This is a list of mass or spree killers in the Americas (excluding the United States). A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills 3 or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themself. [1] [2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [3] [4] [5]
Specific notable subtypes of mass murder, including politically motivated crimes, workplace killings, school attacks and familicides, have their own lists.
This list does not include serial killers, members of democidal governments, or major political figures who orchestrated such actions.
Perpetrator | Date | Year | Location | Country | Killed | Injured | W | Additional Notes | Ref. |
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Delgado Morales, Campo Elías, 52 [n 1] | Dec. 4 | 1986 | Bogotá | Colombia | 29 | 12 | FMA | Killed by police or committed suicide | |
Da Mota Silveira, Manuel | Nov. 26 | 1960 | Carpina | Brazil | 23 | 40+ | V | Arrested | [6] |
Wortman, Gabriel, 51 | April 18-19 | 2020 | Nova Scotia | Canada | 22 | 3 | F A | Killed by police Terminated a pregnancy Also killed two dogs | |
Unknown | Oct. 9 | 1994 | Djimenzen | Haiti | 14 | 12+ | V | [7] | |
Ferreira de França, Genildo, 27 [n 1] | May 21–22 | 1997 | Santo Antônio de Potengi | Brazil | 14 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | |
Augusto, Pedro [n 2] | August | 1900 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 12 | ? | FM | Arrested | [8] |
Sanderson, Myles, 30 [n 1] | Sept. 4 | 2022 | James Smith Cree Nation & Weldon | Canada | 11 | 18 | M | Died in police custody | |
Minassian, Alek, 25 | April 23 | 2018 | Toronto, Ontario | Canada | 11 | 15 | V | Sentenced to life imprisonment One of the victims died in 2021; attributed to this event | |
Lozano Velásquez, Juan de Jesús, 26 | June 24 | 2000 | Bogotá | Colombia | 11 | 7 | F | Sentenced to 40 years in prison | |
Caceres, Gregorio, 50 | Feb. 18 | 1942 | Trujillo | Venezuela | 11 | 4 | M | Killed | [9] |
Flores, Oscar, 23 [n 1] | July 31 | 2005 | San Jerónimo de Juárez | Mexico | 11 | 2 | FM | Killed by angry mob or killed by police | [10] |
Memado, Raymundo | July | 1902 | Alcobaça, Bahia | Brazil | 10 | 0 | F | [11] | |
Malagón González, Arnoldo, 22 | June 1 | 1993 | Soacha | Colombia | 10 | ? | F | Arrested | [12] |
França, Arlindo [n 3] [n 4] | April 10 | 1951 | Pocinhos | Brazil | 9 | 0 | FM | Arrested | [13] |
Hoffman, Victor Ernest, 21 [n 3] [n 4] | August 15 | 1967 | Shell Lake, Saskatchewan | Canada | 9 | 0 | F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | |
Lima, Emival Menezes, 21 Ximenes, Carlos Roberto, 24 | March 31 | 1984 | Araguaína | Brazil | 9 | 0 | FM | Both sentenced to 261 years in prison Terminated a pregnancy | [14] |
Hyatt, Thaddeus, 26 | March 30 | 1959 | Labyrinth | Jamaica | 8 | 14 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | [15] |
García Antonio, Germán [n 1] | May 2 | 1985 | Guadalupe la Mexicana | Mexico | 8 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | [16] |
Nelson, Dale Merle, 31 | September 5 | 1970 | Creston, British Columbia | Canada | 8 | 0 | FM | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [17] |
Martins, Terezinha, 40 [n 3] [n 4] | October 3 | 1999 | Nova América da Colina | Brazil | 8 | 0 | A | Sentenced to 150 years in prison | [18] |
Temu Morente, Tomás 26 | Oct. 21 | 1994 | San Antonio | Guatemala | 8 | ? | M | Arrested | [19] |
Unknown [n 3] | December 26 | 1977 | Angostura | Colombia | 8 | ? | FM | Arrested Also killed a dog | [20] |
Modesto Filho, Manoel [n 2] | Oct. 22-23 | 1939 | São Paulo | Brazil | 7 | 12 | F | Committed suicide | [21] |
José Vidal Céspedes, 39 | Jan. 31 | 1993 | Acahay | Paraguay | 7 | 9 | V | Arrested and dead | [22] |
Barraga, Jose Alberto, 34 | Feb. 18 | 1968 | Tello | Colombia | 7 | 4 | M | Killed by soldiers | [23] |
Klemmensen, Abel, 18 [n 1] | Jan. 1 | 1990 | Narsaq | Greenland | 7 | 1 | F | Sentenced to life imprisonment | [24] |
Colombo, 35 | October | 1939 | Rosario | Argentina | 7 | 1 | F | Committed suicide | [25] |
McCallum, Frederick Moses, 19 [n 4] | January 30 | 1969 | Buffalo Narrows | Canada | 7 | 1 | M | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [26] |
Manoel Rosas [n 3] [n 4] | July 12 | 1939 | Acaraú | Brazil | 7 | 0 | P | Arrested | [27] |
dos Santos, Luiz Gonzaga Pereira [n 3] | June 29 | 1979 | Triunfo | Brazil | 7 | 0 | F | Escaped, killed on shootout in 1981 Suspect in other 4 murders | [28] |
Coronado, Manuel Martínez, 39 [n 3] Arias, Daniel, 60 | May 17 | 1995 | El Palmar | Guatemala | 7 | 0 | F | Coronado sentenced to death and executed Arias sentenced to 30 years in prison | |
Sandoval Troncoso, Luis Avelino [n 1] [n 3] | July 15 | 1963 | Valdivia | Chile | 7 | 0 | M | Committed suicide | [29] |
Jean Carlos Hernández, 21 Reynaldo Cuadra McBean, 25 | July 17 | 2020 | Gatun Lake | Panama | 7 | 0 | F | McBean sentenced to 50 years in prison Hernández sentenced to 36 years | [30] |
Vasquez, Ignacio [n 2] | January 31 | 1960 | San Francisco Piletas | Mexico | 7 | ? | F | Committed suicide | [31] |
Rodríguez, Belarminio Antonio [n 2] | March 25-26 | 1968 | Valverde Province | Dominican Republic | 6 | 9 | F | Arrested | [32] |
Santana Cedano, José Ángelo, 39 | July 24 | 2021 | Higüey | Dominican Republic | 6 | 8 | F | Killed by police | [33] |
Rolle, Reuben, 30 [n 1] | May 20 | 1964 | Nassau | Bahamas | 6 | 6 | F | Committed suicide One more died from a heart attack | [34] |
Navarrete Gómez, Luis Alonso, 28 [n 2] | June 2 | 2000 | El Tablón | El Salvador | 6 | 4 | F | Sentenced to 30 years in prison | [35] |
Milhomem, Mauro | June 1 | 1980 | Barra do Garças | Brazil | 6 | 4 | V | Died in the crash | [36] |
Lepine, William Bernard, 27 | Aug. 28 | 1972 | Kettle Valley | Canada | 6 | 3 | F | Found not guilty by reason of insanity | [37] |
Headley, Hubert, 33 [n 1] | Dec. 9 | 1994 | Buxton & Friendship | Guyana | 6 | 3 | M | Killed by police Also killed a dog | [38] |
Unknown | 1935 | Brazil | 6 | 2 | F | Escaped | [39] | ||
Rivas, Valerio, 47 [n 1] | April | 1941 | Bahía Blanca | Argentina | 6 | 2 | M | Killed by police | [40] |
Jiménez Rodríguez, Alberto [n 2] Farfán Moore, Yair [n 2] | June 10 | 2007 | Balsillas | Colombia | 6 | 2 | F | Both were sentenced to 40 years in prison | [41] |
Barreto, Miguel [n 1] | October 5 | 1991 | Hatillo | Puerto Rico | 6 | 2 | M | Killed | [42] |
Roldán Concha, José Misael, 27 [n 3] [n 4] | July 7 | 1957 | Pupunahue | Chile | 6 | 1 | MA | Sentenced to death, later changed to life imprisonment | [43] |
De-Zoysa, Febrio, 19 | March 6 | 2024 | Ottawa, Ontario | Canada | 6 | 1 | M | Arrested | |
Gonçalves da Silva, Joaquim, 21 [n 3] [n 4] | February | 1969 | Nova Andradina | Brazil | 6 | 0 | M | Arrested | [44] |
Shearing, David William, 23 [n 3] | August 10/16/17 | 1982 | Near Clearwater, British Columbia | Canada | 6 | 0 | FMA | Sentenced to 25 years to life | [45] |
Unknown | 1995 | Mato Grosso | Brazil | 6 | 0 | M | [46] | ||
Two unknown men | March | 1860 | S.S. Anna | 6 | 0 | Arrested | [47] | ||
Valle, Essrado, 27 | Feb. 20 | 1925 | Guaymas | Mexico | 6 | 0 | M | [48] | |
Pino, Fabio Jesús, 25 [n 2] | June 28 | 1962 | Mariquita | Colombia | 6 | 0 | F | Committed suicide | [49] |
Valenzuela Torres, Jorge del Carmen, 22 [n 3] | August 20 | 1960 | San Carlos | Chile | 6 | 0 | M | Sentenced to death and executed | |
Unknown | Feb. | 1994 | Barragem | Brazil | 6 | 0 | FM | Unsolved | [50] |
Ferreira Costa, William Roberto, 27 | Dec. 21 | 2016 | Jaboticabal | Brazil | 6 | 0 | F | Sentenced to 61 years and 3 months in prison | [51] |
Unknown [n 1] | Dec. 7 | 1962 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 6 | ? | F | [52] | |
Cearense, Augusto | May 4 | 1914 | Minas Gerais | Brazil | 5–6 | ? | F | Killed by police | [53] |
Martins, Pedro | Jan. 31 | 1957 | Vira Saia | Brazil | 5 | 15 | M | Killed | [54] |
Rivera, Nicolas Sanchez | Dec. 24-25 | 1944 | Manzanillo | Mexico | 5 | 10 | F | Killed by soldiers | [55] |
Romero Naupay, Eduardo Glicerio, 32 | Feb. 17 | 2017 | Lima | Peru | 5 | 9 | F | Killed by police | [56] |
Hope, Seon, 35 [n 1] | Feb. 23 | 1933 | Haggatts | Barbados | 5 | 5 | MA | Sentenced to death and executed Also killed a pig and donkey | [57] |
Alves da Silva, Manuel, 30 | Aug. 25 | 1973 | Sapucaia, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 4 | 38 | MV | [58] | |
Peterkin, Eric, 38 | May 14 | 1977 | Daniel Town | Jamaica | 4 | 13 | F | Killed by police | [59] |
Amigó Vergara, Alejandro, 32 | April 10 | 1974 | Talca | Chile | 4 | 9 | M | Killed by police | [60] |
do Nascimento, Benedito Maximo, 39–40 [n 1] | Sept. 4 | 1955 | Rio Formoso | Brazil | 4 | 5–8 | MA | Arrested | [61] |
Riffo Sandoval, María Jesús, 48 | Oct. 8 | 1975 | Angol | Chile | 3 | 40 | P | Sentenced to 20 years of prison time. | [62] |
de Gouveia, João [ es ], 37 | Dec. 6 | 2002 | Caracas | Venezuela | 3 | 29 | F | Sentenced to 29 years and 11 months in prison | [63] |
Rosa da Conceição, Pedro | April 22 | 1904 | Rio das Pedras, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 3 | 13 | M | Arrested Allegedly killed a family of twelve people Killed two people in 1911 | |
Pereira Maurício, Lourenço, 36 | Nov. 6 | 1978 | Afogados | Brazil | 3 | 11 | M | Arrested | [64] |
Arancibia Navarro, Iván Jesus, 47 [n 1] | Dec. 17 | 1999 | Valparaíso | Chile | 3 | 0 | F | Also attempted suicide. Declared not guilty by reason of insanity. | [65] |
W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders
Events in the year 1936 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1967 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1952 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1956 in Brazil.
Events in the year 2000 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1958 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1960 in Brazil.
Events in the year 1998 in Brazil.
Events of the year 1968 in Brazil
Events in the year 1974 in Brazil.
Luiz Gonzaga Pereira dos Santos was a Brazilian mass murderer who killed a family of seven in Princesa Isabel, Brazil, on June 29, 1979. He was killed on a siege on March 3, 1981.
Pedro Rosa da Conceição was a Brazilian spree killer. He killed three people and wounded thirteen others in Rio das Pedras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on April 22, 1904, before his arrest. He later killed his cellmate Joaquim Alves Junior and an unnamed guard who attempted to calm him down in 1911. He was also said to have murdered a family of twelve people in Rio das Pedras.