List of homicides in Nevada

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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

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Incident Location Date Deaths Description Sources
QuehoNevadaEarly 20th centuryUnknownNative American alleged to be the first mass murderer in Nevada history[1][2][3]
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 fire[4][5]
Lin Newborn/Daniel SherstyLas Vegas1998-07-042Two men killed by white supremacist in remote desert location outside Las Vegas[6]
Zane FloydLas Vegas1999-06-034Mass shooting at Albertson's supermarket[7]
Las Vegas courthouse shootingLas Vegas2010-01-042Mass shooting at federal courthouse lobby by man disgruntled by cuts to his Social Security benefits[8]
Carson City IHOP shootingCarson City2011-09-065Mass shooting at IHOP restaurant[9]
2013 Sparks Middle School shootingSparks2013-10-212Shooting by 12-year-old at middle school; victims included teacher Michael Landsberry[10]
2014 Las Vegas shootingsLas Vegas2014-06-085Shooting at a restaurant and Walmart by married couple with extreme anti-government views[11]
2017 Las Vegas shootingLas Vegas2017-10-0160Mass shooting from 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay hotel into crowd attending music festival[12]
2019 Nevada killing spreeDouglas, Washoe Counties2019-014Murder-robbery spree by Salvadoran immigrant at three homes of elderly inhabitants[13]
2020 Henderson shootingHenderson2020-11-034Mass shooting at apartment building[14]
2023 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[15]
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Serial killers

Listed in chronological order

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Incident Location Date Deaths Description Sources
Carroll 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 apartment[16]
Terry ChildsNevada, California1979–19855–12Jobless drug addict who claimed he was pressured into confessing after seeing the ghosts of the people he had killed
Thomas Wayne CrumpNevada, New Mexico19804–7[17]
Great Basin MurdersWyoming, Utah, Nevada, Idaho1983–19974+Murders of at least nine women
Daryl MackReno1988, 19942[18]
Brookey Lee WestLas Vegas1993–19981–3Convicted of murdering her mother; also suspected in murder of her brother and husband[19]
David Stephen MiddletonSparks, Verdi1994–19952–3+Former Miami police officer and suspected serial killer[18]
Tony Ray AmatiLas Vegas19963Shot and killed three people during series of "thrill-killings" in Las Vegas[20]
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Single homicides

Listed by date

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Incident Location Date Description Sources
Julia BuletteVirginia City1867-01-19/20Prostitute strangled and bludgeoned by French drifter; killer's hanging attended by Mark Twain
John Gregovich, Andriza MircovichTonopah1912-05-14State senator Gregovich murdered by Mircovich; Mircovich was executed in 1914 with an automated shooting machine
Jarbidge 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 student[21]
Oscar BonavenaReno1976-05-22Argentine heavyweight boxer shot at Mustang Ranch by security guard during a conflict with the owner
Al BramletLas Vegas1977-02-24Labor leader kidnapped from Las Vegas airport, body discovered in the desert with six bullet wounds
Jesse BishopLas Vegas1977-12Convicted of the murder of David Ballard during a robbery at a Las Vegas Strip casino; executed in the gas chamber in 1979
Murder of Gwenn StoryLas Vegas1979-08-14Unidentified woman discovered dead in Sahara Hotel parking lot with multiple stab wounds in abdomen[22]
Murder of Tammy TerrellHenderson1981-10-05Unsolved murder of 17-year-old girl by blunt-force trauma; body identified 40 years later in 2021[23]
Tommy TurkLas Vegas1981-08-04Jazz musician shot in the head with shotgun during liquor store holdup[24]
Murder of Mary SilvaniWashoe County1982-07-17Woman found shot to death, identified in 2019 with DNA[25]
Cornell 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 car
Murder of Tupac ShakurLas Vegas1996-09-13Rapper killed in drive-by-shooting[26]
Herbert BlitzsteinLas Vegas1997-01-6Loanshark and bookmaker shot in head at his home
Chris TrickleLas Vegas1998-03-25Stock car race drive killed in drive-by shooting[27]
Jeremy StrohmeyerPrimm1998-05-25Convicted of sexual assault and murder of 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson at Primadonna Resort[28][29]
Ted BinionLas Vegas1998-09-17Gambling executive, death by drug overdose ruled homicide[30]
Jay 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 convicted[31]
Darren 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 day[32]
Kathy AugustineReno2006-07-11Member of Nevada Assembly killed with drugs by her fourth husband[33]
Murder of Brianna DenisonReno2008-01-2019-year-old college student visiting Reno from Santa Barbara, California, raped and strangled by James Biela[18]
Rhoshii WellsLas Vegas2008-08-11Boxer and Olympic medalist shot and killed[34]
Jeff GermanLas Vegas Valley2022-09-02Investigative reporter stabbed to death; elected official about whom German had reported is accused of the murder[35]
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