Talk:List of massacres in the United States/Single shooters removed from main list

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Archives the list of entries removed from "List of Massacres in the United States" because they were singler shooter events.

Name Date Location State Deaths Notes
Geneva County massacre 2009 Mar 10 Geneva and Samson Alabama 11 6 injured. Death toll includes perpetrator of spree shooting.[1]
Tucson shooting 2011 Jan 8 Tucson, Arizona Arizona 6 14 wounded at a public meeting held in a supermarket parking lot. Perpetrator pled guilty and was sentenced to multiple life terms in prison.[2]
Newhall massacre 1970 Apr 6 Newhall California 5 4 officers and perpetrator killed in a roadside shootout.[3]


California State Fullerton massacre 1976 Jul 12 Fullerton California 7 2 injured[4]
San Ysidro McDonald's massacre 1984 Jul 18 San Diego California 21 19 injured[5]
Cleveland School massacre 1989 Jan 17 Stockton California 6 29 children and 1 teacher/ 30 injured[6]
California Street shootings 1993 Jul 1 San Francisco California 9 6 injured[7]
Covina massacre 2008 Dec 24 Covina California 10 3 injured; death toll includes perpetrator[8]
Ingleside mass murder 2012 Mar 23 San Francisco California 5 [9]
Oikos University shooting 2012 Apr 2 Oakland California 7 3 injured[10]
Cupertino quarry massacre 2011 Oct 5 Cupertino California 4 7 injured; death toll includes perpetrator[11]
Seal Beach massacre 2011 Oct 12 Seal Beach California 8 1 injured[12]
Columbine High School massacre 1999 Apr 20 Columbine Colorado 15 24 injured. Both perpetrators committed suicide.[13]
2012 Aurora shooting 2012 Jul 20 Aurora Colorado 12 58 injured. Suspect in custody.[14]
Newington Lottery Massacre 1998 Mar 6 Newington, Connecticut Connecticut 5 Perpetrator among those dead, by suicide.[15]
Hartford Distributors shooting 2010 Aug 3 Manchester, Connecticut Connecticut 9 2 injured[16]
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting 2012 Dec 14 Newtown, Connecticut Connecticut 28 20 children killed, 8 adults, including the gunman and his mother who was shot at her home prior to the attack at the school.[17]
GMAC massacre 1990 Jun 18 Jacksonville Florida 10 4 injured.[18]
Brown's Chicken massacre 1993 Jan 8 Palatine Illinois 7 2 perpetrators captured 9 years later serving life terms.[19]
Northern Illinois University massacre 2008 Feb 14 Dekalb Illinois 6 21 injured[20]
University of Iowa shooting 1991 Nov 1 Iowa City Iowa 6 includes perpetrator, 1 student injured and paralyzed[21]
Wichita Massacre 2000 Dec 8–14 Wichita Kansas 5 1 survivor[22]
Standard Gravure shooting 1989 Sep 14 Louisville Kentucky 9 including the perpetrator; and 12 injured in workplace shooting.[23]
O'Leary Family Massacre 1973 Jun 8 Boston Massachusetts 7 including the suspect.[24]
Chinatown massacre 1991 Jan 1 Boston Massachusetts 5 1 injured by two perpetrators.[25][26]
Wakefield massacre 2000 Dec 26 Wakefield Massachusetts 7
Grand Rapids, Michigan mass murder 2011 Jul 7 Grand Rapids Michigan 7 3 injured
Bath School bombing 1927 May 18 Bath Michigan 45 Deadliest mass killing at a school in U.S. History and first/worst school bombing in U.S. History; Average victim age: 11
Red Lake massacre 2005 Mar 21 Red Lake Minnesota 10 Death toll includes perpetrator. 5 injured.
Westroads Mall shooting 2007 Dec 5 Omaha Nebraska 9 4 people injured
Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre 1990 Feb 10 Las Cruces New Mexico 4 3 injured, 2 perpetrators not caught
Attica Prison riot 1971 Sep 9 Attica New York 39 prison riot.
Happy Land fire 1990 Mar 25 New York City New York 87 single perpetrator
Wendy's massacre 2000 May 24 Flushing, Queens, New York City New York 5 2 injured. Note: 2 perpetrators engaged in robbery
Binghamton shootings 2009 Apr 3 Binghamton, New York New York 14 4 injured dead include single perpetrator
Pyle's Massacre 1781 Feb 25 present-day Alamance County North Carolina 90 many injured. U.S. Revolutionary War battle.
Uncle Albert Nightclub 1977 Jul 23 Klamath Falls Oregon 6 Gunman randomly kills patrons leaving nightclub.[27][28]
Thurston High School 1998 May 20–21 Springfield Oregon 4 Gunman kills parents, then shoots up school. Add'l 24 injured.
Amish school shooting 2006 Oct 2 Nickel Mines Pennsylvania 6 5 injured.
Fort Hood shooting 2009 Nov 5 Ft. Hood Texas 13 30 injured by single gunman
Luby's massacre 1991 Oct 16 Killeen Texas 24 20 injured by single perpetrator
Waco siege 1993 Apr 19 Waco Texas 76 after fifty-day siege
University of Texas massacre 1966 Aug 1 Austin Texas 17 31 injured by single perpetrator
Wedgewood Baptist Church Killings 1999 Sept 16 Fort Worth Texas 7 by single perpetrator[29]
September 11 attacks 2001 Sep 11 New York City, Arlington, Shanksville New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia 2996 2606 in New York City on the ground, 125 in the Pentagon, and 246 on the four hijacked planes. More than 6000 injured.


Virginia Tech massacre 2007 Apr 16 Blacksburg, Virginia Virginia 33 including single perpetrator. 25 were injured. It was the worst shooting incident by a single gunman in U.S history and one of the deadliest massacres in the world.
2010 Appomattox shootings 2010 Jan 19 Appomattox, Virginia Virginia 8 Explosives found in perpetrator's home
Capitol Hill massacre 2006 Mar 25 Seattle Washington 6 2 wounded by single perpetrator
Seattle Jewish Federation shooting 2006 Jul 28 Seattle Washington 1 Five injured during single perpetrator "hate crime"
2012 Seattle cafe shooting spree 2012 May 30 Seattle Washington 6 single perpetrator shooting spree
Hmong Shooting 2004 Nov 21 Meteor Wisconsin 6 by single perpetrator
Sheraton Hotel massacre 2005 Mar 12 Brookfield Wisconsin 7 includes single perpetrator
Delavan Shooting 2007 Jun 9 Delavan Wisconsin 6 includes single perpetrator
Crandon, Wisconsin shooting 2007 Oct 7 Crandon Wisconsin 7 includes single perpertrator
Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting 2012 Aug 5 Oak Creek Wisconsin 6 single assailant died of self-inflicted gunshot wound
2012 Azana Spa shootings 2012 Oct 21 Brookfield Wisconsin 4 4 injured. Dead includes the single perpetrator.
Westside Middle School massacre 1998 Mar 24 Jonesboro, Craighead County Arkansas 5 10 injured in a school shooting. Juvenile perpetrators tried, sentenced, and released at age 21.[30]
Trolley Square Shooting 2007 Feb 12 Salt Lake City, Utah Utah 6 One of the deaths was the perpetrator; he was killed by police.
  1. ^ At least 10 dead in two-town Alabama shooting spree. CNN, 11 March 2009, accessdate 26 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Criminal Complaint Against Jared Lee Loughner". New York Times. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  3. ^ Holt, Jim (6 April 2008). "Newhall Incident: The day that shook our valley". The Signal. Santa Clarita, California. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  4. ^ Smith, Nicole, History of a Cal State Fullerton Killer. The Daily Titan, 15 May 2006, accessdate 26 December 2012
  5. ^ Gresko, Jessica (18 July 2004), "20 Years later, San Ysidro McDonald's massacre remembered", North County Times, Escondido, California, Associated Press, retrieved 26 December 2012 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |separator= ignored (help)
  6. ^ Slaughter in A School Yard, Time Magazine, 30 January 1989, accessdate 26 December 2012
  7. ^ Seeking Motive in the Killing of 8: Insane Ramblings Are Little Help. New York Times. 4 July 1993, accessdate 26 December 2012
  8. ^ Moore, Solomon (26 December 2008). "9th Body Found in California Attack". New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthor= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Roman, Tomas. "Police arrest suspect in SF mass slaying". KGO-TV. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  10. ^ "Death toll rises to 7 in Oakland religious school shooting". Los Angeles Times. 2 April 2, 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ Newman, Bruce (5 October 2011). "Cupertino quarry shooting suspect who killed 3, wounded 7 still on loose". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 26 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |separator= ignored (help)
  12. ^ Santa Cruz, Nicole and Louis Sahagun Prosecutors seek death penalty in salon shooting case Los Angeles Times, 15 October 2011, accessdate 26 December 2012.
  13. ^ Brown, Janelle (23 April 1999). "Doom, Quake and mass murder". Salon. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  14. ^ James Holmes appears in court being accused of killing 12 people in Aurora cinema shooting Belle News. accessdate 26 December 2012.
  15. ^ Lottery gunman's parents: 'We love you Matt -- but why?' Text of the Becks' statement, CNN, 8 March 1998, accessdate 26 December 2012
  16. ^ 9 dead in Connecticut workplace shooting, CNN (4 August 2010), accessdate 26 December 2012
  17. ^ Esposito, Richard; Smith, Candace; Mosk, Matthew; Ng, Christina (15 December 2012). "Authorities Search for Motives Behind Elementary School Shooting Massacre". ABC News.
  18. ^ Man kills self, 8 others at loan office, The Gainesville Sun, 19 June 1990, access date 27 December 2012
  19. ^ Sander, Libby (17 April 2007). "Murder Trial to Begin in Illinois, 14 Years After 7 Died". New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  20. ^ "Illinois School Gunman Named; Toll Corrected". National Public Radio. 15 February 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
  21. ^ Marriott, Michel Iowa Gunman Was Torn by Academic Challenge 4 November 1991, accessdate 28 December 2012.
  22. ^ Noe, Denise. The Wichita Horror, the brutal murders by Jonathan and Reginald Carr: The Heartbreak of a City, Court TV's Crime Library, accessdate 28 December 2012.
  23. ^ Survivors of Shooting and Gunman's Relatives Ponder Sad Riddles. New York Times, 17 September 1989, accessdate 28 December 2012.
  24. ^ Greene, Roy. A look back at other mass killings in Boston 28 September 2010, accessdate 28 December 2012
  25. ^ LaVoie, Dennis, Mass. Court To Hear Appeal In Chinatown Massacre 23 January 2011, accessdate 28 December 2012
  26. ^ Berdik, Chris, In the Shadow of the Dragon April 2003, accessdate 28 December 2012
  27. ^ Graham, Steve. Klamath Falls, Ore., angry, stunned by six senseless killings. The Day, 25 July 1977, accessdate 28 December 2012
  28. ^ Six shot to death outside nightclub Eugene Register-Guard, 24 July 1977, accessdate 28 December 2012
  29. ^ Church Shooting in Fort Worth, Texas, PBS Newshour, 16 September 1999
  30. ^ From wilt talk and friendship, to five deaths in schoolyard, New York Times, 29 March 1998
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