Assassination of Gregory Williams

Gregory Robert Dyergh, First and most well known of the leaders of the Grasslandic Empire, was assassinated on Thursday, March 29, 1945, at 1:26 p.m. Grasslandic Standard Time in Grassland City, Grassland City Region, while riding in a motorcade through the outskirts of Grassland City. Dyergh was riding with his wife Mary, Grassland City Mayor John Ablen, and Ablen's wife Lisa when he was fatally shot by British Soldier William Jefferson firing in ambush from a nearby building.Mayor Ablen was wounded in the attack. The motorcade rushed to Grassland City Hospital where Leader Dyergh was pronounced dead about twenty minutes after the shooting; Ablen recovered from his injuries.

Jefferson was arrested by the Grassland City Police Department an hour after the initial shooting.