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This is a list of familicides that occurred in the United States. Being part of the list of rampage killers, the latter's terms of inclusion are also applied here.
A rampage killer has been defined as follows:
A rampage involves the (attempted) killing of multiple persons least partly in public space by a single physically present perpetrator using (potentially) deadly weapons in a single event without any cooling-off period. [1]
This list should contain every case with at least one of the following features:
All abbreviations used in the table are explained below.
Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | State | Killed | Injured | W | Additional Notes | Ref. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Simmons, Ronald Gene, 47 | Dec. 22–28 | 1987 | Pope County | Arkansas | 16 | 4 | FMO | Sentenced to death and executed | [2] |
2. | Banks, George Emil, 40 | Sept. 25 | 1982 | Wilkes-Barre & Jenkins Township | Pennsylvania | 13 | 1 | F | Sentenced to death | [3] |
3. | Ruppert, James Urban, 40* | March 30 | 1975 | Hamilton | Ohio | 11 | 0 | F | Sentenced to eleven consecutive life terms | [4] |
4. | Pardo, Bruce Jeffrey, 45 | Dec. 24 | 2008 | Covina | California | 9 | 2 | F A | Committed suicide | [5] |
5. | Clemmens, Abel, 33* | Nov. 10 | 1805 | Clarksburg | West Virginia | 9 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [6] |
6. | Woolfolk, Thomas George, 27* | Aug. 6 | 1887 | Macon | Georgia | 9 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death and executed Simon Cooper is suspected of having committed the murders | [7] |
7. | Hassell, George Jefferson, 39* | Dec. 5 | 1926 | Farwell | Texas | 9 | 0 | FM | Sentenced to death and executed Killed 4 people in 1917 | [8] |
8. | Waszak, John, 54* | April 18 | 1937 | Muskego | Wisconsin | 9 | 0 | E | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [9] |
9. | Acquin, Lorne Joe, 27 | July 22 | 1977 | Prospect | Connecticut | 9 | 0 | MA | Sentenced to 105 years to life imprisonment | [10] |
10. | Wesson, Marcus Delon, 57* | March 12 | 2004 | Fresno | California | 9 | 0 | F | Sentenced to death | [11] [12] |
11. | de Capua, Tony, 42 | Sept. 3 | 1927 | Youngstown | Ohio | 8 | 3 | F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [13] |
12. | Purrington, James, 46* | July 9 | 1806 | Augusta | Maine | 8 | 1 | M | Committed suicide | [14] |
13. | Heinze, Guy, 22* | Aug. 29 | 2009 | Brunswick | Georgia | 8 | 2 | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment Also killed three cats | [15] [16] [17] |
14. | Torres, Rafael, 40* | June 25 | 1969 | Jersey City | New Jersey | 8 | 1 | M | Arrested, but only prosecuted only a separate shooting earlier Released from a psychiatric hospital in 1984 | [18] |
15. | Russell, Francis Lloyd, 39* | June 4 | 1925 | Hamilton | Ohio | 8 | 0 | F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [19] |
16. | Gonzalez, Celestino P., 36 | July 9 | 1936 | Indiana Harbor | Indiana | 8 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [20] |
17. | Gragg, Ralph Marler, 32–33* | May 2 | 1951 | Collettsville | North Carolina | 8 | 0 | FMA | Committed suicide | [21] |
18. | Akulonis, Peter Joseph, 39* | April 15 | 1953 | Lawrence | Massachusetts | 8 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [22] |
19. | Pierce, Etheridge, 17 | March 26/29 | 1992 | New York City & Rochester | New York | 8 | 0 | F | Sentenced to 75 years in prison | [23] |
20. | Speight, Christopher Bryan, 39 | Jan. 17/19 | 2010 | Appomattox | Virginia | 8 | 0 | F E | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [24] |
21. | Conley, David Ray, 48 | Aug. 8 | 2015 | Houston | Texas | 8 | 0 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [25] |
22. | Godbolt, Willie Corey, 35 | May 27 | 2017 | Bogue Chitto & Brookhaven | Mississippi | 8 | 0 | F | Sentenced to death | [26] |
23. | Salcido Bojorquez, Ramon, 28 | April 14 | 1989 | Sonoma County | California | 7 | 2 | FM | Sentenced to death | [27] |
24. | Hildebrandt, Hannah, 35* | Jan. 13 | 1896 | Marysville | Kansas | 7 | 1 | P | Committed suicide | [28] |
25. | Collett, George M., 45 | Jan. 8 | 1935 | Mount Vernon | Kentucky | 7 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | [29] |
26. | Lias, Frankie Lee, 20* | Feb. 18 | 1974 | Fayette | Mississippi | 7 | 1 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [30] |
27. | Kirby, Judy, 31 | March 25 | 2000 | Martinsville | Indiana | 7 | 1 | V | Sentenced to 215 years in prison | [31] |
28. | Aldridge, Joseph Jesse, 36 | Feb. 26 | 2015 | Tyrone | Missouri | 7 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | [32] |
29. | Kaiser, Moritz, 50* | Feb. 28/ March 1 | 1878 | Monroe County | Illinois | 7 | 0 | MA | Perished in the fire | [33] |
30. | Reid, Nathan | Dec. 25 | 1887 | Worth County | Georgia | 7 | 0 | MA | Committed suicide | [34] |
31. | Baker, John Gerhardt, 34* | Sept. 26 | 1897 | Carrolton | Iowa | 7 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [35] |
32. | Kraus, August* | March 12 | 1903 | Bellefontaine | Missouri | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [36] |
33. | Markham, Julia* | Sept. 30 | 1905 | Cambridge | Illinois | 7 | 0 | MA | Committed suicide | [37] |
34. | Ayer, Charles H., 43* | Jan. 17 | 1906 | Pembroke | New Hampshire | 7 | 0 | F O | Committed suicide | [38] |
35. | Grant, James T.* | Dec. 26 | 1911 | Benton | Arkansas | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [39] |
36. | O'Kane, Daniel, 47–48* | March 6 | 1916 | Lawton | Oklahoma | 7 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [40] |
37. | Green, Addie* | March 10/11 | 1917 | Nashville | Arkansas | 7 | 0 | M | Arrested | [41] |
38. | Stravisar, Mary* | July 29 | 1919 | Kimberly | Ohio | 7 | 0 | A | Committed suicide | [42] |
39. | Lawson, Charles Davis, 43* | Dec. 25 | 1929 | Germanton | North Carolina | 7 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [43] |
40. | Geller, Ethel, 44* | May 6 | 1930 | Columbus | Ohio | 7 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [44] |
41. | Gravlin, William Glenn, 30* | Sept. 29 | 1964 | Troy | Michigan | 7 | 0 | FM | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [45] |
42. | Belcher, Harry M., 32* | Jan. 25 | 1965 | Ferndale | Michigan | 7 | 0 | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [46] |
43. | Hanks, Lee M., 21 | July 6 | 1981 | Syracuse | New York | 7 | 0 | A | Sentenced to 20 years to life Terminated a pregnancy | [47] |
44. | Haggart, Robert Lee, 31* | Feb. 17 | 1982 | Farwell | Michigan | 7 | 0 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment Killed a woman in 1977 | |
45. | Lynam, Daniel Patrick, 36* | July 11 | 1987 | Tacoma & Federal Way | Washington | 7 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [48] |
46. | Schnick, James Eugene, 36* | Sept. 25 | 1987 | Elkland | Missouri | 7 | 0 | FM | Sentenced to death | [49] |
47. | Avanesian, Jorjik, 40* | Feb. 6 | 1996 | Glendale | California | 7 | 0 | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [50] |
48. | Spirit, Don Charles, 51* | Sept. 18 | 2014 | Bell | Florida | 7 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [51] |
49. | Hart, Jennifer Jean, 38* | March 26 | 2018 | Westport | California | 7 | 0 | V | Died in the crash | [52] |
50. | Haight, Michael, 42 | Jan. 4 | 2023 | Enoch | Utah | 7 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [53] |
51. | Helde, Paul* | July 17 | 1881 | Eagle Creek Valley | Wisconsin | 6–8 | 0–2 | FM | Committed suicide | [54] |
52. | Crump, Danny Eugene, 27 | Sept. 20 | 1980 | Olathe | Kansas | 6 | 3 | E | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [55] |
53. | Dotson, Jessie L., 33 | March 2 | 2008 | Memphis | Tennessee | 6 | 3 | FM | Sentenced to death Killed a man in 1994 | [56] |
54. | Cameron, Donald T., 35 | Dec. 9 | 1939 | Chippewa Falls | Wisconsin | 6 | 2 | F A | Committed suicide | [57] |
55. | Kline, Sherman, 38 | Dec. 18 | 1968 | Carlinville | Illinois | 6 | 2 | F | Committed suicide | [58] |
56. | McConaughy, Robert, 31* | May 30 | 1840 | Hill Valley | Pennsylvania | 6 | 1 | FM | Sentenced to death and executed | [59] |
57. | Lackey, Albert Newton | Aug. 24 | 1885 | Blanco City | Texas | 6 | 1 | FM | Killed by angry mob | [60] |
58. | Cooper, Emma, 42* | June 12 | 1908 | Cadillac | Michigan | 6 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | [61] |
59. | Schoch, Kathryn, 37* | Dec. 22/23 | 1934 | Dunkirk Pittsburgh | New York Pennsylvania | 6 | 1 | F P | Committed suicide | [62] |
60. | David, Rachel, [63] 38* | Aug. 3 | 1978 | Salt Lake City | Utah | 6 | 1 | O | Committed suicide | [64] |
61. | Bell, King Edward, 31 | Aug. 21 | 1981 | Indianapolis | Indiana | 6 | 1 | F | Sentenced to six consecutive 40-year terms | [65] |
62. | Haskell, Ronald Lee, 33 | July 9 | 2014 | Spring | Texas | 6 | 1 | F | Sentenced to death | [66] |
63. | Stone, Bradley William, 35 | Dec. 15 | 2014 | Souderton, Lansdale, & Lower Salford Township | Pennsylvania | 6 | 1 | FM | Committed suicide | [67] |
64. | Pridgeon, Jarron Deajon, 25 (accused) | Feb. 2 | 2021 | Muskogee | Oklahoma | 6 | 1 | F | Arrested | [68] |
65. | O'Neil, Patsy, 19 | Sept. 11 | 1846 | Overton County | Tennessee | 7 | 0 | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [69] |
66. | Dakin, ---* | March 25 | 1871 | Stonefort | Illinois | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [70] |
67. | Wampler, Lewis* | May | 1884 | Pleasanton | Kansas | 6 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [71] |
68. | Gallegos, Jose Trujillo | Feb. 17 | 1885 | Las Norias | New Mexico | 6 | 0 | M | Arrested | [72] |
69. | Dunham, James C. | May 26 | 1896 | Campbell | California | 6 | 0 | FM | Escaped | [73] [74] |
70. | Hansen, Jens* | Jan. 12 | 1896 | Chicago | Illinois | 6 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [75] |
71. | Klaettke, Richard, 38* | Feb. 5 | 1896 | Chicago | Illinois | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [76] |
72. | Wurtzer, Rosa, 40* | Feb. 24 | 1901 | Uniontown | Washington | 6 | 0 | MO | Arrested | [77] |
73. | Naramore, Elizabeth Ann* | March 21 | 1901 | Coldbrook Springs | Massachusetts | 6 | 0 | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [78] |
74. | Westrope, Mary E. "Mollie", 38* | June 15 | 1902 | Brandywine | Mississippi | 6 | 0 | F A | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [79] |
75. | Stephens, Edwin, 35* | May 24 | 1905 | San Rafael | California | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [80] |
76. | McWilliams, William S., 44* | Nov. 24 | 1905 | Littleton | Iowa | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death | [81] |
77. | Johnson, Ellen C., 36* | Oct. 23 | 1911 | Braddock | North Dakota | 6 | 0 | A | Perished in the fire | [82] |
78. | Wychopen, John, 40* | April 29/30 | 1916 | Holland | Texas | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [83] |
79. | Klocow, Frank, 49* | Sept. 3/4 | 1921 | Ormsby | Minnesota | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [84] |
80. | Taylor, Guy M., 35* | Feb. 11/12 | 1927 | Utica | New York | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [85] |
81. | Millis, Phillip Noble, 37* | Dec. 12 | 1927 | Hennessey | Oklahoma | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [86] |
82. | Pasos, Marie, 35* | Feb. 15 | 1929 | New York City | New York | 6 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [87] |
83. | Jackson, George, 35* | Oct. 25 | 1931 | Wagener | South Carolina | 6 | 0 | F | Sentenced to death | [88] |
84. | Albers, William A., 54* | Jan. 23 | 1936 | Danville | Illinois | 6 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [89] |
85. | Nollen, Elsie, 30* | Aug. 28/29 | 1937 | Denison | Iowa | 6 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [90] |
86. | Curtis, Lillie May, 38* | March 16 | 1938 | Center | Texas | 6 | 0 | F | Sentenced to 495 years in prison | [91] |
87. | Nicosia, Louise, 43* | July 10 | 1940 | New York City | New York | 6 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [92] |
88. | Gibson, Esker Washington, 32* | April 24 | 1941 | Irvington | Alabama | 6 | 0 | MA | Sentenced to death and executed | [93] |
89. | Seipel, Thomas, 31* | Jan. 16 | 1942 | Plum City | Wisconsin | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [94] |
90. | Pulliam, Mark, 34* | Nov. 2 | 1942 | Chatsworth | Georgia | 6 | 0 | MA | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [95] |
91. | Dalrymple, Carl, 27* | May 17 | 1943 | Crossville | Alabama | 6 | 0 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [96] |
92. | Bauer, William Dilworth, 48* | Jan. 28 | 1956 | Parsippany-Troy Hills | New Jersey | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [97] |
93. | King, Rufus Allen, 33* | Oct. 2 | 1956 | Clinton | North Carolina | 6 | 0 | FM | Committed suicide | [98] |
94. | Lewis, Earl H.* | Nov. 7/8 | 1958 | Portsmouth | Virginia | 6 | 0 | P | Committed suicide | [99] |
95. | Soper, Roland L., 28–29* | March 4/5 | 1959 | Lancaster | Ohio | 6 | 0 | MP | Committed suicide | [100] |
96. | Pitelka, Charles E., 34* | May 13 | 1961 | Lockport | Illinois | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [101] |
97. | Bauer, Roland Jack, 31* | May 6 | 1962 | Zion | Illinois | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [102] |
98. | Gregor, Elizabeth, 43–44* | June 17 | 1963 | Prospect | Pennsylvania | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [103] |
99. | Burgan, James D., 28 | Dec. 3 | 1964 | Detroit | Michigan | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [104] |
100. | Sartin, Mary M., 26–27* | Aug. 13 | 1965 | Bay View | Ohio | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [105] |
101. | Suarez, Jose Antonio, 22* | April | 1966 | New York City | New York | 6 | 0 | M | Not prosecuted and set free | [106] |
102. | Bray, Charles Coatney, 40* | Dec. 19 | 1968 | Napa | California | 6 | 0 | F A | Committed suicide | [107] |
103. | O'Leary, George T., 46* | June 8/9 | 1973 | Boston | Massachusetts | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [108] |
104. | DeFeo, Ronald Joseph, 23* | Nov. 13 | 1974 | Amityville | New York | 6 | 0 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment Died in prison | [109] |
105. | Nelson, Simon Peter, 46* | Jan. 7 | 1978 | Rockford | Illinois | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to six concurrent prison terms of 100 to 200 years Also killed a dog | [110] |
106. | Gilbert, Gene, 28* | Jan. 3 | 1981 | Delmar | Iowa | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [111] |
107. | Ellis, Ronald Quitman, 34 | May 2 | 1981 | Camp Springs | Maryland | 6 | 0 | F | Sentenced to five consecutive life terms plus 10 years | [112] |
108. | Day, James Alan, 36* | Oct. 18 | 1984 | Evansville | Indiana | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [113] |
109. | Dreesman, Robert, 40* | Dec. 30 | 1987 | Algona | Iowa | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [114] |
110. | Shaw, Tracey, 26 | Dec. 23 | 1994 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 6 | 0 | A | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [115] |
111. | Forsyth, Rick Wayne, 42 | June 14 | 1993 | Norwalk | Iowa | 6 | 0 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [116] |
112. | Her, Khoua, 24* | Sept. 3 | 1998 | Saint Paul | Minnesota | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to 50 years in prison | [117] |
113. | Pangle, Richard Vincent, 37* | Sept. 4 | 2000 | Ava | Ohio | 6 | 0 | F A | Perished in the fire | [118] |
114. | Soltys, Nikolay Alekseyevich, 27* | Aug. 20 | 2001 | Sacramento | California | 6 | 0 | M | Committed suicide while awaiting trial | |
115. | Wise, Jesse Dee, 21* | April 8/9 | 2006 | Leola | Pennsylvania | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [119] |
116. | Isadore, Hersel Michael, 34–35* | Dec. 16 | 2006 | Kansas City | Kansas | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [120] |
117. | Lupoe, Ervin Antonio, 40* | Jan. 27 | 2009 | Los Angeles | California | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [121] |
118. | Shaffer, Jacob Levi, 30 | July 18 | 2009 | Fayetteville Huntsville | Tennessee Alabama | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [122] |
119. | Damas, Mesac, 33* | Sept. 18 | 2009 | Naples | Florida | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death | [123] |
120. | Yazdanpanah, Aziz, 56* | Dec. 25 | 2011 | Grapevine | Texas | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [124] |
121. | Ray, Larry Don, 66 | March 15 | 2020 | Moncure | North Carolina | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [125] |
122. | McFadden, Jesse, 39 | May 1 | 2023 | Henryetta | Oklahoma | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [126] |
123. | Mantooth, Chamberlain, 50* | Oct. 13 | 1906 | Newport | Tennessee | 5–7 | 0–2 | M | Committed suicide | [127] |
124. | Clark, Harry, 30 | June 24 | 1916 | Osceola | Arkansas | 5–6 | 2–3 | F | Committed suicide | [128] |
* – Marks cases where all the victims were relatives of the perpetrator
W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders
Leung Ying was a Chinese mass murderer who, at the age of 29, killed 11 people on a farm near Fairfield, California, on August 22, 1928, before escaping the scene. He was arrested by police the next day and sentenced to death on August 31. Ying killed himself in his prison cell on October 22, about two weeks before his set execution date.