This is a list of homicides in Nevada. It includes notable homicides committed in the U.S. state of Nevada that have a Wikipedia article on the killing, the killer, or the victim.
The list is divided into three sub-lists as follows:
1. Multiple homicides – homicides having multiple victims, including the worst mass shooting in American history (2017 Las Vegas shooting) and the 1981 Hilton arson
2. Serial killers – persons who murder three or more persons with the incidents taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them
3. Individual homicides – notable homicides involving a single fatality, including the murder of Tupac Shakur and the murder of casino executive Ted Binion
This article also does not include all people who have been executed in Nevada. Such persons are listed separately at List of people executed in Nevada.
Multiple homicides Listed in chronological order Incident Location Date Deaths Description SourcesQuehoNevadaEarly 20th centuryUnknownNative American alleged to be the first mass murderer in Nevada historyOrbit Inn bombingLas Vegas1967-01-075Richard James Paris detonates a bomb at the Orbit Inn killing himself, his wife, and four other people. One of the deadliest explosions in Las Vegas Valley’s history.1981 Hilton arsonLas Vegas1981-02-108Busboy under influence of drugs set fire to a curtain in an elevator lobby on eighth floor, 350 injured and eight killed in fireLin Newborn/Daniel SherstyLas Vegas1998-07-042Two men killed by white supremacist in remote desert location outside Las VegasZane FloydLas Vegas1999-06-034Mass shooting at Albertson's supermarketLas Vegas courthouse shootingLas Vegas2010-01-042Mass shooting at federal courthouse lobby by man disgruntled by cuts to his Social Security benefitsCarson City IHOP shootingCarson City2011-09-065Mass shooting at IHOP restaurant2013 Las Vegas Strip shooting and crashSparks2013-02-213Fatal shooting of aspiring rapper Kenneth Cherry Jr., and a subsequent crash that killed a taxi driver and his passenger.2013 Sparks Middle School shootingSparks2013-10-212Shooting by 12-year-old at middle school; victims included teacher Michael Landsberry2014 Las Vegas shootingsLas Vegas2014-06-085Shooting at a restaurant and Walmart by married couple with extreme anti-government views2017 Las Vegas shootingLas Vegas2017-10-0160Mass shooting from 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay hotel into crowd attending music festival2019 Nevada killing spreeDouglas, Washoe Counties2019-014Murder-robbery spree by Salvadoran immigrant at three homes of elderly inhabitants2020 Henderson shootingHenderson2020-11-034Mass shooting at apartment building2023 University of Nevada, Las Vegas shootingLas Vegas2023-12-063Mass shooting at Frank and Estella Beam Hall on UNLV campus; shooter was unsuccessful applicant for professorship
Serial killers Listed in chronological order Incident Location Date Deaths Description SourcesCarroll ColeCalifornia, Nevada, Texas1947–198016–35Serial killer who was executed in 1985 for killing at least 15 women and one boy by strangulation Nathaniel BurkettMississippi, Nevada1978–20025–6+Murdered four women in close proximity to his Las Vegas apartmentTerry ChildsNevada, California1979–19855–12Jobless drug addict who claimed he was pressured into confessing after seeing the ghosts of the people he had killedThomas Wayne CrumpNevada, New Mexico19804–7 Tracy PetrocelliWashington, Nevada, California1981–19823+Murder of at least three people across three states, including a used car dealer in NevadaGreat Basin MurdersWyoming, Utah, Nevada, Idaho1983–19974+Murders of at least nine womenDaryl MackReno1988, 19942Brookey Lee WestLas Vegas1993–19981–3Convicted of murdering her mother; also suspected in murder of her brother and husbandDavid Stephen MiddletonSparks, Verdi1994–19952–3+Former Miami police officer and suspected serial killerTony Ray AmatiLas Vegas19963Shot and killed three people during series of "thrill-killings" in Las Vegas
Single homicides Listed by date Incident Location Date Description Sources Julia BuletteVirginia City1867-01-19/20Prostitute strangled and bludgeoned by French drifter; killer's hanging attended by Mark TwainJohn Gregovich, Andriza MircovichTonopah1912-05-14State senator Gregovich murdered by Mircovich; Mircovich was executed in 1914 with an automated shooting machineJarbidge Stage RobberyJarbidge1916-12-05The last mail stagecoach robbery in the U.S. and the first conviction based on a bloody palm print (driver killed)Sonja McCaskieReno1963-04-05British Olympic skier raped, murdered, and dismembered by 18-year-old high school studentOscar BonavenaReno1976-05-22Argentine heavyweight boxer shot at Mustang Ranch by security guard during a conflict with the ownerAl BramletLas Vegas1977-02-24Labor leader kidnapped from Las Vegas airport, body discovered in the desert with six bullet woundsJesse BishopLas Vegas1977-12Convicted of the murder of David Ballard during a robbery at a Las Vegas Strip casino; executed in the gas chamber in 1979Murder of Gwenn StoryLas Vegas1979-08-14Unidentified woman discovered dead in Sahara Hotel parking lot with multiple stab wounds in abdomenMurder of Tammy TerrellHenderson1981-10-05Unsolved murder of 17-year-old girl by blunt-force trauma; body identified 40 years later in 2021Tommy TurkLas Vegas1981-08-04Jazz musician shot in the head with shotgun during liquor store holdupMurder of Mary SilvaniWashoe County1982-07-17Woman found shot to death, identified in 2019 with DNACornell GunterLas Vegas1990-02-26R&B singer inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Coasters was shot and killed in his carMurder of Tupac ShakurLas Vegas1996-09-13Rapper killed in drive-by-shootingHerbert BlitzsteinLas Vegas1997-01-6Loanshark and bookmaker shot in head at his homeChris TrickleLas Vegas1998-03-25Stock car race drive killed in drive-by shootingJeremy StrohmeyerPrimm1998-05-25Convicted of sexual assault and murder of 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson at Primadonna ResortTed BinionLas Vegas1998-09-17Gambling executive, death by drug overdose ruled homicideJay R. SmithLas Vegas2002-10-05Former child actor from Our Gang short film series discovered dead at age 87 in desert outside Las Vegas with multiple stab wounds; homeless man convictedDarren MackReno2006-06-12Pled guilty to murdering his wife, Charla Mack, during divorce proceedings; also convicted of shooting of family court judge Chuck Weller the same dayKathy AugustineReno2006-07-11Member of Nevada Assembly killed with drugs by her fourth husbandMurder of Brianna DenisonReno2008-01-2019-year-old college student visiting Reno from Santa Barbara, California, raped and strangled by James BielaRhoshii WellsLas Vegas2008-08-11Boxer and Olympic medalist shot and killedMurder of Alyssa OtrembaLas Vegas2011-09-0215-year-old high school freshman who was kidnapped, raped and murdered by Javier Righetti, who was sentenced to death in 2017.Jeff GermanLas Vegas Valley2022-09-02Investigative reporter stabbed to death; elected official about whom German had reported is accused of the murder
Further reading Stories behind Northern Nevada's notorious crimes and disasters, Reno Gazette-Journal, December 26, 2017 Murders, Mysteries, and Misdemeanors of Las Vegas, Janice Oberding, 2020
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