List of massacres in the United States
Updated: 11/6/2025, 12:27:22 AM Wikipedia source
This is a partial list of massacres in the United States; death tolls may be approximate.
For single-perpetrator events and shooting sprees, see List of rampage killers in the United States, Mass shootings in the United States, Category:Spree shootings in the United States, and Category:Mass shootings in the United States by year For Indian massacres, see Indian massacres.
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Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
Name
Boston Massacre
Date
1770 Mar 5
Location
Boston
State
Massachusetts
Deaths, including any perpetrators
5
Notes
5 Bostonians killed and 6 wounded by soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot. The killed and wounded were part of a mob which was harassing the soldiers, and the soldiers opened fire after being stoned by the crowd.
Brodhead's Coshocton expedition
Brodhead's Coshocton expedition
Name
Brodhead's Coshocton expedition
Date
1778 April
Location
Ohio Country
State
Ohio
Deaths, including any perpetrators
16
Notes
16 Lenape warriors were captured, taken south of the village, and massacred by American soldiers under the command of Colonel Daniel Brodhead.
Baylor Massacre
Baylor Massacre
Name
Baylor Massacre
Date
1778 September 27
Location
River Vale
State
New Jersey
Deaths, including any perpetrators
16
Notes
A force of British soldiers under the command of Major-General Charles Grey carried a successful surprise attack against the 3rd Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons under the command of Colonel George Baylor while they slept.
Long Run massacre
Long Run massacre
Name
Long Run massacre
Date
1781 September 13–14
Location
Floyds Fork
State
Kentucky
Deaths, including any perpetrators
32
Notes
A Native American war party attacked a party of U.S. settlers, killing 15. They also attacked American soldiers under Colonel John Floyd who returned the next day to bury the dead, killing a further 17.
Gnadenhutten massacre
Gnadenhutten massacre
Name
Gnadenhutten massacre
Date
1782 Mar 8
Location
Gnadenhutten
State
Ohio
Deaths, including any perpetrators
96
Notes
Christian Lenape who were massacred by American militiamen during the Revolutionary War
Goliad massacre
Goliad massacre
Name
Goliad massacre
Date
1836 Mar 27
Location
Goliad
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
425–445
Notes
Largest massacre to have taken place on what is today United States territory [citation needed], occurring after the Battle of Refugio and the Battle of Coleto; 425–445 prisoners of war from the Texian Army of the Republic of Texas were executed by the Mexican Army in the town of Goliad, Mexican Texas, (not the Republic of Texas), which is today in Texas, United States.
Hawn's Mill massacre
Hawn's Mill massacre
Name
Hawn's Mill massacre
Date
1838 Oct 30
Location
Fairview Township
State
Missouri
Deaths, including any perpetrators
19
Notes
Mob/Missouri Volunteer Militia attacked Mormons.
Dawson massacre
Dawson massacre
Name
Dawson massacre
Date
1842 Sep 17
Location
Presidio San Antonio de Béxar
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
66
Notes
36 of the Texan militia killed by Mexican soldiers during the Woll Expedition. 30 Mexican soldiers were also killed.
Black Bean Episode
Black Bean Episode
Name
Black Bean Episode
Date
1843 March 25
Location
Salado
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
17
Notes
Mexican soldiers under Francisco Mexia, governor of Coahuila executed 17 from a group of 176 prisoners, Texans captured in Mexico. He had been ordered to execute all of them, but instead chose to "decimate" them, killing one of every ten.
Philadelphia nativist riots
Philadelphia nativist riots
Name
Philadelphia nativist riots
Date
1844 6–8 May, 6–7 July
Location
Philadelphia
State
Pennsylvania
Deaths, including any perpetrators
20+
Notes
20+ Catholics killed
Bloody Monday
Bloody Monday
Name
Bloody Monday
Date
1855 Aug 6
Location
Louisville
State
Kentucky
Deaths, including any perpetrators
>22
Notes
Scores injured in anti-Catholic religious mob violence and arson.
Pottawatomie massacre
Pottawatomie massacre
Name
Pottawatomie massacre
Date
1856 May 24–25
Location
Franklin County
State
Kansas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
5
Notes
John Brown and followers killed 5 pro-slavery settlers during the Bleeding Kansas period.
Spirit Lake Massacre
Spirit Lake Massacre
Name
Spirit Lake Massacre
Date
1857 Mar 5–12
Location
West Okoboji
State
Iowa
Deaths, including any perpetrators
35–40
Notes
A band of Dakota people led by Inkpaduta conducted a series of raids on white settlers.
Mountain Meadows Massacre
Mountain Meadows Massacre
Name
Mountain Meadows Massacre
Date
1857 Sep 7–11
Location
Mountain Meadows
State
Utah Territory
Deaths, including any perpetrators
120–140
Notes
Emigrant wagon train annihilated by the Mormon Utah Territorial Militia.
Marais des Cygnes massacre
Marais des Cygnes massacre
Name
Marais des Cygnes massacre
Date
1858 May 19
Location
Linn County
State
Kansas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
5
Notes
Last major outbreak of violence in Bleeding Kansas.
Pratt Street Massacre
Pratt Street Massacre
Name
Pratt Street Massacre
Date
1861 Apr 19
Location
Baltimore
State
Maryland
Deaths, including any perpetrators
16
Notes
Political riot between Copperheads, Confederate sympathizers, and Union militias.
Sacking of Osceola
Sacking of Osceola
Name
Sacking of Osceola
Date
1861 Sep 23
Location
Osceola
State
Missouri
Deaths, including any perpetrators
9
Notes
Tried by drumhead court martial and executed, town of 3,000 sacked and burned in a raid by Jim Lane's Kansas Brigade.[better source needed]
Nueces massacre
Nueces massacre
Name
Nueces massacre
Date
1862 Aug 10
Location
Kinney County
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
34
Notes
German Texans killed by Confederate soldiers.
Shelton Laurel massacre
Shelton Laurel massacre
Name
Shelton Laurel massacre
Date
1863 Jan 18
Location
Madison County
State
North Carolina
Deaths, including any perpetrators
13
Notes
Unarmed Unionists, including three boys, were shot by Confederates after capture.
Lawrence massacre
Lawrence massacre
Name
Lawrence massacre
Date
1863 Aug 21
Location
Douglas County
State
Kansas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
185–200
Notes
Pro-Confederate Guerrillas killed civilians and burned a quarter of the town.
Baxter Springs Massacre
Baxter Springs Massacre
Name
Baxter Springs Massacre
Date
1863 Oct 6
Location
Cherokee County
State
Kansas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
115
Notes
Convoy of Union soldiers led by James B. Pond who were ambushed by Confederate raiders under the command of William C. Quantrill. Many of the convoy were massacred as they tried to surrender.
Fort Pillow massacre
Fort Pillow massacre
Name
Fort Pillow massacre
Date
1864 Apr 12
Location
Henning
State
Tennessee
Deaths, including any perpetrators
277–297
Notes
Black Union troops were killed by Forrest's Cavalry Corps while trying to surrender.
Centralia massacre
Centralia massacre
Name
Centralia massacre
Date
1864 Sep 27
Location
Centralia
State
Missouri
Deaths, including any perpetrators
24
Notes
Unarmed U.S. soldiers murdered by their Confederate captors including Jesse James. 123 killed in ensuing Battle of Centralia.
Saltville massacre
Saltville massacre
Name
Saltville massacre
Date
1864 Oct 2–3
Location
Saltville
State
Virginia
Deaths, including any perpetrators
45–50
Notes
Wounded/captured Federal black troops by Confederate soldiers and guerrillas.
Sand Creek massacre
Sand Creek massacre
Name
Sand Creek massacre
Date
1864 Nov 29
Location
Kiowa County
State
Colorado
Deaths, including any perpetrators
100–600
Notes
massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army.
Memphis massacre
Memphis massacre
Name
Memphis massacre
Date
1866 May 1-3
Location
Memphis
State
Tennessee
Deaths, including any perpetrators
48
Notes
Massacre of the black community of Memphis by white mobs and police officers.
New Orleans massacre
New Orleans massacre
Name
New Orleans massacre
Date
1866 July 30
Location
New Orleans
State
Louisiana
Deaths, including any perpetrators
38-204
Notes
Peaceful demonstration of mostly black Freedmen attack by white rioters, many of whom were former soldiers of the recently defeated Confederate States of America.
Camilla massacre
Camilla massacre
Name
Camilla massacre
Date
1868 September 23
Location
Camilla
State
Georgia
Deaths, including any perpetrators
9–15
Notes
Attack by the Ku Klux Klan on a gathering of Black republicans.
Opelousas Massacre
Opelousas Massacre
Name
Opelousas Massacre
Date
1868 Sep 28
Location
Opelousas
State
Louisiana
Deaths, including any perpetrators
35+
Notes
African Americans from Opelousas attempted to join the local Democratic party which was controlled by whites. The African Americans were rejected for membership and the white Democrats then subsequently went on a hunt for African Americans. In the end an estimated 200–300 African Americans were killed.
Chinese massacre
Chinese massacre
Name
Chinese massacre
Date
1871 Oct 24
Location
Los Angeles, California
State
California
Deaths, including any perpetrators
>18
Notes
Killed by hanging and unknown injured in mob violence against people and property in Chinatown.
Goingsnake massacre
Goingsnake massacre
Name
Goingsnake massacre
Date
1872 Apr 15
Location
Tahlequah
State
Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma)
Deaths, including any perpetrators
11
Notes
Died in a shoot out in a crowded courtroom, the dead included 8 Deputy US Marshals and 3 Cherokee citizens. Six Cherokee were wounded including the defendant and the judge.
Colfax massacre
Colfax massacre
Name
Colfax massacre
Date
1873 Apr 13
Location
Colfax
State
Louisiana
Deaths, including any perpetrators
83–153
Notes
Black people killed at courthouse and as prisoners afterwards.
Coushatta massacre
Coushatta massacre
Name
Coushatta massacre
Date
1874 Aug
Location
Coushatta
State
Louisiana
Deaths, including any perpetrators
11–26
Notes
Six whites, remainder black killed as political intimidation.
Election riot of 1874
Election riot of 1874
Name
Election riot of 1874
Date
1874 Nov 3
Location
Eufaula
State
Alabama
Deaths, including any perpetrators
8
Notes
70 injured. White League Democrats drove African American Republicans from the polls.
Hamburg massacre
Hamburg massacre
Name
Hamburg massacre
Date
1876 Jul 4
Location
Hamburg
State
South Carolina
Deaths, including any perpetrators
7
Notes
Town looted in a racially motivated incident during Reconstruction.
Ellenton massacre
Ellenton massacre
Name
Ellenton massacre
Date
1876 Sep 15-16
Location
Aiken County
State
South Carolina
Deaths, including any perpetrators
25–100
Notes
Racially motivated killings after the alleged attack on a white woman.
Chico Chinese Massacre
Chico Chinese Massacre
Name
Chico Chinese Massacre
Date
1877 Mar 14
Location
Chico
State
California
Deaths, including any perpetrators
4
Notes
A group of armed white men from a labor union fired upon Chinese workers, killing four and wounding at least two others. The next day, the town's Chinatown was burned.
Guadalupe Canyon massacre
Guadalupe Canyon massacre
Name
Guadalupe Canyon massacre
Date
1881 Aug 13
Location
Guadalupe Mountains
State
Arizona Territory
Deaths, including any perpetrators
5
Notes
1 wounded; cowboys ambushed while sleeping. Perpetrators disputed.
Rock Springs massacre
Rock Springs massacre
Name
Rock Springs massacre
Date
1885 Sep 2
Location
Rock Springs
State
Wyoming
Deaths, including any perpetrators
28
Notes
15 injured in a racial dispute between white and Chinese miners.
Haymarket affair
Haymarket affair
Name
Haymarket affair
Date
1886 May 4
Location
Chicago
State
Illinois
Deaths, including any perpetrators
11
Notes
More than 130 injured by dynamite bomb and crossfire of bullets during a FOTLU rally for an eight-hour work day.
Bay View massacre
Bay View massacre
Name
Bay View massacre
Date
1886 May 5
Location
Bay View
State
Wisconsin
Deaths, including any perpetrators
7
Notes
Knights of Labor protesters killed by National Guardsmen.
Chinese Massacre Cove
Chinese Massacre Cove
Name
Chinese Massacre Cove
Date
1887 May
Location
Wallowa County
State
Oregon
Deaths, including any perpetrators
10–34
Notes
Chinese gold miners ambushed and murdered by a gang of horse thieves.
Thibodaux massacre
Thibodaux massacre
Name
Thibodaux massacre
Date
1887 Nov 22
Location
Thibodaux
State
Louisiana
Deaths, including any perpetrators
>35
Notes
Perhaps as many as 300 killed, 5+ injuries to striking black sugar-cane workers.
1891 New Orleans lynchings
1891 New Orleans lynchings
Name
1891 New Orleans lynchings
Date
1891, Mar 14
Location
New Orleans
State
Louisiana
Deaths, including any perpetrators
11
Notes
A lynch mob storms the Old Parish Prison and lynches 11 Italians who had been found not guilty of the murder of Police Chief David Hennessy.
Lattimer massacre
Lattimer massacre
Name
Lattimer massacre
Date
1897 Sep 10
Location
Lattimer
State
Pennsylvania
Deaths, including any perpetrators
19
Notes
Coal miners killed by sheriff's posse.
Wilmington Massacre of 1898
Wilmington Massacre of 1898
Name
Wilmington Massacre of 1898
Date
1898 Nov 10
Location
Wilmington
State
North Carolina
Deaths, including any perpetrators
60–300
Notes
A mob of 2000 white men armed from the looted Wilmington armory, led by white supremacist and Democratic politician Alfred Moore Waddell burnt down The Daily Record newspaper building, destroyed numerous black-owned properties, and murdered somewhere between 60 and 300 Black residents of Wilmington.
The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre
The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre
Name
The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre
Date
1906 Sep 22 -24
Location
Atlanta
State
Georgia
Deaths, including any perpetrators
27+
Notes
Racially motivated massacre against African Americans.
1908 Hickman massacre
1908 Hickman massacre
Name
1908 Hickman massacre
Date
1908 Oct 3
Location
Hickman
State
Kentucky
Deaths, including any perpetrators
4-8
Notes
A mob of around 50 men who called themselves "Night Riders" shot 8 members of the Walker family, four of which are confirmed to have died.
Villisca massacre
Villisca massacre
Name
Villisca massacre
Date
1912 Jun 10
Location
Villisca
State
Iowa
Deaths, including any perpetrators
8
Notes
Unsolved axe murders of members of 2 families.
Ludlow Massacre
Ludlow Massacre
Name
Ludlow Massacre
Date
1914 Apr 20
Location
Ludlow
State
Colorado
Deaths, including any perpetrators
19
Notes
Killed by Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel & Iron Company camp guards on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families.
Newberry massacre
Newberry massacre
Name
Newberry massacre
Date
1916 Aug 18
Location
Newberry
State
Florida
Deaths, including any perpetrators
6
Notes
A white mob shot and killed a black man and then hung two black men, one of which was a minister, and two black women, one of which was pregnant at the time.
Everett massacre
Everett massacre
Name
Everett massacre
Date
1916 Nov 5
Location
Everett
State
Washington
Deaths, including any perpetrators
5
Notes
27 injured and scores of IWW unionists arrested by police and vigilantes.
East St. Louis massacre
East St. Louis massacre
Name
East St. Louis massacre
Date
1917 May 28 and July 1–3
Location
East St. Louis
State
Illinois
Deaths, including any perpetrators
48-159
Notes
Racially motivated massacre against African Americans.
Elaine massacre
Elaine massacre
Name
Elaine massacre
Date
1919 Sep 30
Location
Phillips County
State
Arkansas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
100–241
Notes
Racially motivated massacre against African Americans.
Centralia massacre
Centralia massacre
Name
Centralia massacre
Date
1919 Nov 11
Location
Centralia
State
Washington
Deaths, including any perpetrators
6
Notes
Four American Legionnaires killed by Industrial Workers of the World members in proximity to the storming of the IWW union hall. Also killed were IWW organizer Wesley Everest and, four days later, a deputy sheriff.
Matewan massacre
Matewan massacre
Name
Matewan massacre
Date
1920 May 19
Location
Matewan
State
West Virginia
Deaths, including any perpetrators
11
Notes
The confrontation resulted in the deaths of Matewan Mayor Cabell Testerman, two striking coal miners, seven men from the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, and an unarmed bystander.
Ocoee massacre
Ocoee massacre
Name
Ocoee massacre
Date
1920 Nov 2
Location
Ocoee
State
Florida
Deaths, including any perpetrators
56~
Notes
Black population of Ocoee, a town near Orlando, was nearly obliterated during the 1920 election season.
Tulsa race massacre
Tulsa race massacre
Name
Tulsa race massacre
Date
1921 May 31 and Jun 1
Location
Tulsa
State
Oklahoma
Deaths, including any perpetrators
39–300
Notes
≥ 800 wounded. One of the nation's worst incidents of racial violence.
Battle of Blair Mountain
Battle of Blair Mountain
Name
Battle of Blair Mountain
Date
1921 Aug 25
Location
Logan County
State
West Virginia
Deaths, including any perpetrators
10–33
Notes
Private army and US Troops against union organizers. WWI gas bombs used against union organizers.
Herrin massacre
Herrin massacre
Name
Herrin massacre
Date
1922 Jun 21
Location
Herrin
State
Illinois
Deaths, including any perpetrators
23
Notes
Exchange of gunfire between strikebreakers and union guards at coal mine.
Rosewood massacre
Rosewood massacre
Name
Rosewood massacre
Date
1923 Jan
Location
Rosewood
State
Florida
Deaths, including any perpetrators
8
Notes
The entire population of African-Americans in and near Rosewood, about 350, were forced from their homes and never returned.
Hanapepe massacre
Hanapepe massacre
Name
Hanapepe massacre
Date
1924 Sep 9
Location
Hanapepe
State
Hawaii
Deaths, including any perpetrators
20
Notes
101 arrested.
Bath School disaster
Bath School disaster
Name
Bath School disaster
Date
1927 May 18
Location
Bath Township
State
Michigan
Deaths, including any perpetrators
45
Notes
School Bombing
Columbine Mine massacre
Columbine Mine massacre
Name
Columbine Mine massacre
Date
1927 Nov 21
Location
Serene
State
Colorado
Deaths, including any perpetrators
6
Notes
Miners killed with machine guns by the Colorado Rangers and the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company during a United Mine Workers coal mine strike.
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Name
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Date
1929 Feb 14
Location
Chicago
State
Illinois
Deaths, including any perpetrators
7
Notes
Prohibition gang killing in Lincoln Park by Al Capone's Chicago Outfit.
Kansas City massacre
Kansas City massacre
Name
Kansas City massacre
Date
1933 Jun 17
Location
Kansas City
State
Missouri
Deaths, including any perpetrators
5
Notes
The dead include law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive shot by members of a gang.
1937 Memorial Day massacre
1937 Memorial Day massacre
Name
1937 Memorial Day massacre
Date
1937 May 30
Location
Chicago
State
Illinois
Deaths, including any perpetrators
10
Notes
The Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago during the Little Steel strike.
Utah prisoner of war massacre
Utah prisoner of war massacre
Name
Utah prisoner of war massacre
Date
1945 Jul 7–8
Location
Salina, Utah
State
Utah
Deaths, including any perpetrators
9
Notes
German POWs killed by an American guard
Camden shootings
Camden shootings
Name
Camden shootings
Date
1949 Sep 6
Location
Camden
State
New Jersey
Deaths, including any perpetrators
13
Notes
Included three children in a 12-minute walk through his neighbourhood.
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Name
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
Date
1963 September 15
Location
Birmingham
State
Alabama
Deaths, including any perpetrators
4
Notes
Members of the Ku Klux Klan and segregationists plant bombs inside the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, killing four young African American girls and injuring 14-22 more.
University of Texas tower Shooting
University of Texas tower Shooting
Name
University of Texas tower Shooting
Date
1966 Aug 1
Location
Austin
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
18 including the shooter
Notes
31 others wounded.
Orangeburg Massacre
Orangeburg Massacre
Name
Orangeburg Massacre
Date
1968 Feb 8
Location
Orangeburg
State
South Carolina
Deaths, including any perpetrators
3
Notes
Nine highway patrolmen and one city police officer opened fire on a crowd of African American students.
Kent State shootings
Kent State shootings
Name
Kent State shootings
Date
1970 May 4
Location
Kent
State
Ohio
Deaths, including any perpetrators
4
Notes
Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed student protesters at Kent State University.
Easter Sunday Massacre
Easter Sunday Massacre
Name
Easter Sunday Massacre
Date
1975 Mar 30
Location
Hamilton
State
Ohio
Deaths, including any perpetrators
11
Notes
All victims were family members of the killer shot and killed by pistols at a family gathering.
Golden Dragon massacre
Golden Dragon massacre
Name
Golden Dragon massacre
Date
1977 Sep 4
Location
San Francisco
State
California
Deaths, including any perpetrators
5
Notes
11 injured. Hong Kong American street gang the Joe Boys committed violent shooting
Greensboro massacre
Greensboro massacre
Name
Greensboro massacre
Date
1979 Nov 3
Location
Greensboro
State
North Carolina
Deaths, including any perpetrators
5
Notes
Violent clash between Ku Klux Klan and Communist Workers' Party demonstration.
1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings
1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings
Name
1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings
Date
1982 Sep 25
Location
Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township
State
Pennsylvania
Deaths, including any perpetrators
13
Notes
1 wounded
Wah Mee massacre
Wah Mee massacre
Name
Wah Mee massacre
Date
1983 Feb 18
Location
Seattle
State
Washington
Deaths, including any perpetrators
13
Notes
1 injured by 3 perpetrators during an armed robbery.
Palm Sunday massacre
Palm Sunday massacre
Name
Palm Sunday massacre
Date
1984 Apr 15
Location
Brooklyn
State
New York
Deaths, including any perpetrators
10
Notes
Three women, a teenage girl, and six children. There was one survivor, an infant girl.
San Ysidro McDonald's massacre
San Ysidro McDonald's massacre
Name
San Ysidro McDonald's massacre
Date
1984 Jul 18
Location
San Ysidro
State
California
Deaths, including any perpetrators
23 including the gunman and an unborn baby
Notes
19 others wounded
1985 MOVE bombing
1985 MOVE bombing
Name
1985 MOVE bombing
Date
1985 May 13
Location
Philadelphia
State
Pennsylvania
Deaths, including any perpetrators
11
Notes
Philadelphia, Mayor Wilson Goode orders police to storm the radical black American resistance group MOVE's headquarters to end a stand-off. The police drop an explosive device into the headquarters, killing eleven members of MOVE and destroying the homes of 61 city residents in the resulting fire
Edmond post office shooting
Edmond post office shooting
Name
Edmond post office shooting
Date
1986 Aug 20
Location
Edmond
State
Oklahoma
Deaths, including any perpetrators
15 including the gunman
Notes
6 wounded. This incident is the origin of the phrase 'going postal'.
4 O'Clock murders
4 O'Clock murders
Name
4 O'Clock murders
Date
1988 Jun 6
Location
Houston and Irving
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
4
Notes
Murder by shooting of four people at the same time on June 6, 1988, at three locations in Texas led by Mormon fundamentalist leader Heber LeBaron of the Church of the Firstborn.
Las Cruces bowling alley massacre
Las Cruces bowling alley massacre
Name
Las Cruces bowling alley massacre
Date
1990 Feb 10
Location
Las Cruces
State
New Mexico
Deaths, including any perpetrators
5
Notes
Robbers, who remain unidentified, shot seven people, including one employee's 2-year-old daughter, in the bowling alley's office after taking $4–5,000 from the safe. Four died that day; another succumbed to complications of her injuries in 1999.
GMAC shootings
GMAC shootings
Name
GMAC shootings
Date
1990 Jun 18
Location
Jacksonville
State
Florida
Deaths, including any perpetrators
10 including the gunman
Notes
The attacker began killing the day before killing 2 others. He wounded a total of 6 people over the 2 days.
Luby's shooting
Luby's shooting
Name
Luby's shooting
Date
1991 Oct 16
Location
Killeen
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
24 including the gunman
Notes
27 others were wounded although only 19 of those were from gunfire.
Brown's Chicken massacre
Brown's Chicken massacre
Name
Brown's Chicken massacre
Date
1993 Jan 8
Location
Palatine
State
Illinois
Deaths, including any perpetrators
7
Notes
Store robbery with murder.
Waco siege
Waco siege
Name
Waco siege
Date
1993 Feb 28 – Apr 19
Location
Waco
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
86
Notes
4 ATF agents and 6 Branch Davidians killed in a shoot out February 28; on April 19 a final assault on the compound by the FBI occurred. A fire destroyed the compound resulting in the deaths of 76 Branch Davidians, including 25 children. The fire started following law enforcement deployment of flammable CS gas. A panel of arson investigators concluded that the Davidians were responsible for igniting the fire simultaneously in at least three different areas of the compound.
Long Island Rail Road shooting
Long Island Rail Road shooting
Name
Long Island Rail Road shooting
Date
1993 Dec 7
Location
Garden City
State
New York
Deaths, including any perpetrators
6
Notes
19 Injured. Racially motivated against Caucasians.
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
Name
Oklahoma City bombing
Date
1995 April 19
Location
Oklahoma City
State
Oklahoma
Deaths, including any perpetrators
168
Notes
680 others injured, and destroyed more than one-third of the building, which had to be demolished.
Freddy's Fashion Mart attack
Freddy's Fashion Mart attack
Name
Freddy's Fashion Mart attack
Date
1995 Dec 8
Location
Harlem
State
New York
Deaths, including any perpetrators
8 including the gunman
Westside Middle School shooting
Westside Middle School shooting
Name
Westside Middle School shooting
Date
1998 March 24
Location
Jonesboro
State
Arkansas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
5
Notes
10 others injured. 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson and 11-year-old Andrew Golden opened fire on the school with multiple weapons, and both were arrested when they attempted to flee the scene. Of the 15 victims, 14 were female.
Columbine High School massacre
Columbine High School massacre
Name
Columbine High School massacre
Date
1999 Apr 20
Location
Columbine
State
Colorado
Deaths, including any perpetrators
16 including both gunmen
Notes
23 others were wounded, 20 of those by gunfire.
1999 Atlanta day trading firm shootings
1999 Atlanta day trading firm shootings
Name
1999 Atlanta day trading firm shootings
Date
1999 Jul 29
Location
Atlanta
State
Georgia
Deaths, including any perpetrators
10 including the gunman
Notes
He also killed his wife on the 27th, his 2 children on the 28th then the main attack occurred on the 29th where he killed 9 victims and wounded 13 others.
Wichita Massacre
Wichita Massacre
Name
Wichita Massacre
Date
2000 Dec 8–14
Location
Wichita
State
Kansas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
5
Notes
Two brothers Reginald and Jonathan Carr, committed multiple acts of assault, robbery, rape and murder of several people, all white, over the course of a week.
Red Lake shootings
Red Lake shootings
Name
Red Lake shootings
Date
2005 Mar 21
Location
Red Lake
State
Minnesota
Deaths, including any perpetrators
10 including the gunman
Notes
2 shot and killed at the home of the shooter's grandfather. 7 killed and 7 wounded at Red Lake Senior High School.
Virginia Tech shooting
Virginia Tech shooting
Name
Virginia Tech shooting
Date
2007 Apr 16
Location
Blacksburg
State
Virginia
Deaths, including any perpetrators
33 including the gunman
Notes
23 Wounded, 17 by gunfire.
Westroads Mall shooting
Westroads Mall shooting
Name
Westroads Mall shooting
Date
2007 Dec 5
Location
Omaha
State
Nebraska
Deaths, including any perpetrators
9
Notes
6 injured; perpetrator committed suicide with the murder weapon after 6 minutes of shooting.
Geneva County shootings
Geneva County shootings
Name
Geneva County shootings
Date
2009 Mar 10
Location
Geneva and Samson
State
Alabama
Deaths, including any perpetrators
11 including the gunman
Notes
6 wounded.
Binghamton shooting
Binghamton shooting
Name
Binghamton shooting
Date
2009 Apr 3
Location
Binghamton
State
New York
Deaths, including any perpetrators
14 including the gunman
Notes
4 wounded.
Fort Hood shooting
Fort Hood shooting
Name
Fort Hood shooting
Date
2009 Nov 5
Location
Fort Hood
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
14 including an unborn baby
Notes
30+ wounded by Nidal Hasan, it was the deadliest mass shooting on an American military base.
Aurora shooting
Aurora shooting
Name
Aurora shooting
Date
2012 Jul 20
Location
Aurora
State
Colorado
Deaths, including any perpetrators
13 including an unborn baby
Notes
70 people were wounded, 58 from gunfire, 4 from tear gas, and 8 from injuries sustained fleeing from shooting during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises.
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Name
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Date
2012 Dec 14
Location
Newtown
State
Connecticut
Deaths, including any perpetrators
28 including the gunman
Notes
27 at the school (including the gunman) and the attacker's mother at her home. 20 of the dead were children aged 6–7 years old. 2 faculty members were wounded.
Washington Navy Yard shooting
Washington Navy Yard shooting
Name
Washington Navy Yard shooting
Date
2013 Sep 16
Location
Washington Navy Yard
State
Washington D.C.
Deaths, including any perpetrators
13 including the gunman
Notes
8 wounded, 3 from gunfire.
2014 Isla Vista killings
2014 Isla Vista killings
Name
2014 Isla Vista killings
Date
2014 May 23
Location
Isla Vista
State
California
Deaths, including any perpetrators
7 including the gunman
Notes
14 wounded. Misogynist terrorism, revenge for sexual and social rejection, incel ideology
Charleston church shooting
Charleston church shooting
Name
Charleston church shooting
Date
2015 Jun 17
Location
Charleston
State
South Carolina
Deaths, including any perpetrators
9
Notes
1 wounded. White supremacist shooting at African Methodist Episcopal Bible study
Broken Arrow killings
Broken Arrow killings
Name
Broken Arrow killings
Date
2015 Jul 22
Location
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
State
Oklahoma
Deaths, including any perpetrators
5
Notes
1 wounded. Two brothers kill their family in preparation for a Mass shooting plot which they hoped would acquire them notoriety and infamy
Umpqua Community College shooting
Umpqua Community College shooting
Name
Umpqua Community College shooting
Date
2015 Oct 1
Location
Roseburg
State
Oregon
Deaths, including any perpetrators
10 including the gunman
Notes
8 wounded. Gunman asked victims for their religion before shooting them.
San Bernardino attack
San Bernardino attack
Name
San Bernardino attack
Date
2015 Dec 2
Location
San Bernardino
State
California
Deaths, including any perpetrators
16 including both gunmen
Notes
24 wounded. Attackers brought pipe bombs as well as firearms, they targeted a San Bernardino County Department of Public Health training event and Christmas party.
Orlando nightclub shooting
Orlando nightclub shooting
Name
Orlando nightclub shooting
Date
2016 Jun 12
Location
Orlando
State
Florida
Deaths, including any perpetrators
50 including the gunman
Notes
53 wounded. Shooter pledged allegiance to ISIS.
Las Vegas shooting
Las Vegas shooting
Name
Las Vegas shooting
Date
2017 Oct 1
Location
Las Vegas
State
Nevada
Deaths, including any perpetrators
61 including the gunman
Notes
867 wounded, 411 from gunfire. Deadliest mass shooting in US history.
Sutherland Springs church shooting
Sutherland Springs church shooting
Name
Sutherland Springs church shooting
Date
2017 Nov 5
Location
Sutherland Springs
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
27 including the gunman and an unborn baby
Notes
20 wounded and 26 dead, including and unborn baby
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Name
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Date
2018 Feb 14
Location
Parkland
State
Florida
Deaths, including any perpetrators
17
Notes
17 killed; 17 wounded.
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting
Name
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting
Date
2018 May 18
Location
Santa Fe
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
10
Notes
14 wounded, including the suspect.
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Name
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Date
2018 Oct 27
Location
Pittsburgh
State
Pennsylvania
Deaths, including any perpetrators
11
Notes
7 wounded, including the suspect. Anti-Semitic shooting at a synagogue.
Thousand Oaks Shooting
Thousand Oaks Shooting
Name
Thousand Oaks Shooting
Date
2018 Nov 7
Location
Thousand Oaks
State
California
Deaths, including any perpetrators
13 including the gunman
Notes
Thirteen killed (including the gunman and a responding police officer) when a US Marine Corps veteran entered the Borderline Bar & Grill during College Country Night and began indiscriminately shooting.
2019 El Paso Walmart shooting
2019 El Paso Walmart shooting
Name
2019 El Paso Walmart shooting
Date
2019 August 3
Location
El Paso
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
23
Notes
Patrick Crusius of Allen, an armed gunman inspired by the Christchurch mosque shootings and beliefs in the Great Replacement conspiracy theory and a supposed "Hispanic invasion of Texas", attacked a Walmart store, killing 23 people and injuring 23 others.
Santa Clara VTA Rail Yard Shooting
Santa Clara VTA Rail Yard Shooting
Name
Santa Clara VTA Rail Yard Shooting
Date
2021 May 26
Location
San Jose
State
California
Deaths, including any perpetrators
10 including the gunman
Notes
Targeted shooting of co-workers of the shooter at Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.
2022 Buffalo shooting
2022 Buffalo shooting
Name
2022 Buffalo shooting
Date
2022 May 14
Location
Buffalo
State
New York
Deaths, including any perpetrators
10
Notes
Mass shooting against African-American shoppers at a Tops Friendly Markets. Suspect said motive was to prevent others from 'eliminating the white race'
Robb Elementary School shooting
Robb Elementary School shooting
Name
Robb Elementary School shooting
Date
2022 May 24
Location
Uvalde
State
Texas
Deaths, including any perpetrators
22
Notes
One of the deadliest school shootings in American history, leaving 19 children and 2 adults dead. The perpetrator was killed in a shootout with police.
2023 Goshen shooting
2023 Goshen shooting
Name
2023 Goshen shooting
Date
2023 January 16
Location
Goshen
State
California
Deaths, including any perpetrators
6
Notes
Gang violence. Three others survived the shooting uninjured
| Name | Date | Location | State | Deaths, including any perpetrators | Notes |
| Boston Massacre | 1770 Mar 5 | Boston | Massachusetts | 5 | 5 Bostonians killed and 6 wounded by soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot. The killed and wounded were part of a mob which was harassing the soldiers, and the soldiers opened fire after being stoned by the crowd. |
| Brodhead's Coshocton expedition | 1778 April | Ohio Country | Ohio | 16 | 16 Lenape warriors were captured, taken south of the village, and massacred by American soldiers under the command of Colonel Daniel Brodhead. |
| Baylor Massacre | 1778 September 27 | River Vale | New Jersey | 16 | A force of British soldiers under the command of Major-General Charles Grey carried a successful surprise attack against the 3rd Regiment of Continental Light Dragoons under the command of Colonel George Baylor while they slept. |
| Long Run massacre | 1781 September 13–14 | Floyds Fork | Kentucky | 32 | A Native American war party attacked a party of U.S. settlers, killing 15. They also attacked American soldiers under Colonel John Floyd who returned the next day to bury the dead, killing a further 17. |
| Gnadenhutten massacre | 1782 Mar 8 | Gnadenhutten | Ohio | 96 | Christian Lenape who were massacred by American militiamen during the Revolutionary War |
| Goliad massacre | 1836 Mar 27 | Goliad | Texas | 425–445 | Largest massacre to have taken place on what is today United States territory [citation needed], occurring after the Battle of Refugio and the Battle of Coleto; 425–445 prisoners of war from the Texian Army of the Republic of Texas were executed by the Mexican Army in the town of Goliad, Mexican Texas, (not the Republic of Texas), which is today in Texas, United States. |
| Hawn's Mill massacre | 1838 Oct 30 | Fairview Township | Missouri | 19 | Mob/Missouri Volunteer Militia attacked Mormons. |
| Dawson massacre | 1842 Sep 17 | Presidio San Antonio de Béxar | Texas | 66 | 36 of the Texan militia killed by Mexican soldiers during the Woll Expedition. 30 Mexican soldiers were also killed. |
| Black Bean Episode | 1843 March 25 | Salado | Texas | 17 | Mexican soldiers under Francisco Mexia, governor of Coahuila executed 17 from a group of 176 prisoners, Texans captured in Mexico. He had been ordered to execute all of them, but instead chose to "decimate" them, killing one of every ten. |
| Philadelphia nativist riots | 1844 6–8 May, 6–7 July | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 20+ | 20+ Catholics killed |
| Bloody Monday | 1855 Aug 6 | Louisville | Kentucky | >22 | Scores injured in anti-Catholic religious mob violence and arson. |
| Pottawatomie massacre | 1856 May 24–25 | Franklin County | Kansas | 5 | John Brown and followers killed 5 pro-slavery settlers during the Bleeding Kansas period. |
| Spirit Lake Massacre | 1857 Mar 5–12 | West Okoboji | Iowa | 35–40 | A band of Dakota people led by Inkpaduta conducted a series of raids on white settlers. |
| Mountain Meadows Massacre | 1857 Sep 7–11 | Mountain Meadows | Utah Territory | 120–140 | Emigrant wagon train annihilated by the Mormon Utah Territorial Militia. |
| Marais des Cygnes massacre | 1858 May 19 | Linn County | Kansas | 5 | Last major outbreak of violence in Bleeding Kansas. |
| Pratt Street Massacre | 1861 Apr 19 | Baltimore | Maryland | 16 | Political riot between Copperheads, Confederate sympathizers, and Union militias. |
| Sacking of Osceola | 1861 Sep 23 | Osceola | Missouri | 9 | Tried by drumhead court martial and executed, town of 3,000 sacked and burned in a raid by Jim Lane's Kansas Brigade.[better source needed] |
| Nueces massacre | 1862 Aug 10 | Kinney County | Texas | 34 | German Texans killed by Confederate soldiers. |
| Shelton Laurel massacre | 1863 Jan 18 | Madison County | North Carolina | 13 | Unarmed Unionists, including three boys, were shot by Confederates after capture. |
| Lawrence massacre | 1863 Aug 21 | Douglas County | Kansas | 185–200 | Pro-Confederate Guerrillas killed civilians and burned a quarter of the town. |
| Baxter Springs Massacre | 1863 Oct 6 | Cherokee County | Kansas | 115 | Convoy of Union soldiers led by James B. Pond who were ambushed by Confederate raiders under the command of William C. Quantrill. Many of the convoy were massacred as they tried to surrender. |
| Fort Pillow massacre | 1864 Apr 12 | Henning | Tennessee | 277–297 | Black Union troops were killed by Forrest's Cavalry Corps while trying to surrender. |
| Centralia massacre | 1864 Sep 27 | Centralia | Missouri | 24 | Unarmed U.S. soldiers murdered by their Confederate captors including Jesse James. 123 killed in ensuing Battle of Centralia. |
| Saltville massacre | 1864 Oct 2–3 | Saltville | Virginia | 45–50 | Wounded/captured Federal black troops by Confederate soldiers and guerrillas. |
| Sand Creek massacre | 1864 Nov 29 | Kiowa County | Colorado | 100–600 | massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army. |
| Memphis massacre | 1866 May 1-3 | Memphis | Tennessee | 48 | Massacre of the black community of Memphis by white mobs and police officers. |
| New Orleans massacre | 1866 July 30 | New Orleans | Louisiana | 38-204 | Peaceful demonstration of mostly black Freedmen attack by white rioters, many of whom were former soldiers of the recently defeated Confederate States of America. |
| Camilla massacre | 1868 September 23 | Camilla | Georgia | 9–15 | Attack by the Ku Klux Klan on a gathering of Black republicans. |
| Opelousas Massacre | 1868 Sep 28 | Opelousas | Louisiana | 35+ | African Americans from Opelousas attempted to join the local Democratic party which was controlled by whites. The African Americans were rejected for membership and the white Democrats then subsequently went on a hunt for African Americans. In the end an estimated 200–300 African Americans were killed. |
| Chinese massacre | 1871 Oct 24 | Los Angeles, California | California | >18 | Killed by hanging and unknown injured in mob violence against people and property in Chinatown. |
| Goingsnake massacre | 1872 Apr 15 | Tahlequah | Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) | 11 | Died in a shoot out in a crowded courtroom, the dead included 8 Deputy US Marshals and 3 Cherokee citizens. Six Cherokee were wounded including the defendant and the judge. |
| Colfax massacre | 1873 Apr 13 | Colfax | Louisiana | 83–153 | Black people killed at courthouse and as prisoners afterwards. |
| Coushatta massacre | 1874 Aug | Coushatta | Louisiana | 11–26 | Six whites, remainder black killed as political intimidation. |
| Election riot of 1874 | 1874 Nov 3 | Eufaula | Alabama | 8 | 70 injured. White League Democrats drove African American Republicans from the polls. |
| Hamburg massacre | 1876 Jul 4 | Hamburg | South Carolina | 7 | Town looted in a racially motivated incident during Reconstruction. |
| Ellenton massacre | 1876 Sep 15-16 | Aiken County | South Carolina | 25–100 | Racially motivated killings after the alleged attack on a white woman. |
| Chico Chinese Massacre | 1877 Mar 14 | Chico | California | 4 | A group of armed white men from a labor union fired upon Chinese workers, killing four and wounding at least two others. The next day, the town's Chinatown was burned. |
| Guadalupe Canyon massacre | 1881 Aug 13 | Guadalupe Mountains | Arizona Territory | 5 | 1 wounded; cowboys ambushed while sleeping. Perpetrators disputed. |
| Rock Springs massacre | 1885 Sep 2 | Rock Springs | Wyoming | 28 | 15 injured in a racial dispute between white and Chinese miners. |
| Haymarket affair | 1886 May 4 | Chicago | Illinois | 11 | More than 130 injured by dynamite bomb and crossfire of bullets during a FOTLU rally for an eight-hour work day. |
| Bay View massacre | 1886 May 5 | Bay View | Wisconsin | 7 | Knights of Labor protesters killed by National Guardsmen. |
| Chinese Massacre Cove | 1887 May | Wallowa County | Oregon | 10–34 | Chinese gold miners ambushed and murdered by a gang of horse thieves. |
| Thibodaux massacre | 1887 Nov 22 | Thibodaux | Louisiana | >35 | Perhaps as many as 300 killed, 5+ injuries to striking black sugar-cane workers. |
| 1891 New Orleans lynchings | 1891, Mar 14 | New Orleans | Louisiana | 11 | A lynch mob storms the Old Parish Prison and lynches 11 Italians who had been found not guilty of the murder of Police Chief David Hennessy. |
| Lattimer massacre | 1897 Sep 10 | Lattimer | Pennsylvania | 19 | Coal miners killed by sheriff's posse. |
| Wilmington Massacre of 1898 | 1898 Nov 10 | Wilmington | North Carolina | 60–300 | A mob of 2000 white men armed from the looted Wilmington armory, led by white supremacist and Democratic politician Alfred Moore Waddell burnt down The Daily Record newspaper building, destroyed numerous black-owned properties, and murdered somewhere between 60 and 300 Black residents of Wilmington. |
| The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre | 1906 Sep 22 -24 | Atlanta | Georgia | 27+ | Racially motivated massacre against African Americans. |
| 1908 Hickman massacre | 1908 Oct 3 | Hickman | Kentucky | 4-8 | A mob of around 50 men who called themselves "Night Riders" shot 8 members of the Walker family, four of which are confirmed to have died. |
| Villisca massacre | 1912 Jun 10 | Villisca | Iowa | 8 | Unsolved axe murders of members of 2 families. |
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