List of massacres in the United States

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 The Daily Record newspaper building, destroyed numerous black-owned properties, and murdered somewhere between 60 and 300 Black residents of Wilmington.

California Genocide

1846-1871

Statewide

California

9,492 - 16,094

Estimated that settlers took between 24,000 and 27,000 California Native Americans as forced laborers, including 4,000 to 7,000 children.

Happy Land fire

1990 Mar 25

New York City

New York

87

Arsonist Julio González set the blaze at a South Bronx social club that resulted in 87 people killed, and 6 injured.

Westroads Mall shooting

2007 Dec 5

Omaha

Nebraska

9

6 injured; perpetrator committed suicide with the murder weapon after 6 minutes of shooting.

Guadalupe Canyon massacre

1881 Aug 13

Guadalupe Mountains

Arizona Territory

5

1 wounded; cowboys ambushed while sleeping. Perpetrators disputed.

Election riot of 1874

1874 Nov 3

Eufaula

Alabama

8

70 injured. White League Democrats drove African American Republicans from the polls.

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.

Golden Dragon massacre

1977 Sep 4

San Francisco

California

5

11 injured. Hong Kong American street gang the Joe Boys committed violent shooting

Camp Sumter

1864–1865

Andersonville

Georgia

13,171

Confederate operated POW camp

Ludlow Massacre

1914 Apr 20

Ludlow

Colorado

19

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.

Columbine Mine massacre

1927 Nov 21

Serene

Colorado

6

Miners killed with machine guns by the Colorado Rangers and the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company during a United Mine Workers coal mine strike.

Ocoee massacre

1920 Nov 2

Ocoee

Florida

56~

Black population of Ocoee, a town near Orlando, was nearly obliterated during the 1920 election season.

Rosewood massacre

1923 Jan

Rosewood

Florida

8

The entire population of African-Americans in and near Rosewood, about 350, were forced from their homes and never returned.

Hanapepe massacre

1924 Sep 9

Hanapepe

Hawaii

20

101 arrested.

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.

Herrin massacre

1922 Jun 21

Herrin

Illinois

23

Exchange of gunfire between strikebreakers and union guards at coal mine.

Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

1929 Feb 14

Chicago

Illinois

7

Prohibition gang killing in Lincoln Park by Al Capone's Chicago Outfit.

Brown's Chicken massacre

1993 Jan 8

Palatine

Illinois

7

Store robbery with murder.

Lane Bryant shooting

2008 Feb 2

Tinley Park

Illinois

6

6 injuries

Aurora, Illinois shooting

2019 Feb 15

Aurora

Illinois

6

5–16 injuries during a shooting at a Henry Pratt plant

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.

Villisca massacre

1912 Jun 10

Villisca

Iowa

8

Unsolved axe murders of members of 2 families.

Pottawatomie massacre

1856 May 24–25

Franklin County

Kansas

5

John Brown and followers killed 5 pro-slavery settlers during the Bleeding Kansas period.

Marais des Cygnes massacre

1858 May 19

Linn County

Kansas

5

Last major outbreak of violence in Bleeding Kansas.

Lawrence massacre

1863 Aug 21

Douglas County

Kansas

185–200

Pro-Confederate Guerrillas killed civilians and burned a quarter of the town.

Wichita Massacre

2000 Dec 8–14

Wichita

Kansas

5

Two black males, 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.

Bloody Monday

1855 Aug 6

Louisville

Kentucky

>22

Scores injured in anti-Catholic religious mob violence and arson.^[

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.

Thibodaux massacre

1887 Nov 22

Thibodaux

Louisiana

>35

Perhaps as many as 300 killed, 5+ injuries to striking black sugar-cane workers.

Opelousas Massacre

1868 Sep 28

Opelousas

Louisiana

300+

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.

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.

Haun's Mill massacre

1838 Oct 30

Fairview Township

Missouri

19

Mob/Missouri Volunteer Militia attacked Mormons.

Kansas City massacre

1933 Jun 17

Kansas City

Missouri

5

The dead include law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive shot by members of a gang.

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.

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.

Dawson massacre

1842 Sep 17

Presidio San Antonio de Béxar

Texas

36

Texian militia killed by Mexican soldiers during the Woll Expedition.

Greensboro massacre

1979 Nov 3

Greensboro

North Carolina

5

Violent clash between Ku Klux Klan and Communist Workers' Party demonstration.

Shelton Laurel massacre

1863 Jan 18

Madison County

North Carolina

13

Unarmed Unionists, including three boys, were shot by Confederates after capture.

Tulsa race massacre

1921 May 31 and Jun 1

Tulsa

Oklahoma

39–300

≥ 800 wounded. One of the nation's worst incidents of racial violence.

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.

Chinese Massacre Cove

1887 May

Wallowa County

Oregon

10–34

Chinese gold miners ambushed and murdered by a gang of horse thieves.

Baxter Springs Massacre

1863 Oct 6

Cherokee County

Kansas

131

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.

Lattimer massacre

1897 Sep 10

Lattimer

Pennsylvania

19

Coal miners killed by sheriff's posse.

Hamburg massacre

1876 Jul 4

Hamburg

South Carolina

7

Town looted in a racially motivated incident during Reconstruction.

Gnadenhutten massacre

1782 Mar 8

Gnadenhutten

Ohio

92

Christian Lenape who were massacred by American militiamen during the Revolutionary War

Fort Pillow massacre

1864 Apr 12

Henning

Tennessee

277–297

Black Union troops were killed by Forrest's Cavalry Corps while trying to surrender.

Nueces massacre

1862 Aug 10

Kinney County

Texas

34

German Texans killed by Confederate soldiers.

Mountain Meadows Massacre

1857 Sep 7–11

Mountain Meadows

Utah Territory

100–140

Emigrant wagon train annihilated by the Mormon Utah Territorial Militia.

Pinhook massacre

1881 Jun 1

Southeastern Utah

Utah

13

Started when Ute Indians allegedly killed ranchers and stole horses in Colorado. As the Ute moved into the southeastern Utah, a battle between the Indians and a band of ranchers and cowboys who blamed Utes for the loss of their livestock was fought, resulting in the death of 13 cowboys in the gunfight.

Midnight Massacre

1945 Jul 7–8

Salina, Utah

Utah

9

German POWs killed by an American guard

Saltville massacre

1864 Oct 2–3

Saltville

Virginia

45–50

Wounded/captured Federal black troops by Confederate soldiers and guerrillas.

Everett massacre

1916 Nov 5

Everett

Washington

5

27 injured and scores of IWW unionists arrested by police and vigilantes.

Centralia massacre

1919 Nov 11

Centralia

Washington

6

American Legionnaires killed by Industrial Workers of the World members.

Wah Mee massacre

1983 Feb 18

Seattle

Washington

13

1 injured by 3 perpetrators during an armed robbery.

Bay View massacre

1886 May 5

Bay View

Wisconsin

7

Knights of Labor protesters killed by National Guardsmen.

Battle of Blair Mountain

1921 Aug 25

Logan County

West Virginia

10–33

Private army and US Troops against union organizers. WWI gas bombs used against union organizers.

Matewan massacre

1920 May 19

Matewan

West Virginia

11

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.

Rock Springs massacre

1885 Sep 2

Rock Springs

Wyoming

28

15 injured in a racial dispute between white and Chinese miners.

September 11 Attacks

2001 Sep 11

New York City; Arlington, Virginia; Shanksville, Pennsylvania

New York; Virginia; Pennsylvania

2,996

Four airplanes hijacked by al-Qaeda terrorists, two of which were crashed into the World Trade Center, one crashed into The Pentagon, and the other missed its target in Washington, D.C. and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.

Thousand Oaks shooting

2018 Nov 8

Thousand Oaks

California

13

12+ injured.

Camden shootings

1949 Sep 6

Camden

New Jersey

13

Included three children in a 12-minute walk through his neighbourhood.

University of Texas tower Shooting

1966 Aug 1

Austin

Texas

18 including the shooter

31 others wounded.

Easter Sunday Massacre

1975 Mar 30

Hamilton

Ohio

11

All victims were family members of the killer shot and killed by pistols at a family gathering.

1982 Wilkes-Barre shootings

1982 Sep 25

Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township

Pennsylvania

13

1 wounded

San Ysidro McDonald's massacre

1984 Jul 18

San Ysidro

California

22 including the gunman

19 others wounded

Palm Sunday massacre

1984 Apr 15

Brooklyn

New York

10

Three women, a teenage girl, and six children. There was one survivor, an infant girl.

Edmond post office shooting

1986 Aug 20

Edmond

Oklahoma

15 including the gunman

6 wounded. This incident is the origin of the phrase 'going postal'.

GMAC shootings

1990 Jun 18

Jacksonville

Florida

10 including the gunman

The attacker began killing the day before killing 2 others. He wounded a total of 6 people over the 2 days.

Luby's shooting

1991 Oct 16

Killeen

Texas

24 including the gunman

27 others were wounded although only 19 of those were from gunfire.

Freddy's Fashion Mart attack

1995 Dec 8

Harlem

New York

8 including the gunman^[46]

Columbine High School massacre

1999 Apr 20

Columbine

Colorado

15 including both gunmen

24 others were wounded, 21 of those by gunfire.

Atlanta shootings

1999 Jul 29

Atlanta

Georgia

10 including the gunman

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.

Red Lake shootings

2005 Mar 21

Red Lake

Minnesota

10 including the gunman

He wounded 5 others.

Virginia Tech shooting

2007 Apr 16

Blacksburg

Virginia

33 including the gunman

23 Wounded, 17 by gunfire.

Binghamton shooting

2009 Apr 3

Binghamton

New York

14 including the gunman

4 wounded.

Fort Hood shooting

2009 Nov 5

Fort Hood

Texas

13 including the gunman

30+ wounded by Nidal Hasan, it was the deadliest mass shooting on an American military base.

Geneva County shootings

2009 Mar 10

Geneva and Samson

Alabama

11 including the gunman

6 wounded.

Aurora shooting

2012 Jul 20

Aurora

Colorado

12

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

2012 Dec 14

Newtown

Connecticut

28 including the gunman

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.

Washington Navy Yard shooting

2013 Sep 16

Washington Navy Yard

Washington D.C.

13 including the gunman

8 wounded, 3 from gunfire.

Charleston church shooting

2015 Jun 17

Charleston

South Carolina

9

1 wounded. White supremacist shooting at African Methodist Episcopal Bible study

Umpqua Community College shooting

2015 Oct 1

Roseburg

Oregon

10 including the gunman

8 wounded.

San Bernardino attack

2015 Dec 2

San Bernardino

California

16 including both gunmen

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

2016 Jun 12

Orlando

Florida

50 including the gunman

53 wounded. Anti-LGBT ISIS shooting at a gay nightclub

Las Vegas shooting

2017 Oct 1

Las Vegas

Nevada

59 including the gunman

851 wounded, 422 from gunfire.

Sutherland Springs church shooting

2017 Nov 5

Sutherland Springs

Texas

26 including the gunman

20 wounded and an unborn child not counted in the 26 dead was also lost.

Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

2018 Feb 14

Parkland

Florida

17

17 killed; 17 wounded.

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

2018 Oct 27

Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania

11

7 wounded, including the suspect. Anti-Semitic shooting at a synagogue.

Santa Fe High School shooting

2018 May 18

Santa Fe

Texas

10

14 wounded, including the suspect.

Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 Mass murder-suicide

1964 May 7

Danville

California

44 including gunman

Attacker shot the pilots midflight causing the aircraft to crash killing everyone on board.

Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 Mass murder-suicide

1987 Dec 7

Cayucos

California

43 including gunman

Attacker shot the pilots causing the aircraft to crash killing everyone on board.

Kent State shootings

1970 May 4

Kent

Ohio

4

Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed student protesters at Kent State University.

Oklahoma City Bombing

1995 Apr 19

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma

168 (1 additional possible)

Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Truck bomb planted by anti-government domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh

Bath School disaster

1927 May 18

Bath Township

Michigan

45

School Bombing

Elaine massacre

1919 Sep 30

Phillips County

Arkansas

100-241

Racially motivated massacre against African Americans.

Pratt Street Massacre

1861 Apr 19

Baltimore

Maryland

16

Political riot between Copperheads, Confederate sympathizers, and Union militias.

Waco siege

1993 Feb 28 - Apr 19

Waco

Texas

86

4 ATF agents and 6 Branch Davidians killed in a shoot out February 28th; on April 19th a final assault on the compound by the FBI resulted in the death of 76 Branch Davidians, including 25 children.

Long Island Rail Road shooting

1993 Dec 7

Garden City

New York

6

19 Injured