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 three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period, not including themselves. ^{[1] [2]} A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Contents

• List of rampage killers
• Abbreviations and footnotes
• References

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.

List of rampage killers

Perpetrator	Date	Year	Location	Country	Killed	Injured	W	Additional notes	Ref.
Alves, Adilson Marcelino, 21 dos Santos, Jose, 31 dos Santos, Walter Rosa,	Dec 17	1961	Niterói	Brazil	503	800+	A	Alves was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Jose dos Santos was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Walter Rosa dos Santos was sentenced to 16 years in prison.	[6]
Chiasson, Louis, 64	Dec 2	1969	Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec	Canada	38-44	2	A	Sentenced to life imprisonment	[7]
Delgado Morales, Campo Elías, 52 [n 1]	Dec 4	1986	Bogotá	Colombia	29	12	FMA	Killed by police	[8]
Guay, Albert, 33 Pitre, Marguerite, 41 Ruest, Généreux, 51	Sep 9	1949	Sault-au-Cochon, Quebec	Canada	23	0	E	Bombed Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108. Sentenced to death and executed	[9]
Wortman, Gabriel, 51	April 18–19	2020	Nova Scotia	Canada	22	3	F A	Killed by police	[10]
Rojas Rodríguez, Aldemar José	Jan 17	2019	Bogotá	Colombia	21	68	E	Committed suicide	[11]
Kenney, John Edward, 27	June 21	1977	Saint John, New Brunswick	Canada	21	?	A	Convicted	[12] [13]
Ferreira de França, Genildo, 27 [n 1]	May 21–22	1997	Santo Antônio de Potengi	Brazil	14	1	F	Died by suicide	[14] [15]
Sanderson, Myles Brandon, 32 [n 1]	Sep 4	2022	James Smith Cree Nation & Weldon	Canada	11	17	M	Died in police custody	[16]
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	[17] [18]
Lozano Velásquez, Juan de Jesús, 26	June 24	2000	Bogotá	Colombia	11	7	F	Sentenced to 40 years in prison	[19] [20]
Caceres, Gregorio, 50	Feb 18	1942	Trujillo	Venezuela	11	4	M	Killed	[21]
Unknown	Dec 19	1962	Havana	Cuba	11	?		Killed by soldiers	[22]
Flores Eliseo, Óscar, 35 [n 1]	July 31	2005	San Jerónimo de Juárez	Mexico	11	2	FM	Injured by police, killed by angry mob	[23]
Chahal, Vijay Mark, 30 [n 2]	April 5	1996	Vernon, British Columbia	Canada	9	2	F	Fatally shot himself	[24]
Aroma, Dennis, 43	Dec 28	2025	Richelieu	Suriname	9	2	M	Committed suicide	[25] [26] [27]
Hoffman, Victor Ernest, 21 [n 2] [n 3]	Aug 15	1967	Shell Lake, Saskatchewan	Canada	9	0	F	Found not guilty by reason of insanity	[28]
Lima, Emival Menezes, 21 Ximenes, Carlos Roberto, 24	March 31	1984	Araguaína	Brazil	9	0	FM	Both sentenced to 261 years in prison	[29]
Warren, Roger, 49	Sep 18	1992	Yellowknife	Canada	9	0	E	Granted full parole	[30] [31]
Hyatt, Thaddeus, 26	March 30	1959	Labyrinth	Jamaica	8	14	M	Sentenced to death and executed	[32]
Taucci Monteiro, Guilherme, 17 Henrique de Castro, Luiz, 25	March 13	2019	Suzano	Brazil	8	11	FME	Died by suicide	[33]
García Antonio, Germán [n 1]	May 2	1985	Guadalupe la Mexicana	Mexico	8	1	F	Died by suicide	[34]
Nelson, Dale Merle, 31	Sep 5	1970	Creston, British Columbia	Canada	8	0	FM	Sentenced to life imprisonment	[35]
Martins, Terezinha, 40 [n 2] [n 3]	Oct 3	1999	Nova América da Colina	Brazil	8	0	A	Sentenced to 150 years in prison	[36]
Lam, Phu, [n 1] 53	Dec 29	2014	Edmonton	Canada	8	0	F	Fatally shot himself	[37]
García, Junior Fabiano [n 4] [n 1]	Jul 15	2022	Paraná	Brazil	8	0	F	Committed suicide	[38]
Modesto Filho, Manoel [n 4]	Oct 22–23	1939	São Paulo	Brazil	7	12	F	Died by suicide	[39]
José Vidal Céspedes, 39	Jan 31	1993	Acahay	Paraguay	7	9	V	Sentenced to 25 years in prison, later changed to 22 years	[40]
Barraga, Jose Alberto, 34	Feb 18	1968	Tello	Colombia	7	4	M	Killed by soldiers	[41]
Klemmensen, Abel, 18 [n 1]	Jan 1	1990	Narsaq	Greenland	7	1	F	Sentenced to life imprisonment	[42]
Colombo, 35	10.04 Oct 4	1939	Rosario	Argentina	7	01 1	F	Died by suicide	[43]
McCallum, Frederick Moses, 19 [n 3]	Jan 30	1969	Buffalo Narrows	Canada	7	1	M	Found not guilty by reason of insanity	[44]
dos Santos, Luiz Gonzaga Pereira [n 2]	June 29	1979	Triunfo	Brazil	7	0	F	Escaped, killed on shootout in 1981 Suspect in 4 other murders	[45] [46]
Jean Carlos Hernández, 21 Reynaldo Cuadra McBean, 25	07.17 July 17	2020	Gatun Lake	Panama	7	0	F	McBean sentenced to 50 years in prison Hernández sentenced to 36 years	[47]
Clark, Etter John, 41 [n 2]	June 3	1956	Erskine, Alberta	Canada	7	0	F	Fatally shot himself	[48]
Cook, Raymond Robert, 22 [n 2]	June 25	1959	Stettler, Alberta	Canada	7	0	F	Sentenced to death and executed	[49]
Hogue, Raymond Leonard [n 2] [n 4]	April 20	1965	Coquitlam	Canada	7	0	F	Fatally shot himself	[50]
Vasquez, Ignacio [n 4]	Jan 31	1960	San Francisco Piletas	Mexico	7	?	F	Died by suicide	[51]
Bissonnette, Alexandre, 27	Jan 29	2017	Quebec City	Canada	6	19	F	Sentenced to life in prison	[52]
Santana Cedano, José Ángelo, 39	July 24	2021	Higüey	Dominican Republic	6	8	F	Killed by police	[53]
Rolle, Reuben, 30 [n 1]	May 20	1964	Nassau	Bahamas	6	6	F	Died by suicide One more died from a heart attack	[54]
Navarrete Gómez, Luis Alonso, 28 [n 4]	June 2	2000	El Tablón	El Salvador	6	4	F	Sentenced to 30 years in prison	[55]
Milhomem, Mauro	June 1	1980	Barra do Garças	Brazil	6	4	V	Died in the crash	[56]
Lepine, William Bernard, 27	Aug 28	1972	Kettle Valley	Canada	6	3	F	Found not guilty by reason of insanity	[57]
Headley, Hubert, 33 [n 1]	Dec 9	1994	Buxton & Friendship	Guyana	6	3	M	Killed by police Also killed a dog	[58]
Rivas, Valerio, 47 [n 1]	April	1941	Bahía Blanca	Argentina	6	2	M	Killed by police	[59]
Jiménez Rodríguez, Alberto [n 4] Farfán Moore, Yair [n 4]	June 10	2007	Balsillas	Colombia	6	2	F	Both were sentenced to 40 years in prison	[60]
Barreto, Miguel [n 1]	Oct 5	1991	Hatillo	Puerto Rico	6	2	M	Killed	[61]
Roldán Concha, José Misael, 27 [n 2] [n 3]	July 7	1957	Pupunahue	Chile	6	1	MA	Sentenced to death, later changed to life imprisonment Also killed a person in 1954	[62]
Shearing, David William, 23 [n 2]	Aug 10/16/17	1982	Near Clearwater, British Columbia	Canada	6	0	FMA	Sentenced to 25 years to life	[63]
Valenzuela Torres, Jorge del Carmen, 22 [n 2]	08.20 Aug 20	1960	San Carlos	Chile	6	0	M	Sentenced to death and executed Suspect in 1 other murder	[64]
Pino, Fabio Jesús, 25 [n 4]	06.28 June 28	1962	Mariquita	Colombia	6	0	F	Died by suicide	[65]
Unknown	02.00 Feb.	1994	Barragem	Brazil	6	0	FM	Unsolved	[66]
Ferreira Costa, William Roberto, 27	12.21 Dec 21	2016	Jaboticabal	Brazil	6	0	F	Sentenced to 61 years and 3 months in prison	[67]
Bauer, John, 51 [n 1]	Sep 18–20	2001	Kirkland, Quebec and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Canada	6	0	F A	Fatally shot himself	[68]
Cearense, Augusto	May 4	1914	Minas Gerais	Brazil	5–6	?	F	Killed by police	[69]
Martins, Pedro	Jan 31	1957	Vira Saia	Brazil	5	15	M	Killed	[70]
Rivera, Nicolas Sanchez	Dec 24–25	1944	Manzanillo	Mexico	5	10	F	Killed by soldiers	[71]
Romero Naupay, Eduardo Glicerio, 32	02.17 Feb 17	2017	Lima	Peru	5	9	F	Killed by police	[72]
Fontaine, Dakota Randan, 17 [n 1]	Jan 22	2016	La Loche	Canada	5	6	F	Sentenced to life in prison	[73]
Hope, Seon, 35 [n 1]	Feb 23	1933	Haggatts	Barbados	5	5	MA	Sentenced to death and executed	[74]
Castillo, Araya Douglas, 32	Jan 2–3	2005	Paquera	Costa Rica	5	1	F	Committed suicide	[75]
Villi, Francesco, 73	Dec 18	2022	Vaughan	Canada	5	1	F	Fatally shot by police officers	[76]
De Giusti, Walter	Oct 31–Nov 7	1986	Rosario	Argentina	5	0	F M	Died from HIV/AIDS	[77]
Young, Thomas, 26 [n 1]	Dec 25	1958	Ear Falls	Canada	5	0	F M	Sentenced to death and executed	[78]
Pissardo, Gustavo, 22 [n 2]	Sep 29	1994	Sao Jose dos Campos	Brazil	5	0	F	Sentenced to 63 years and 4 months imprisonment	[79]
de Grood, Matthew, 22	April 15	2014	Calgary	Canada	5	0	M	Not criminally responsible by reason of mental illness	[80]
Peterkin, Eric, 38	05.14 May 14	1977	Daniel Town	Jamaica	4	13	F	Killed by police	[81]
Rodrigues Castiglioni, Gabriel, 16	Nov 25	2022	Aracruz	Brazil	4	11	FM	Sentenced to 3 years' compulsory detention	[82]
Amigo Vergara, Alejandro, 33	April 8	1974	Talca	Chile	4	7	M	Killed by police	[83]
Heredia, Félix Yerle Aneury, 22	Jan 19	2015	San Cristóbal	Dominican Republic	4	3	F	Committed suicide	[84]
Lebrun, Pierre, 40	April 6	1999	Ottawa	Canada	4	2	F	Fatally shot himself	[85]
de la Puente Flores, Abelardo Dorrego Silva, Claudio	Oct 6	1923	Punta Arenas	Chile	4	2	M	De la Puente was sentenced to death and executed. Dorrego was killed by a prison guard during an attempted murder of de la Puente while imprisoned.	[86]
Hernández Fernández, Félix Ramón, 58	July 8	2021	Arroyo Naranjo	Cuba	4	2	MA	Committed suicide	[87]
Fabrikant, Valery	Aug 24	1992	Montreal	Canada	4	1	F	Sentenced to life in prison	[88]
Melogno, Ricardo	September	1982	Lomas del Mirador and Mataderos	Argentina	4	0	F	Sentenced to life imprisonment	[89]
Ibáñez Romero, Jaime Patricio, 53	Aug 31	2011	Quinta de Tilcoco	Chile	4	0	F	Died by suicide in 2014 while awaiting trial.	[90]
Roszko, James, 46	March 3	2005	Mayerthorpe	Canada	4	0	F	Fatally shot himself	[91]
Milla Rojas, Adán del Rosario, 34 [n 2]	Jan 28	2005	Punitaqui	Chile	4	0	FM	Sentenced to life imprisonment	[92]
Salvo Zúñiga, Juan Domingo, 44	Nov 25	1990	Paiguano	Chile	4	0	M	Sentenced to death, later changed to life imprisonment Also killed a person and injured another in 1975	[93]
Pessoto, Duilio, 56	March 1	2001	Jundiaí, São Paulo	Brazil	4	0	F	Fatally shot himself	[94]
Booher, Vernon, [n 1] 20	July 9	1928	Alberta	Canada	4	0	F	Executed	[95]
Riffo Sandoval, María Jesús, 48	Oct 8	1975	Angol	Chile	3	40	P	Sentenced to 20 years in prison	[96]
de Gouveia, João  [ es ], 37	Dec 6	2002	Caracas	Venezuela	3	29	F	Sentenced to 29 years and 11 months in prison	[97]
Lortie, Denis [n 4]	May 8	1984	Quebec City	Canada	3	13	FM	Sentenced to life in prison Released from prison in 1996	[98]
Solich, Rafael, 15	Sep 28	2004	Carmen de Patagones	Argentina	3	5	F	Declared too young to face charges	[99]
Bourque, Justin, 24	June 4–6	2014	Moncton	Canada	3	2	F	Sentenced to life in prison	[100]
Yoshino, Marcelo, 22	Dec 18	1996	São Paulo	Brazil	3	2	F	Died by suicide	[101]
Campos Beroíza, Florinia Yolanda, 19	Nov 17	1978	Los Ángeles	Chile	3	1	M	Sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment	[102]
Jensen, Derek, 21	Dec 15	2011	Claresholm	Canada	3	1	F	Died by suicide	[103]
Santángelo, Ariel, 43 [n 1]	March 1	2017	Banfield	Argentina	3	1	F	Died by suicide	[104]
Wood, Derek, 18 Muise, Darren, 18 MacNeil, Daniel, 23	May 7	1992	Sydney River, Nova Scotia	Canada	3	1	F M	All sentenced to life imprisonment	[105]
Galaviz, Gabriel Alejandro, 20	March 6	2024	Guadalajara	Mexico	3	1	M	Later died by suicide while awaiting trial	[106]
Garavito Cubillos, Luis Alfredo, 41	June 19/20	1998	Génova	Colombia	3	0	M	Sentenced to 1,853 years and 9 days in prison for 142 total murders Died in prison in 2023	[107]
Arancibia Navarro, Iván Jesus, 47 [n 1]	Dec 17	1999	Valparaíso	Chile	3	0	F	Also attempted suicide. Found not guilty by reason of insanity.	[108]

Abbreviations and footnotes

W – A basic description of the weapons used in the murders

F – Firearms and other ranged weapons, especially rifles and handguns, but also bows and crossbows, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, or slingshots

M – Melee weapons, like knives, swords, spears, machetes, axes, clubs, rods, stones, or bare hands

O – Any other weapons, such as bombs, hand grenades, Molotov cocktails, poison and poisonous gas, as well as vehicle and arson attacks

A – indicates that an arson attack was the only other weapon used

V – indicates that a vehicle was the only other weapon used

E – indicates that explosives of any sort were the only other weapon used

P – indicates that an anaesthetising or deadly substance of any kind was the only other weapon used (includes poisonous gas)

References