This is a list of homicides committed by firearms in the state of California which have a Wikipedia article for the killing, the killer, or a related subject.
Article Location Date Number killedNumber injured Description1928 Fairfield murdersFairfield1928-08-22114Workplace violence 1965 Highway 101 sniper attack Orcutt (nearby) 1965-04-25 4 (including perpetrator)10Teenager shot at cars on highway 1973 South Los Angeles shootings Los Angeles 1973-04-22 79Spree shooting 1976 California State University, Fullerton massacre Fullerton 1976-07-12 72Workplace violence Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego) San Diego 1979-01-29 29School shooting 49th Street Elementary School shooting Los Angeles 1984-02-24 3 (including perpetrator)12 School shooting San Ysidro McDonald's massacre San Ysidro 1984-07-18 23 (including unborn child and perpetrator)19At the time, the massacre was the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history, being surpassed seven years later by the Luby's shooting. Sunnyvale ESL shooting Sunnyvale 1988-02-16 74Stalking/workplace violence Stockton schoolyard shooting Stockton 1989-01-17 6 (including perpetrator)32 School shooting Ramon Salcido Sonoma 1989-04-14 7 Domestic violence; familicideDana EwellFresno1992-04-193Murder for hire for financial gain 1992 Lindhurst High School shooting Olivehurst 1992-05-01 410 School shooting 1992 San Luis Obispo County shootings Morro Bay/Paso Robles 1992-11-07 7 (including perpetrator)2 Spree shooting 101 California Street shooting San Francisco 1993-07-01 96 Attack on a law firm. North Hollywood shootout North Hollywood 1997-2-28 2 (both perpetrators) 20 Bank robbery and subsequent shootout 1999 Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting Granada Hills and Chatsworth 1999-08-10 1 5 Anti-Semitic terrorist attack by Aryan Nations member 2001 Nevada County shootings Nevada County 2001-01-10 33 Spree shooting 2001 Santana High School shooting Santee 2001-03-05 213 School shooting Marcus Wesson Fresno 2004-03-12 9 Domestic violence; familicide 2006 Goleta postal facility shooting Goleta 2006-01-30 8 (including perpetrator) Workplace violence Covina massacre Covina 2008-12-24 10 (including perpetrator) Domestic violence 2011 Seal Beach shooting Seal Beach 2011-10-12 81Domestic violence incident at hair salon Southern California Edison shooting Irwindale 2011-12-16 3 (including perpetrator)2Workplace shooting 2012 Oikos University shooting Oakland 2012-04-02 72 School shooting 2012 Anaheim, California police shooting and protests Anaheim 2012-07-21 26Protests after police officer killings 2012 Fresno meat plant shootingFresno 2012-11-6 3 (including perpetrator) 2Workplace violence Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt Los Angeles (and nearby) 2013-02-3 to 2013-02-12 5 (including perpetrator) Workplace violence against other law enforcement 2013 Santa Monica shootings Santa Monica 2013-06-07 6 (including perpetrator)2 School shooting Salinas taqueria shooting Salinas 2013-06-07 34 Gang-related fight and shooting Isla Vista attacks Isla Vista 2014-05-23 614 Misogynist terrorist attack by incel follower Shootings of Sacramento County law enforcement officers Sacramento 2014-10-24 22 Shooting of Sacramento County sheriff's deputies 2015 San Bernardino attack San Bernardino 2015-12-02 16 (including both perpetrators)24Islamic terrorist attack at the workplace. 2017 Fresno shootings Fresno 2017-04-18 4 Racially-motivated anti-white shooting Rancho Tehama shootings Rancho Tehama 2017-11-13 to 2017-11-14 6 (including perpetrator)18Domestic violence and car chase Thousand Oaks shooting Thousand Oaks 2018-11-07 13 (including perpetrator)16Mass shooting at a restaurant Tulare County shootings Tulare County 2018-12-16 3 (including perpetrator)7Spree shooting and car chase 2019 Poway synagogue shooting Poway 2019-04-27 1 3Antisemitic terrorist attack inspired by the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and the Christchurch mosque shootings. 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting Gilroy 2019-07-28 4 (including perpetrator)12 Mass shooting at food festival Orinda shooting Orinda 2019-10-31 54Mass shooting that occurred during a house party. Saugus High School shooting Santa Clarita 2019-11-14 25School shooting 2019 Fresno shooting Fresno 2019-11-17 46A group of family and friends were gathered in a backyard Sunday to watch a football game when two gunmen sneaked into the yard and began shooting. 2020 boogaloo murders Oakland 2020-05-30 23Attacks on law enforcement during the George Floyd protests. Aguanga shooting Aguanga 2020-09-07 7Unsolved case, investigated by police if related to a marijuana grower 2021 San Jose shooting San Jose 2021-05-26 10 (including perpetrator) Mass shooting; workplace violence 2022 Sacramento shooting Sacramento 2022-04-03 6 12 Crips–Bloods gang war 2022 Laguna Woods shooting Laguna Woods, California 2022-05-15 1 5 Suspected anti-Taiwanese shooting at a church. 2022 Oakland school shooting Oakland 2022-09-28 1 5 Mass shooting, unsolved and alleged by police to be gang-related. 2022 Oakland party shooting Oakland 2023-01-16 2 2 Two juveniles held. 2023 Goshen shooting Goshen 2023-01-16 6 0 Unsolved alleged cartel massacre at a house. 2023 Monterey Park shooting Monterey Park 2023-01-21 12 (including perpetrator) 9 Mass shooting during Lunar New Year celebrations 2023 Half Moon Bay shootings Half Moon Bay 2023-01-23 7 1 Workplace violence at two farms.2023 Trabuco Canyon shootingTrabuco Canyon, California2023-08-234 (including perpetrator)6Mass shooting at bar, gunman targeted his ex-wife2025 Stockton shootingStockton, California 2025-11-29413Mass shooting at child's birthday party.2026 Islamic Center of San Diego shootingSan Diego 2026-05-18 5 (including both perpetrators) 1 Mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, two perpetrators of the shooting later died due to self-inflicted gunshot wounds. Suspected to be a hate crime.
See also
List of homicides in California