List of 2012 murders in the United States

Last updated August 09, 2025

List of 2012 murders in the United States:^[1]

Murder	Date	No. of victims	Location	Note
2012 Waller Killings ^[2]	March 20	3	Waller, Texas	Trey Selser murdered his parents in anticipation of committing a shooting at Waller High School though this plan would never be executed.
2012 Ingleside, San Francisco homicide ^[3]	March 23	5	San Francisco, California
2012 Oikos University shooting ^[4]	April 2	7	Oakland, California
Murder of Ming Qu and Ying Wu	April 11	2	University of Southern California
2012 Bain murder-kidnappings	April 27	2	Whiteville, Tennessee
Murder of Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie	May	1	Maryland
Lil Phat	June 7	1	Sandy Springs, Georgia
Murder of Skylar Neese	July 6	1	Star City, West Virginia
2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting ^[5]	July 20	12	Aurora, Colorado
Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting	August 5	7	Oak Creek, Wisconsin
2012 College Station, Texas shooting	August 13	2	College Station, Texas
2012 Empire State Building shooting	August 24	1	New York City
Faith Hedgepeth homicide	September 7	1	Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Minneapolis firm shooting ^[6]	September 27	6	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Killings of Lucia and Leo Krim	October 25	2	New York City
Byron David Smith killings	November 22	2	Little Falls, Minnesota	Two teens, 17 and 18, invaded the home of Byron David Smith. His actions allegedly went beyond those allowed by castle doctrine.
Clackamas Town Center shooting	December 11	2	Happy Valley, Oregon
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ^[7]	December 14	27	Newtown, Connecticut
2012 Webster shooting	December 24	3	Webster, New York

References

↑ "Murder". FBI. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
↑ By Lindsay Wiseand Anita Hassan. "Police: Man held in Waller killings had massacre plan". MySA. Archived from the original on March 21, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
↑ "Man found guilty of murder in 2012 quintuple homicide at home in San Francisco's Ingleside". ABC7 San Francisco. December 12, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
↑ Lee, Henry K. (September 16, 2014). "Details of Oikos University massacre tell of terror in Oakland". SFGate. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
↑ Frosch, Dan; Johnson, Kirk (July 20, 2012). "12 Are Killed at Showing of Batman Movie in Colorado". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved May 1, 2019.
↑ "Several Killed in Workplace Shooting in Minneapolis". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 27, 2012. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved April 10, 2019.
↑ Barron, James (December 14, 2012). "Gunman Kills 20 Schoolchildren in Connecticut". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved May 1, 2019.

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[1] "Murder". FBI. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

[2] By Lindsay Wiseand Anita Hassan. "Police: Man held in Waller killings had massacre plan". MySA. Archived from the original on March 21, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

[3] "Man found guilty of murder in 2012 quintuple homicide at home in San Francisco's Ingleside". ABC7 San Francisco. December 12, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2019.

[4] Lee, Henry K. (September 16, 2014). "Details of Oikos University massacre tell of terror in Oakland". SFGate. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

[5] Frosch, Dan; Johnson, Kirk (July 20, 2012). "12 Are Killed at Showing of Batman Movie in Colorado". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved May 1, 2019.

[6] "Several Killed in Workplace Shooting in Minneapolis". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 27, 2012. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved April 10, 2019.

[7] Barron, James (December 14, 2012). "Gunman Kills 20 Schoolchildren in Connecticut". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved May 1, 2019.

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