in the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1977, he began working for the City of Fort Lauderdale in beach and parks maintenance, where he remained employed for many years.

He later married and had three children. For much of his adult life, he was known as a steady worker focused on family responsibilities.

In the early 1990s, his life became unstable due to personal problems, financial stress, and workplace conflicts. After complaints about threats and misconduct, he was fired in late 1994 following a failed drug test.

After losing his job, McCree struggled to find stable employment and became increasingly isolated. Investigators later said his anger over the dismissal played a major role in the 1996 attack.

Murder Story

In the early morning of February 9, 1996, Clifton McCree went to a temporary municipal trailer near Fort Lauderdale beach where his former co-workers were preparing to begin the workday. He had once worked there for nearly two decades before being fired.

Shortly after entering the trailer, McCree reportedly announced that everyone was going to die. He then pulled out a 9mm Glock pistol and began firing at the workers inside. Witnesses described panic as employees tried to flee through the exits or take cover.

Five former co-workers were killed in the attack. A sixth person was seriously wounded but survived after reportedly pretending to be dead. Investigators later found spent shell casings, magazines, and an additional loaded revolver that McCree had carried but did not use.

After the shooting, McCree turned the gun on himself and died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Police later recovered a suicide note in which he blamed former supervisors and described the killings as punishment for those he believed were responsible for his firing. The attack shocked Fort Lauderdale and became one of the city’s deadliest workplace shootings.