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This is a list of school shootings in South America. The list includes shootings that occurred in primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools, as well as on school buses. This list does not include other types of attacks, such as arson, stabbings, and others. The term "school shooting" excludes:
# | Date | Location | Country | Dead | Injured | Total | Article |
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1° | 7 April 2011 | Rio de Janeiro City | Brazil | 13 | 22 | 35 | Rio de Janeiro school shooting |
2° | 13 March 2019 | Suzano | Brazil | 9 | 11 | 20 | Suzano massacre |
3° | 25 November 2022 | Aracruz | Brazil | 4 | 11 | 15 | Aracruz school shootings |
4° | 19 October 2024 | Heliópolis | Brazil | 4 | 0 | 4 | Heliópolis school shooting |
5° | 28 September 2004 | Carmen de Patagones | Argentina | 3 | 5 | 8 | Carmen de Patagones school shooting |
6° | 17 December 1999 | Valparaíso | Chile | 3 | 1 | 4 | Valparaíso school shootings |
7° | 16 March 2019 | Iquique | Chile | 3 | 0 | 3 | Iquique military school shooting |
Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description | |
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1967 | ||||||
30 June 1967 | São Paulo City, Brazil | 2 [n 1] | 0 | 2 | Brasil Acióli Júnior, 20, shoots his 18-year-old girlfriend to death in the classroom before killing himself. [1] | |
1969 | ||||||
19 April 1969 | Curitiba, Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | Marcel Bergmann kills a teacher with multiple shots to the head and heart before fleeing. During the escape, Bergmann hits a second teacher in the head with the butt of a gun. [2] | |
1971 | ||||||
7 October 1971 | Cabo do Santo Agostinho, Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | Severino Matos de Vasconcelhos shot and killed one student and seriously injured another before being arrested. [3] | |
1972 | ||||||
16 December 1972 | Juiz de Fora, Brazil | 1 | 2 [n 1] | 3 | Nilson Resende went to a school and killed a student and injured her boyfriend, before trying to kill himself with a shot to the head. [4] | |
1985 | ||||||
24 August 1985 | São Paulo City, Brazil | 2 [n 1] | 0 | 2 | João Francisco Varjão Filho, 23, broke into a college and killed a student who had rejected him, before killing himself. [5] | |
1994 | ||||||
27 July 1994 | Brasília, Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | Psychologist Ricardo de Brito Rocha, 40, fought with a student before shooting him and another colleague, who later died in hospital. [6] | |
1995 | ||||||
11 December 1995 | São Paulo City, Brazil | 2 [n 1] | 1 | 3 | Christian Hartmann, a 21-year-old student, shoots his two classmates, including a female student he liked, killing her, before committing suicide with a gunshot to the mouth. [7] | |
1996 | ||||||
1 April 1996 | Lorena, Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | Antônio Carlos de Costa, 29, opens fire inside the university, killing a 44-year-old professor and injuring his 41-year-old secretary, before fleeing. [8] | |
1997 | ||||||
6 May 1997 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 0 | 1 | 1 | A football-related fight resulted in an 18-year-old student striking a 21-year-old classmate. [9] | |
9 May 1997 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 | A 14-year-old student took a firearm from his father to school and accidentally, the gun went off, killing a student. [10] | |
24 November 1997 | Taboão da Serra, Brazil | 1 [n 2] | 1 | 2 | After a fight, the student, Rodolfo Eduardo Kersul, 17, tries to shoot his classmates, but accidentally hits his 18-year-old friend before killing himself. [11] | |
1998 | ||||||
30 April 1998 | Iguatu, Brazil | 1 [n 2] | 1 | 2 | Gilcimar Bianchi, 21, broke into a school bus and took a student, his ex-girlfriend, hostage, in addition to freeing the students and the driver. After hours of negotiations with the police, Bianchi shot and seriously wounded the student in the head and was later shot in the head, dying days later in the hospital. [12] | |
1999 | ||||||
19 April 1999 | Ribeirão Preto, Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | The young N. A. S., 13, fired shots in front of a school that hit and killed a 17-year-old student on the court, in addition to wounding a 14-year-old student in the foot. [13] | |
17 December 1999 | Valparaíso, Chile | 2 (in the first attack) 1 (in the second attack) | 0 (in the first attack) 1 (in the second attack) [n 2] | 2 (in the first attack) 2 (in the second attack) [n 1] | Valparaíso school shootings: Iván Arancibia Navarro, 47, drove to a high school with his daughter before killing her and a principal. Arancibia escaped and drove to a second school, killing another principal, before shooting himself in the mouth. |
Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description | |
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2000 | ||||||
25 February 2000 | São Paulo City, Brazil | 1 | 3 | 4 | Two teenagers went on a shooting spree that hit three students and a staff member, killing one of the students. [14] | |
4 August 2000 | Rafael Calzada, Argentina | 1 | 1 | 2 | Rafael Calzada school shooting: Javier Ignacio Romero, 18, shot two students in front of a school before leaving. One of the students, 16, died days later in the hospital. | |
2001 | ||||||
6 March 2001 | Limeira, Brazil | 1 | 2 | 3 | Two underage brothers shot three young men, two of them students at the school, killing a 13-year-old student, before fleeing in their mother's car. [15] | |
6 August 2001 | Macaúbas, Brazil | 0 | 7 | 7 | Roberio Souza de Oliveira, 18, broke into his old school and armed with a shotgun, slightly injured six students, most of them girls, and a female teacher, before fleeing. [16] | |
2002 | ||||||
27 March 2002 | Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil | 1 | 2 | 3 | Three students aged 12 to 15 are shot inside a school bus by Pedro da Silva Prusch, 51, killing a 14-year-old boy. [17] | |
11 May 2002 | Cascavel, Brazil | 0 | 3 | 3 | J. O., 16 years old, shot three students (two girls and a boy), seriously injuring the boy and slightly injuring the two girls. [18] | |
28 October 2002 | Salvador, Brazil | 2 | 0 | 2 | Sigma School shooting: The 17-year-old student, E.R., shot two 15-year-old female students before being turned over to authorities. | |
2003 | ||||||
28 January 2003 | Taiúva, Brazil | 1 [n 2] | 8 | 9 | Taiúva school shooting: Edmar Aparecido Freitas, an 18-year-old former student, shot six students, two of them seriously, and two staff members, before killing himself. | |
17 February 2003 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 1 | 3 [n 1] | 4 | Student Warley Pinto, 16, was shot by armed youths in a gang attack. Pinto then shot three students, one of whom died in the hospital days later. [19] | |
24 April 2003 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1 | 0 | 1 | Alberto Gristaldi broke into a private school and, armed with a pistol, shot and killed a 48-year-old administrator. [20] | |
20 May 2003 | Francisco Morato, Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | A school shooting by an unknown gunman kills an 18-year-old student and injures a 20-year-old classmate. [21] | |
2004 | ||||||
5 February 2004 | Remanso, Brazil | 1 | 2 | 3 | D., 17, broke into a computer school and shot three women, two students and an employee, killing one of them, before being subdued. [22] | |
27 September 2004 | Santa Juana, Chile | 1 | 0 | 1 | Armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, 17-year-old Fernando Fernández lured Ángelo Zúñiga Faúndez into a bathroom, where he shot and killed him as revenge in a love conflict. [23] [24] [25] Due to his status as a minor at the tine, he was ultimately sentenced to 4 years' parole. [26] | |
28 September 2004 | Carmen de Patagones, Argentina | 3 | 5 | 8 | Carmen de Patagones school shooting: Rafael Solich, 15, burst into a classroom and shot eight classmates, killing three of them, before being restrained by a classmate. | |
2005 | ||||||
19 August 2005 | Contagem, Brazil | 1 | 2 | 3 | An unidentified man shot three students at the gates of a school, killing a 15-year-old student. [27] | |
2007 | ||||||
26 February 2007 | Encarnación, Paraguay | 0 | 1 | 1 | Orlando Giménez Ruíz Díaz, 33, wounded his teacher with three shots at a university in the country. [28] | |
3 December 2007 | Betim, Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | A fight led to Wharley Costa Borges, 23, shooting two 16-year-old students, killing one of them. [29] | |
2009 | ||||||
18 December 2009 | Piracicaba, Brazil | 2 [n 1] | 0 | 2 | José Maria Roque, 55, broke into a school and shot dead a teacher of the same age, before committing suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot. [30] | |
2010 | ||||||
6 October 2010 | São Paulo City, Brazil | 2 [n 1] | 0 | 2 | Reginaldo Silva, 38, shot and killed his wife at a school before killing himself. [31] | |
4 November 2010 | Araucária, Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | A 19-year-old man who tried to impress students in a school gymnasium by firing into the air, shot and hit two 15-year-old students, one of whom died days later. [32] | |
2011 | ||||||
7 April 2011 | Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil | 13 [n 1] | 22 | 35 | Rio de Janeiro school shooting: Welligton Menezes de Oliveira, 23, a former student, invades a school in Realengo and kills twelve students and injures 22, before being shot by a police officer who was nearby and then committing suicide with a shot to the head. | |
19 May 2011 | Betim, Brazil | 1 | 2 | 3 | A 16-year-old shot three students aged 18 and 19 who were leaving school, killing one 18-year-old student. [33] | |
22 September 2011 | São Caetano do Sul, Brazil | 1 [n 2] | 1 | 2 | Davi Mota Nogueira, a 10-year-old student, shot his 38-year-old teacher in the lower back inside the classroom before killing himself on the school stairs. [34] | |
2012 | ||||||
11 April 2012 | João Pessoa, Brazil | 0 | 3 | 3 | A 16-year-old student shot three classmates (two girls and one boy), wounding them. [35] | |
1° June 2012 | Caxias do Sul, Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | A 24-year-old man is suspected of shooting and killing a student and injuring his friend in front of the school in Caxias do Sul. [36] | |
11 September 2012 | Dois Vizinhos, Brazil | 0 | 2 | 2 | A 27-year-old man stormed a school and shot his ex-girlfriend and a student, wounding them, before fleeing and being arrested in the state of Santa Catarina. [37] | |
26 October 2012 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 1 [n 2] | 1 | 2 | Adiel Alves, 21, stormed a university and shot a security guard in the arm before being fatally shot. [38] | |
2013 | ||||||
10 May 2013 | Vespasiano, Brazil | 1 | 2 | 3 | A young man shot three students in front of a school, killing a 16-year-old student in the head and groin. [39] | |
13 May 2013 | Barcarena, Brazil | 0 | 3 | 3 | A 15-year-old student shot three classmates in front of a school in Barcarena. [40] | |
4 July 2013 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 0 | 2 | 2 | Alexandre Esteves dos Santos, an 19-year-old student with a disability, shot and wounded two 16-year-old students. [41] | |
30 September 2013 | Curitiba, Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | A 17-year-old student shot a student he liked and her boyfriend, killing the student who died days later in the hospital. [42] | |
7 October 2013 | José da Penha, Brazil | 2 [n 1] | 0 | 2 | José Marcos Alves, 33, killed a 16-year-old female student in a crime of passion, before killing himself. [43] | |
2014 | ||||||
13 December 2014 | Ladainha, Brazil | 1 [n 2] | 1 | 2 | José Geraldo Rodrigues invaded Ladainha's school and shot his ex-wife before killing himself. [44] | |
2015 | ||||||
29 December 2015 | Itaporanga, Brazil | 2 [n 1] | 0 | 2 | Antônio Alves Filho, 50, shot and killed a 48-year-old teacher before committing suicide at a daycare center in Paraíba. [45] | |
2016 | ||||||
1° July 2016 | Jundiaí, Brazil | 2 [n 1] | 0 | 2 | Edmilson José dos Santos, 46, shot his ex-wife before committing suicide with a shot to the head. [46] | |
2017 | ||||||
20 February 2017 | Goiás City, Brazil | 0 | 2 | 2 | A fight over a kite resulted in a 17-year-old being charged, injuring two classmates, including a child, who was shot. [47] | |
15 March 2017 | San Estanislao, Paraguay | 0 | 2 | 2 | Carlos González, 38, broke into his ex-wife's school and, armed with a handgun, injured her and another adult who tried to stop the shooter. [48] | |
20 October 2017 | Goiânia, Brazil | 2 | 4 | 6 | Goyases School shooting: A 14-year-old student shot six classmates, killing two of them and seriously wounding one of the four wounded, before being persuaded by a school teacher to end the attack. | |
2018 | ||||||
28 September 2018 | Medianeira, Brazil | 0 | 2 | 2 | Medianeira school shooting: Two 15-year-old students shot two classmates inside the classroom. | |
2019 | ||||||
13 March 2019 | Suzano, Brazil | 9 [n 3] | 11 | 20 | Suzano massacre: Two former students, aged 17 and 25, Guilherme Taucci Monteiro and Luiz Henrique Castro, invaded a school in Suzano and shot and killed five students and two staff members, in addition to wounding eleven other students, two seriously. Taucci then killed Henrique and commited suicide. | |
16 March 2019 | Iquique, Chile | 3 [n 1] | 0 | 3 | Iquique military school shooting: The cadet, Marco Antonio Velásquez González, 18, fatally shot a corporal and a superior officer before committing suicide. | |
19 March 2019 | Lima, Peru | 1 | 1 | 2 | A 15-year-old student accidentally fired shots from his backpack, killing one classmate in the arm and wounding a second in the leg. [49] | |
27 May 2019 | Puerto Montt, Chile | 0 | 1 | 1 | A 14-year-old student stormed a school and fired three times, wounding a classmate, before trying to escape and being detained. [50] | |
10 June 2019 | Babahoyo, Ecuador | 1 | 1 | 2 | Criminals chased a student's father into the school, shooting him dead and injuring a 6-year-old child. [51] | |
7 November 2019 | Caraí, Brazil | 0 | 2 | 2 | A 17-year-old student fired shots at two classmates, including one who was shot in the neck. [52] | |
2022 | ||||||
26 September 2022 | Barreiras, Brazil | 1 | 1 [n 2] | 2 | Isaac Silva Chagas, 14, shot and stabbed a 19-year-old female student in a wheelchair, killing him, before being shot by two armed police officers. [53] | |
5 October 2022 | Sobral, Brazil | 1 | 2 | 3 | A 15-year-old student accidentally fired his firearm, hitting three students, one of whom died in the hospital days later from brain death after being shot in the head. [54] | |
25 November 2022 | Aracruz, Brazil | 3 (in the first attack) 1 (in the second attack) | 8 (in the first attack) 2 (in the second attack) | 11 (in the first attack) 3 (in the second attack) | Aracruz school shootings: Gabriel Rodrigues, 16, broke into a school in Aracruz and shot several teachers, killing three of them (two died instantly). He then fled the scene and went to a second school, where he killed a 12-year-old student and seriously injured two others. | |
2023 | ||||||
31 May 2023 | Pudahuel, Chile | 0 | 1 | 1 | A teacher was shot by a 14-year-old student, who was discovered by police with an arsenal and drugs. [55] | |
19 June 2023 | Cambé, Brazil | 2 | 0 | 2 | Cambé school shooting: Marcos Vinícius, 21, broke into his old school and shot and killed a 17-year-old student, in addition to seriously injuring her 16-year-old boyfriend, before surrendering to a resident. The boyfriend died the next day from a gunshot wound to the head. | |
23 October 2023 | São Paulo City, Brazil | 1 | 2 | 3 | Sapopemba State School shooting: Lucas de Oliveira Tucci, 16, shot three female students aged 17 and 15, killing one of the 17-year-old students. | |
1 November 2023 | Claro dos Porções, Brazil | 2 [n 1] | 1 | 3 | Manoel Pinheiro Neto, 51, shot his own 5-year-old son and the child's stepfather in front of the daycare center before killing himself. The hunter's son also died. [56] | |
2024 | ||||||
19 October 2024 | Heliópolis, Brazil | 4 [n 1] | 0 | 4 | Heliópolis school shooting: 14-year-old student Samuel Santana Andrade shot and killed three 15-year-old classmates before shooting himself in the chest. | |
28 November 2024 | Soledad, Colombia | 0 | 3 | 3 | Two students and a teacher were shot in the schoolyard when someone arrived at the school's door and started shooting. [57] | |
2025 | ||||||
3 April 2025 | Campina Grande, Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | Flávio Medeiros invaded a university in Paraíba and shot and killed one man and wounded another before escaping. [58] | |
8 May 2025 | Cali, Colombia | 1 [n 2] | 2 | 3 | A man entered the campus of a Colombian university and shot and seriously injured two women before killing himself with a self-inflicted gunshot. [59] | |
16 May 2025 | Cartagena, Colombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | A man was shot dead in a schoolyard. [60] | |
29 May 2025 | San Pedro de la Paz, Chile | 0 | 3 | 3 | A 17-year-old is under arrest, suspected of shooting three students. Two other young people are wanted on suspicion of being connected to the crime. [61] | |
10 September 2025 | La Paz, Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | A 14-year-old girl fired shots and threatened to kill multiple people at her school before surrendering to police after a five-hour standoff. [62] | |
25 September 2025 | Sobral, Brazil | 2 | 3 | 5 | Multiple shooters fired at students in a school parking lot, killing two people and wounding three others. [63] |
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