List of 2012 murders in the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of 2012 murders in the United States:[1] Murder Date No. of victims Location Note 2012 Waller Killings[2] March 20 3 Waller, Texas Trey Selser murdered his parents in anticipation of committing a shooting at Waller High School though this plan would never be executed. 2012 Ingleside, San Francisco homicide[3]March 235San Francisco, California 2012 Oikos University shooting[4]April 27Oakland, California Murder of Ming Qu and Ying WuApril 112University of Southern California 2012 Bain murder-kidnappingsApril 272Whiteville, Tennessee Murder of Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-KodieMay1Maryland Lil PhatJune 71Sandy Springs, Georgia Murder of Skylar Neese July 6 1 Star City, West Virginia 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting[5]July 2012Aurora, Colorado Wisconsin Sikh temple shootingAugust 57Oak Creek, Wisconsin 2012 College Station, Texas shootingAugust 132College Station, Texas 2012 Empire State Building shootingAugust 241New York City Faith Hedgepeth homicideSeptember 71Chapel Hill, North Carolina Minneapolis firm shooting[6]September 276Minneapolis, Minnesota Killings of Lucia and Leo KrimOctober 252New York City Byron David Smith killingsNovember 222Little Falls, MinnesotaTwo teens, 17 and 18, invaded the home of Byron David Smith. His actions allegedly went beyond those allowed by castle doctrine. Clackamas Town Center shootingDecember 112Happy Valley, Oregon Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting[7]December 1427Newtown, Connecticut 2012 Webster shootingDecember 243Webster, New York ↑ "Murder". FBI. Retrieved April 14, 2019. ↑ By Lindsay Wiseand Anita Hassan. "Police: Man held in Waller killings had massacre plan". MySA. Archived from the original on March 21, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025. ↑ "Man found guilty of murder in 2012 quintuple homicide at home in San Francisco's Ingleside". ABC7 San Francisco. December 12, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2019. ↑ Lee, Henry K. (September 16, 2014). "Details of Oikos University massacre tell of terror in Oakland". SFGate. Retrieved April 14, 2019. ↑ Frosch, Dan; Johnson, Kirk (July 20, 2012). "12 Are Killed at Showing of Batman Movie in Colorado". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 1, 2019. ↑ "Several Killed in Workplace Shooting in Minneapolis". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 27, 2012. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 10, 2019. ↑ Barron, James (December 14, 2012). "Gunman Kills 20 Schoolchildren in Connecticut". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 1, 2019. Related Articles