Byran Uyesugi

"I decided to give them [Xerox] a reason to fire me."

Byran Koji Uyesugi is a mass murderer who killed his supervisor and six coworkers in a workplace shooting at a Xerox office building located in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Background
Born sometime in 1955, Byran had an affinity for firearms. Attending Roosevelt High School, Byran became a member of his high school's rifle team and its Army JROTC chapter. At some point after graduating high school in 1977, Byran crashed his father's car while driving home from a graduation party; he suffered a head injury from the accident and, according to Byran's brother Dennis, was never the same afterwards. Byran also married a woman and had a daughter with her, born on 1996. Known for his short temper and withdrawn nature, he had numerous hobbies, including collecting and breeding rare goldfish and koi. By the time he committed the Xerox massacre, Byran had as many as twenty-five guns registered in his name, the oldest dating back to 1982.

In 1984, Byran began working for Xerox as a service technician in a workgroup. He immediately stirred up problems with his workgroup, accusing them of harassing him and tampering with the machines he would use, and his anger was difficult to contain. It was alleged that the workgroup also left Byran out, leaving him more isolated and withdrawn. Byran's anger eventually escalated into making death threats against coworkers. In 1993, after he kicked an elevator door and threatened his supervisor, Byran underwent pyschiatric evaluation and anger management. Sometime before the shootings, Xerox replaced a photocopier Byran frequently repaired and he began resisting knowledge of the new model under the fear he couldn't keep up with its demands. The day before the massacre, Byran's manager forced him to undertake the training. That was when he snapped.

The Xerox Murders, Capture, and Incarceration
On November 2, 1999, Byran brought a 9 mm. Glock semiautomatic pistol at the Xerox office building he worked at; eight people were present at the time. Opening fire, Byran murdered two employees before entering a conference room, where a team meeting was taking place, and, after allegedly waving goodbye at the employees inside, opened fire. Out of the eight people present during the shooting, seven were shot and killed, with the eighth employee being able to escape without sustaining any injuries. Byran later fled in a company van and eluded arriving police officers.

After being on the run for approximately two hours, Byran was spotted in the getaway vehicle by a jogger in the upscale Makiki Heights neighborhood. The jogger notified police, who arrived, cordoned a half-mile-wide area around the van to prevent any civilian casualties from a possible shootout, and engaged in a standoff with Byran. Dennis Uyesugi was enlisted to help authorities talk Byran down; the ploy was successful and Byran surrendered. During a search at Byran's home, police discovered his collection of firearms. In August of 2000, Byran was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was also ordered to pay $70,000 to the families of his victims.

Modus Operandi
During the Xerox massacre, Byran shot all of his victims with a 9 mm. Glock semiautomatic pistol.

Known Victims
''All of the following were attacked in the November 2, 1999 Honolulu Xerox office building massacre. Note that the list of victims, provided by Wikipedia, is alphabetized, making it unclear as to which victim was shot first.''
 * Jason Balatico, 33
 * Ford Kanehira, 41
 * Ronald Kataoka, 50
 * Ronald Kawamae, 54
 * Melvin Lee, 58
 * Peter Mark, 46
 * John Sakamoto, 36
 * Unnamed Xerox employee

On Criminal Minds
Byran was mentioned in the novel Killer Profile. In it, Byran is one of the rampage killers covered in Max Ryan's book Serial Killers and Mass Murderers: Profiling Why They Kill, which was used as a basis for the unsub's copycat killings. It is unknown if he was actually planning to copy Byran, as well as how he would actually escape from the scene.