List of rampage killers in the Americas

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. A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others.

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 notesRef.Alves, Adilson Marcelino, 21dos Santos, Jose, 31dos Santos, Walter Rosa, Dec 171961Niterói BrazilAAlves 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. Chiasson, Louis, 64 Dec 21969Notre-Dame-du-Lac, QuebecASentenced to life imprisonmentDelgado Morales, Campo Elías, At least one of the victims was a relative of the assailant. Dec 4 1986 Bogotá Colombia FMA Killed by police Guay, Albert, 33 Pitre, Marguerite, 41 Ruest, Généreux, 51 Sep 91949Sault-au-Cochon, Quebec Canada EBombed Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108. Sentenced to death and executed Wortman, Gabriel, 51 April 18–19 2020 Nova Scotia Canada FA Killed by police Rojas Rodríguez, Aldemar José Jan 172019Bogotá ColombiaECommitted suicide Kenney, John Edward, 27 June 211977Saint John, New Brunswick Canada AConvictedMan, 27, gets five years for prison fire Batista, Aluízio Farias, 26 Feb 25 1984 Natal Brazil V EscapedCaptured in 2026 Ferreira de França, Genildo, 27 May 21–22 1997 Santo Antônio de Potengi Brazil F Died by suicide Former soldier kills 15 in rampage, The_Vindicator (May 23, 1997) Lo, Kai-Ji Adam, 30 April 26 2025 Vancouver Canada V Arrested Sanderson, Myles Brandon, 32 Sep 4 2022 James Smith Cree Nation & Weldon, Saskatchewan Canada M Died in police custodyMinassian, Alek, 25 April 232018Toronto, Ontario CanadaVSentenced to life imprisonmentOne of the victims died in 2021; attributed to this event Lozano Velásquez, Juan de Jesús, 26 June 24 2000 Bogotá Colombia F Sentenced to 40 years in prison Eleven killed in Bogota disco, BBC (June 24, 2000)La verdad de Reminiscencias, El Tiempo (July 30, 2000) Caceres, Gregorio, 50 Feb 18 1942 Trujillo Venezuela M Killed 11 Killed, 4 Hurt Before Posse Slays Hatchet Man, Chicago Daily Tribune (February 20, 1942) Unknown Dec 191962Havana CubaKilled by soldiersCuban kills 11. The Hutchinson News (Dec. 23, 1962) Flores Eliseo, Óscar, 35 July 31 2005 San Jerónimo de Juárez Mexico FM Injured by police, killed by angry mob 17 Are Killed in 2 Incidents, Fueling Mexicans' Fears of Violence, The New York Times (August 2, 2005) – Ex-soldier kills 10 in a Mexican killing rampage, Taipei Times (August 2, 2005) – Ex militar ebrio y drogado mata a 10 personas y luego lo linchan, La Cronica de Hoy (August 1, 2005) – El ex soldado que mató a 11 había asesinado a otros dos, La Jornada (August 2, 2005) – Matan en Guerrero a diez personas , El Universal (August 1, 2005) – Silencio y dolor tras matanza en Guerrero , El Universal (August 2, 2005) – Noche de pánico en San Jerónimo, cuando El Junior bajó gritando y tirando balazos, el-suracapulco.com.mx – El multiasesino de San Jerónimo había matado ya a dos personas: SSP , suracapulco.com.mx Aroma, Dennis, 43 Dec 282025Richelieu SurinameMCommitted suicideHoffman, Victor Ernest, 21All the victims were members of the same family.All the victims were killed in the same household. Aug 151967Shell Lake, Saskatchewan Canada FFound not guilty by reason of insanityLima, Emival Menezes, 21 Ximenes, Carlos Roberto, 24 March 311984Araguaína BrazilFMBoth sentenced to 261 years in prisonEmival Menezes Lima, Linha Direta at redeglobo.globo.comCaso 23.08.2001, Linha Direta at redeglobo.globo.comJovens condenados a 522 anos de prisão, Correio de Notícias (February 1, 1985)CHAMADA LINHA DIRETA AGOSTO DE 2001, YouTubeHyatt, Thaddeus, 26 March 301959Labyrinth JamaicaMSentenced to death and executedKingston, Jamaica, The Ottawa Citizen (April 3, 1959) – Easter Monday Killer Slaughters 8, The Daily Gleaner (April 1, 1959) – Suspect-killer of eight arrested, The Daily Gleaner (April 2, 1959) – Hyatt execution next Tuesday, The Daily Gleaner (October 20, 1959) – Evangelism, The Pentecostal Evangel (January 10, 1960) (p.14) – Thaddeus Hyatt warned that blood would run in Labryinth, St Mary, Jamaica Observer (December 2, 2012) Taucci Monteiro, Guilherme, 17Henrique de Castro, Luiz, 25 March 132019Suzano BrazilFMEDied by suicideA., Sergio Eduardo, 21 June 212022Jacona & Zamora MexicoFKilled by policeGarcía Antonio, Germán May 21985Guadalupe la Mexicana MexicoFDied by suicideFanático religioso, asesino, se mató cuando mantenía 13 rehenes El Informador (May 4, 1985) – Latinamerica press, Vol. 17; Lima, 1985. – Marroquín, Enrique: El conflicto religioso Oaxaca, 1976–1992; Oaxaca, 2007. Nelson, Dale Merle, 31 Sep 51970Creston, British Columbia Canada FMSentenced to life imprisonmentSuspect Arrested in Deaths Of 8 in British Columbia, The New York Times (September 8, 1970) – Man sought in 7 deaths, The Spokesman-Review (September 6, 1970) – Mounties capture suspect in eight Creston slayings, The Spokesman-Review (September 7, 1970) – Canadian slayer gets life, The Bulletin (April 3, 1971) Martins, Terezinha, 40 Oct 31999Nova América da Colina Brazil ASentenced to 150 years in prisonIncêndio mata 8 da mesma família no PR, Folha de S.Paulo (October 5, 1999) – 'Estou vivendo um pesadelo', Folha de S.Paulo (October 5, 1999) – Bóia-fria é acusada de incendiar 8, Jornal do Commercio (October 5, 1999) – Incêndio no Paraná mata 8, sendo 6 crianças, JC Online (October 5, 1999) – Polícia diz que incêndio foi criminoso, Folha de Londrina (October 5, 1999) – Bóia-fria é condenada a 150 anos por homicídio, Folha de Londrina (March 29, 2003) – Tribunal de Justiça do Paraná... , Tribunal de Justiça do Paraná TJ-PR García, Junior Fabiano Jul 152022ParanáFCommitted suicide Modesto Filho, ManoelAssailant was a member of the military, police, or a comparable force at the time of the rampage. Oct 22–23 1939 São Paulo Brazil F Died by suicide A tragedia da noite passada, Folha da Noite (October 23, 1939) – Proseguem as investigações sobre os acontecimentos de domingo, Folha da Noite (October 25, 1939) – Na policia e nas ruas – Sangrentos disturbios praticados por um soldado, Folha da Manhã (October 24, 1939) – Na policia e nas ruas – O inquerito instaurado sobre os tragicos successos de domingo ultimo, Folha da Manhã (October 25, 1939) – Na policia e nas ruas – Ainda os acontecimentos de domingo, Folha da Manhã (October 26, 1939) – Na policia e nas ruas – Falleceu mais uma das victimas do crime praticado pelo soldado Manoel Modesto Filho, Folha da Manhã (October 27, 1939) José Vidal Céspedes, 39 Jan 311993Acahay ParaguayVSentenced to 25 years in prison, later changed to 22 years Barraga, Jose Alberto, 34 Feb 18 1968 Tello Colombia M Killed by soldiers Peasant goes berserk kills 7 with knife, Chicago Tribune (February 21, 1968) – Kills seven, Winnipeg Free Press (February 21, 1968) – Around the world – Bogota, The Dover Daily Reporter (February 22, 1968) Klemmensen, Abel, 18 Jan 1 1990 Narsaq Greenland F Sentenced to life imprisonment Danish Student's Rampage Leaves 7 Dead, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (January 3, 1990) – Ingen prøveløsladelse til Abel, Sermitsiaq (January 29, 2009) Colombo, 35 Oct 41939Rosario Argentina FDied by suicideMassenmord auf einer Kaffeeplantage, Marburger Zeitung (October 6, 1939)Tages-Neuigkeiten - Massenmord aus Rache, Volksbote (October 5, 1939)Tagesneuigkeiten - Massenmord aus Rache, Volksbote (October 12, 1939)McCallum, Frederick Moses, 19 Jan 301969Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan Canada MFound not guilty by reason of insanity4 Children Among 7 Killed With an Ax in Saskatchewan, The New York Times (January 31, 1969) – Seven slain in ax-attack, The Bryan Times (January 31, 1969) – Intruder with axe leaves seven dead, St. Petersburg Times (January 31, 1969) – McCallum fit to stand trial, The Leader-Post (October 21, 1969) – McCallum moved to penitentiary, The Leader-Post (January 15, 1970) dos Santos, Luiz Gonzaga Pereira June 291979Triunfo Brazil FEscaped, killed on shootout in 1981Suspect in 4 other murdersPor la honora de su hija mató a siete personas, El Siglo de Torreón (July 3, 1979) - Familia de sete é assassinada, Jornal do Brasil (July 2, 1979) - Menino conta detalhes da chacina, Diario de Pernambuco (July 5, 1979) Morto com vários tiros o "monstro de Princesa", Diário_de_Pernambuco (March 6, 1981) Jean Carlos Hernández, 21 Reynaldo Cuadra McBean, 25 July 17 2020 Gatun Lake Panama F McBean sentenced to 50 years in prison Hernández sentenced to 36 years Vasquez, Ignacio Jan 311960San Francisco Piletas Mexico FDied by suicideCop slays 7, ends own life, St. Joseph Gazette (February 2, 1960) – Policeman slays seven, then takes own life, Lewiston Morning Tribune (February 2, 1960) – Police officer kills seven persons, self The Montana Standard (February 2, 1960) Bissonnette, Alexandre, 27 Jan 292017Quebec City, Quebec CanadaFSentenced to life in prison Santana Cedano, José Ángelo, 39 July 24 2021 Higüey Dominican Republic F Killed by police Los ataques en un municipio dominicano que dejaron 6 muertos iniciaron con una agresión por "alegados motivos de celos", según la Policía, CNN en Español Rolle, Reuben, 30 May 20 1964 Nassau Bahamas F Died by suicide One more died from a heart attack Rampaging Gunman kills 6 in Bahamas, The New York Times (May 22, 1964) – Lovelorn builder runs amok with gun, kills six, Rome News-Tribune (May 21, 1964) – Killer stalks Nassau; 8 dead, The Miami News (May 21, 1964) Navarrete Gómez, Luis Alonso, 28 June 2 2000 El Tablón El Salvador F Sentenced to 30 years in prison Policeman kills 7 in El Salvador, Wilmington Morning Star (June 3, 2000) – Agente PNC asesina a siete personas en La Unión , laprensa.com.sv (June 3, 2000) – PNC acusado de masacre tenía antecedentes, laprensa.com.sv (June 4, 2000) – Familiares de soldados exigen justicia, laprensa.com.sv (June 4, 2000) – Mañana audiencia contra agente PNC, laprensa.com.sv (June 6, 2000) – Prorrogan audiencia de ex PNC acusado de matar a 6 personas, laprensa.com.sv (November 1, 2000) – Pena máxima para homicida de seis personas , laprensa.com.sv (June 17, 2001) – Policía masacra a siete , elsalvador.com (June 3, 2000) – Inicia proceso judicial contra policía acusado de masacre , elsalvador.com (June 6, 2000) – Descartan que policía acusado de masacre estuviera drogado , elsalvador.com (June 14, 2000) Milhomem, Mauro June 11980Barra do Garças BrazilVDied in the crashCinco mortos no choque do "Sertanejo", Folha de S.Paulo (June 3, 1980)

Morrem feridos no acidente, Folha de S.Paulo (June 5, 1980)