| Russell family murders | |
|---|---|
| Location | Hamilton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Date | June 4, 1925 |
Attack type | Mass murder, spree killing, Familicide |
| Weapon | Two revolvers [1] [2] |
| Deaths | 8 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrator | Francis Lloyd Russell |
On June 4, 1925, Francis Lloyd Russell, a 43-year-old man described as having become violently insane, fatally shot eight members of his family while most of them were sleeping in a mass shooting in Hamilton, Ohio, after which he attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in his left lung, causing injury. [3] [4]
Russell shot and killed his 60-year-old mother, his brother, his brother's wife, along with five of their children. One of their children, their 10-year-old daughter, was unharmed after she hid under a bed. [5] After fatally shooting the victims, Russell continued to shoot his lifeless nieces and nephews. [6] Russell used two weapons to commit the shooting, and fired around 50 shots. According to authorities, Russel "talked incoherently about a mortgage on the home and said he would shoot the pictures off the wall." [7]