Background
David Young was the only police officer in Cokeville for 6 months in 1979. After being fired for misconduct, he moved to Tucson, Arizona. He returned on May 16, 1986 with his wife Doris. At 1:00 pm, they pulled up to the Cokeville Elementary School and unloaded a gasoline bomb, along with four rifles and nine handguns. David Young went to the school office, handing out a manifesto entitled "ZERO = INFINITY" and announcing "This is a revolution". Meanwhile, Doris Young went from classroom to classroom, luring 167 children and teachers to a first-grade classroom by telling them there was an emergency there.
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