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This is a list of homicides in California. This list includes notable homicides committed in the U.S. state of California that have a Wikipedia article on the killing, the killer, or the victim. It is divided into four subject areas as follows:
- Multiple homicides - homicides having multiple victims, including incidents involving spree killers, acts of terrorism, two mass homicides involving criminal acts causing airline crashes, and a mass suicide directed by a cult leader. The article includes sub-lists for multiple homicides involving school shootings, familicides, and polices shootouts.
- 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
- California genocide - The California genocide occurred during the California Indian Wars from 1850 to 1880. The incidents with the most deaths are listed here. A more complete list of those incidents is set forth in the article on the California genocide.
- Single homicides - notable homicides involving a single fatality, including homicides involving celebrities as victims or perpetrators
Multiple homicides
Listed by date, sortable by location or deaths
No. | Incident | Location | Date | Deaths | Description | Sources |
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1 | Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871 | Los Angeles | 1871-10-24 | 19 | Racial massacre targeting Chinese immigrants | [1] |
2 | San Francisco riot of 1877 | San Francisco | 1877-07-23/25 | 4 | Three-day pogrom against Chinese immigrants | |
3 | Lexington murders | Lexington | 1883-03-11 | 2 | Brutal double murder, two of the perpetrators were hung | [2][3][4] |
4 | Los Angeles Times bombing | Los Angeles | 1910-10-1 | 21 | Union member bombed the Los Angeles Times building | [5] |
5 | Adele Ritchie | Laguna Beach | 1930-04-24 | 2 | Prima donna of comic opera shot and killed by set designer who then shot herself | [6] |
6 | Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 | Contra Costa County | 1964-05-07 | 44 | Pilot of airliner shot during flight causing plane to crash | [7] |
7 | 1965 Highway 101 sniper attack | Orcutt | 1965-04-25 | 4 | Teenager of 16 years opened fire on cars traveling along the 101 freeway | [8] |
8 | Murders of Theodore L. Newton Jr. and George F. Azrak | Anza | 1967-06-17 | 2 | Two Border Patrol agents kidnapped and murdered by marijuana smugglers | [9][10] |
9 | Tate–LaBianca murders | Los Angeles | 1969-08-08/10 | 8 | Murders perpetrated by members of the Manson Family, victimes included actress Sharon Tate | [11][12][1][13] |
10 | William Ray Bonner | Los Angeles | 1973-04-22 | 7 | Rampage shooting by former service station attendant | [14][15] |
11 | Golden Dragon massacre | San Francisco | 1977-09-04 | 5 | Gang-related shooting at Chinese restaurant | [8] |
12 | Moscone–Milk assassinations | San Francisco | 1978-11-27 | 2 | San Francisco Supervisor Dan White shot Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk | [16] |
13 | Keddie murders | Keddie | 1981-04-11 | 4 | Unsolved quadruple homicide of four women at the Keddie Resort | [17][18] |
14 | Wonderland murders | Laurel Canyon | 1981-07-01 | 4 | Unsolved murder of four persons at a drug house, also known as the "Laurel Canyon Murders" | [1][19] |
15 | San Ysidro McDonald's massacre | San Ysidro | 1984-07-18 | 23 | Mass shooting at McDonald’s restaurant | [20] |
16 | Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 | San Luis Obispo County | 1987-12-07 | 43 | Plane crashed after being hijacked | [21] |
17 | Richard Farley | Sunnyvale | 1988-02-16 | 7 | Workplace shooting at ESL Incorporated | [22][23] |
18 | 1991 Sacramento hostage crisis | Sacramento | 1991-04-04 | 6 | Hostage crisis at Good Guys store in Florin Mall, 40 hostages held at gunpoint | [24]
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19 | Lynwood Drake | Morro Bay/Paso Robles | 1992-11-07 | 7 | Spree killing at two homes and a card club | [25] |
20 | 101 California Street shooting | San Francisco | 1993-07-01 | 9 | Mass shooting at offices of Petit & Martin law firm | [8] |
21 | O. J. Simpson murder case | Los Angeles | 1994-06-12 | 2 | Unsolved murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. O. J. Simpson tried and acquitted | [1][8] |
22 | Heaven's Gate | Rancho Santa Fe | 1997-03-26 | 39 | Mass suicide by cult members at direction of cult leader | |
23 | Black Widow Murders | Los Angeles | 1999, 2005 | 2 | Two elderly women convicted of murdering two vagrants, the first in 1999 and the second in 2005 | [1] |
24 | 2001 Nevada County shootings | Nevada County | 2001-01-10 | 3 | Shooting spree by 40-year-old man with semi-automatic pistol | [26] |
25 | 2002 Los Angeles International Airport shooting | Los Angeles | 2002-07-04 | 3 | Gunman opened fire at ticket counter of El Al, Israel's national airline | [27] |
26 | 2004 Jenner, California, double murder | Jenner | 2004-08-14 | 2 | Young Midwestern couple shot as they slept on a Sonoma Coast beach | [28] |
27 | 2005 Glendale train crash | Los Angeles | 2005-01-26 | 11 | Suicidal man parked on tracks and caused crash of Metrolink commuter train | [29] |
28 | Goleta postal facility shootings | Goleta | 2006-01-30 | 8 | Spree killing by former postal worker | |
29 | Murder of Jan Pawel and Quiana Jenkins Pietrzak | Riverside County] | 2008-10-15 | 2 | Married couple tortured, sexually assaulted and shot by four Marines | |
30 | 2011 Seal Beach shooting | Seal Beach | 2011-10-12 | 8 | Mass shooting at a hair salon, deadliest mass shooting in Orange County history | [8] |
31 | Southern California Edison shooting | Irwindale | 2011-12-16 | 3 | Workplace shooting | |
32 | Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt | Southern California | 2013-02 | 5 | Shooting perpetrated by former LAPD officer | |
33 | Murders of Claudia Maupin and Oliver Northup | Davis | 2013-04-14 | 2 | Torture, mutilation and murder of elderly couple in their home, perpetrator a 15-year-old psychopath | |
34 | 2015 San Bernardino attack | San Bernardino | 2015-12-02 | 16 | Terrorist attack by Muslim couple on public health department Christmas party | |
35 | 2017 Fresno shootings | Fresno | 2017-04-13/18 | 4 | Shooting spree by alleged black supremacist | |
36 | San Francisco UPS shooting | San Francisco | 2017-06-14 | 4 | Workplace shooting at UPS facility | |
37 | Rancho Tehama shootings | Rancho Tehama | 2017-11-13 | 6 | Shooting spree in which five were killed and 18 injured at 8 crime scenes | |
38 | Yountville shooting | Yountville | 2018-03-08 | 5 | Murder-suicide shooting at Veterans Home of California | |
39 | Thousand Oaks shooting | Thousand Oaks | 2018-11-07 | 13 | Mass shooting at Borderline Bar and Grill | |
40 | Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting | Gilroy | 2019-07-28 | 4 | Mass shooting at garlic festival | |
41 | Orinda shooting | Orinda | 2019-10-31 | 5 | Mass shooting during a house party | |
42 | 2019 Fresno shooting | Fresno | 2019-11-17 | 4 | Mass shooting at football watch party | |
43 | Aguanga shooting | Aguanga | 2020-09-07 | 7 | Mass murder at residence used go grow illegal marijuana | |
44 | 2021 Orange, California office shooting | Orange | 2021-03-31 | 4 | Shooting at office building | |
45 | 2021 San Jose shooting | San Jose | 2021-05-26 | 10 | Mass shooting at transit rail yard | |
46 | 2022 Sacramento shooting | Sacramento | 2022-04-03 | 6 | Mass shooting by multiple shooters in downtown Sacramento |
School shootings[30]
No. | Incident | Location | Date | Deaths | Description | Sources |
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1 | California State University, Fullerton massacre | Fullerton | 1976-07-12 | 7 | School shooting perpetrated by university custodian | [8][31][32] |
2 | Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego) | San Diego | 1979-01-29 | 1 | 16-year-old girl shot 11 persons, killing two | [31] |
2 | Cleveland Elementary School shooting (Stockton) | Stockton | 1989-01-17 | 5 | School shooting | [8][31] |
3 | Lindhurst High School shooting | Olivehurst | 1992-05-01 | 4 | School shooting perpetrated by former student | [31] |
4 | San Diego State University shooting | San Diego | 1996-08-15 | 3 | Graduate student shot and killed three professors at engineering building | [8] |
5 | Costa Mesa school car attack | Costa Mesa | 1999-05-03 | 2 | Man drove his Cadillac into preschool playground and opened fire, killing two and wounding five | |
6 | 2001 Isla Vista killings | Isla Vista | 2001-02-23 | 5 | Vehicular homicide and assault near UCSB campus, perpetrator was son of director Dan Attias | |
7 | Santana High School shooting | Santee | 2001-03-05 | 2 | School shooting perpetrated by 15-year-old student | [8][31] |
8 | Murder of Larry King | Oxnard | 2008-02-14 | 1 | 15-year-old student shot twice by fellow student, a gay-bias crime | |
9 | Oikos University shooting | Oakland | 2012-04-02 | 7 | Mass shooting at Korean Christian college | [8][31] |
10 | 2013 Santa Monica shooting | Santa Monica | 2013-06-07 | 6 | Spree shooting at Santa Monica College campus following domestic dispute and house fire | [31] |
11 | 2014 Isla Vista killings | Isla Vista | 2014-05-23 | 7 | Former student drove through campus area shooting pedestrians and three women at a sorority house | |
12 | 2016 UCLA shooting | Los Angeles | 2016-06-01 | 3 | Unsuccessful Ph.D. student shot his thesis adviser, his estranged wife, and himself | |
13 | North Park Elementary School shooting | San Bernardino | 2017-04-10 | 3 | Man shot his wife at the school where she worked and a student standing behind her and then killed himself | |
14 | Saugus High School shooting | Santa Clarita | 2019-11-14 | 3 | Student age 16 shot five schoolmates, killed two, then killed himself | [31] |
15 | Union City, California elementary school double murder | Union City, California | 2019-11-20 | 2 | Boys ages 11 and 14 shot in school parking lot by two gang members |
Familicides
No. | Incident | Location | Date | Deaths | Description | Sources |
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1 | George Hassell | Whittier | 1917-1926 | 13 | Spree killer, killed his wife and eight children | |
2 | Ralph Works | Pasadena | 1941-08-08 | 2 | Murder-suicide in which former professional baseball pitcher shot himself and his wife | [33] |
3 | Barbecue murders | Terra Linda | 1975-06-21 | 2 | Married couple murdered in their home by adopted daughter and her boyfriend who attempted to dispose of bodies by burning in a barbecue pit | [8] |
4 | Judith Barsi | Canoga Park | 1988-07-25 | 3 | Murder suicide in which father killed his 10-year-old actress-daughter and wife | |
5 | Ramon Salcido | Sonoma/Cotati | 1989-04-14 | 7 | Spree killer of six family members and workplace supervisor | |
6 | Lyle and Erik Menendez | Beverly Hills | 1989-08-20 | 2 | Shotgun murders of José and Mary Louise ("Kitty") Menéndez by their sons | [1][8] |
7 | Betty Broderick | San Diego | 1989-11-05 | 2 | Convicted of murdering her ex-husband and second wife, later depicted in A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story | [1] |
8 | Dana Ewell | Fresno | 1992-04-19 | 3 | Ordered the killing of his father, mother and sister | |
9 | Marcus Wesson | Fresno | 2004-03-12 | 9 | Father murdered his family | [12][8] |
10 | Covina massacre | Covina | 2008-12-24 | 10 | Christmas Eve shooting at arson by family member wearing Santa suit | [12][1][8] |
11 | Hart family murders | Mendocino County | 2018-03-26 | 8 | Murder-suicide in which same-sex couple murdered their six adopted children and then killed themselves |
Police shootouts and ambushes
No. | Incident | Location | Date | Deaths | Description | Sources |
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1 | Marin County Civic Center attacks | San Rafael | 1970-08-07 | 4 | Kidnapping of judge followed by shootout with police, led to manhunt for Angela Davis | |
2 | Newhall incident | Valencia | 1970-04-05 | 5 | Shootout in which four California Highway Patrol officers were killed, deadliest day in California law enforcement history | [34][35] |
3 | Symbionese Liberation Army shootout | Los Angeles | 1974-05-17 | 6 | Members of the group shot or burned in South LA house during shootout with LAPD | |
4 | Norco shootout | Norco | 1980-05-09 | 3 | Shootout between five heavily armed bank robbers and sheriff deputies, one officer and two perpetrators killed; eight other officers, a civilian, and two perpetrators injured | |
6 | North Hollywood shootout | North Hollywood | 1997-02-28 | 2 | Shootout between police and bank robbers wearing body armor, both bank robbers killed | |
6 | Stevenson Ranch shootout | Stevenson Ranch | 2001-08-31 | 2 | Shootout resulting in deaths of a convicted felon and a sheriff's deputy | |
7 | 2009 shootings of Oakland police officers | Oakland | 2009-03-21 | 5 | Wanted felon shot two officers during a traffic stop, then shot and killed two SWAT officers | |
8 | 2013 shooting of Santa Cruz police officers | Santa Cruz | 2013-02-26 | 3 | Two police officers shot and killed, perpetrator then killed in shootout with police | |
9 | 2020 boogaloo murders | Oakland Ben Lomond |
2020-05-29 2020-06-06 |
2 | Two ambush-style attacks occurred against security personnel and law enforcement officers in California. The attacks left two dead and injured three others. |
Serial killers
Listed by number of confirmed victims.
Incident | Location | Date | Deaths | Description | Sources |
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Samuel Little | 19 states | 1970-2005 | 60-93 | Confessed to murdering 93 women, most prolific serial killer in U.S. history | [12] |
Juan Corona | Sutter County | 1971 | 25+ | Mexican serial killer who was convicted of the murders of 25 migrant farm workers found buried in shallow graves in peach orchards along the Feather River in Sutter County | [12] |
Patrick Kearney | Southern California | 1962-1977 | 21-43 | Serial killer and child molester, a list of 61 men believed to be victims was found in his trunk[1] | |
William Bonin | Southern California | 1979-1980 | 21-36+ | Serial killer, pederast and sex offender who committed the rape, torture, and murder of a minimum of 21 young men and boys | [11][12][1][32] |
Randy Kraft | Southern California | 1971-1983 | 16-67 | Known as the "Scorecard Killer", raped and murdered at least 16 young men | [11][12][36][1][32] |
Zebra murders | San Francisco | 1973-1974 | 15-73+ | Racially-motivated attacks a group of four black serial killers | |
Chester Turner | Los Angeles | 1987-1998 | 15+ | Convicted of murdering 10 women; another man was earlier wrongfully convicted for his crimes | [12][36] |
Richard Ramirez | Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley | 1984-1985 | 13 | Serial killer known as the "Night Stalker" | [11][12][37][1][32] |
Joseph James DeAngelo | California | 1974-1986 | 13 | Serial killer and rapist | [11][12] |
Hillside Strangler | Los Angeles | 1977-1978 | 12 | Serial killers later identified as cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr. | [12][1][19] |
Leonard Lake and Charles Ng | Calaveras County | 1983-1985 | 11-25 | Ex-Marine who had a cabin that he described as a "dungeon" where he kidnapped, raped, and murdered women | [12][37] |
Grim Sleeper | Los Angeles | 1984-2007 | 10-25+ | Serial killer who received nickname when he appeared to have taken a 14-year break from his crimes, from 1988 to 2002 | [11][12][1] |
Gerald and Charlene Gallego | Sacramento | 1978-1980 | 10 | Serial killers who kidnapped and murder teenagers after keeping as sex slaves | |
Dorothea Puente | Sacramento | 1982-1988 | 9 | Ran a boarding house and murdered elderly and mentally disabled boarders before cashing their Social Security checks | |
Keith Hunter Jesperson | California, Oregon | 1990-1995 | 8-185 | Known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew smiley faces on his many letters to the media and authorities | |
David Carpenter | San Francisco | 1979-1981 | 8-10+ | Serial killer known for stalking and killing victims in state parks near San Francisco, also known as the Trailside Killer | [37] |
Roger Kibbe | Sacramento | 1977-1987 | 8+ | Serial killer and rapist known as the "I-5 Strangler" | |
Rodney Alcala | California | 1968-1979 | 8+ | Serial killer sometimes known as "The Dating Game Killer" because he won an episode of The Dating Game television show[1][32] | |
Michael Hughes (serial killer) | California | 1986-1993 | 7+ | Serial killer | [12][36] |
Santa Rosa hitchhiker murders | North Bay | 1972-1973 | 7+ | Female hitchhikers found nude in rural areas of Sonoma and Santa Rosa Counties | [11] |
Efren Saldivar | Glendale | 1988-1998 | 6-200+ | Respiratory therapist at Adventist Health Glendale, killed patients by injecting a paralytic drug inducing cardiac and respiratory arrest, known as Angel of Death | [1] |
Doodler | San Francisco | 1974-1975 | 6-16 | Unidentified serial killer responsible for who sketched his male victims before having sex and killing them | [11] |
Joseph Naso | Northern California | 1977-1994 | 6-10 | Serial killer and rapist | |
Doug Clark (serial killer) | Los Angeles | 1980 | 6+ | Serial killer with accomplice known as the “Sunset Strip Killers” | |
Bouncing Ball Killer | Los Angeles | 1959-1960 | 6-7+ | Serial killer also known as the Rubber Ball Strangler | |
Zodiac Killer | Northern California | 1968-1969 | 5-37 | Serial killer | [11] |
Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris | Southern California | 1979 | 5 | Known as the "Tool Box Killers", murdered and raped five teenage girlss | |
Speed Freak Killers | San Joaquin County | 1984-1999 | 4-19 | Methamphetamine users convicted of four murders | |
Wayne Adam Ford | California | 1997-1998 | 4+ | Long-haul driver murdered and dismembered three sex workers and a hitchhiker | [12] |
Cary Stayner | Mariposa County | 1999 | 4 | Serial killer who killed women near Yosemite | [12] |
Steven David Catlin | Bakersfield, Fresno | 1976-1984 | 3 | Convicted of murdering two wies and his adoptive mother | |
Michael Gargiulo | Southern California | 1993-2008 | 3-10 | Serial killer known as The Hollywood Ripper | |
Wineville Chicken Coop murders | Wineville] | 1926-1928 | Series of abductions and murders committed by a 19-year-old farmer, his mother, and his nephew[1] |
California genocide
Incident | Location | Date | Deaths | Description | Sources |
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Yontoket massacre | Yontocket | 1853 | 400-500 | Massacre of Tolowa people in northwestern California | [38] |
Mendocino War | Mendocino County | 1859-1860 | 283+ | White settlers known as the "Eel River Rangers" killed at least 283 Indian men | [38] |
Bridge Gulch massacre | Trinity County | 1852 | 150 | Massacre of Wintu people in retaliation for killing of Col. John Anderson | [38] |
Sacramento River massacre | Upper Sacramento Valley | 1846-04-05 | 120-700 | Mass shooting of Wintu people on banks of Sacramento River, perpetrated by soldiers led by John C. Frémont | [38] |
1860 Wiyot massacre | Humboldt County | 1860 | 80-250 | Massacre of Wiyot people by white settlers | [38] |
Single homicides
Listed by date of homicide.
No. | Incident | Location | Date | Description | Sources | |
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1 | Virginia Rappe | San Francisco | 1921-09-09 | Silent film actress, comedian Roscoe Arbuckle tried and acquitted of manslaughter | [39] | |
2 | Murder of Marion Parker | Los Angeles | 1927-12-17 | 12-year-old girl abducted and murdered, billed as "the most horrible crime of the 1920s" by the 'Los Angeles Times | ||
3 | Brooke Hart | San Jose | 1933-11-09 | Son of department store owner kidnapped and murdered, perpetrators then lynched | ||
4 | Sleepy Lagoon murder | Commerce | 1942-08-02 | Murder of José Gallardo Díaz, who was discovered unconscious and dying near a swimming hole (known as the Sleepy Lagoon) with two stab wounds and a broken finger in Commerce, California | [1] | |
5 | Barbara Graham | Burbank | 1943-03-09 | Murdered widow Mabel Monohan in home burglary; Graham later depicted in I Want to Live! | [1][8] | |
6 | Black Dahlia | Los Angeles | 1947-01-14 | Unsolved murder and mutilation of 22-year-old woman | [1][39] | |
7 | Bugsy Siegel | Beverly Hills | 1947-06-20 | Mobster murdered in his Beverly Hills home, shot through window with .30 caliber military M1 carbine | [1] | |
8 | Murder of Johnny Stompanato | Beverly Hills | 1958-04-04 | Murder of Lana Turner's boyfriend by Turner's 14-year-old daughter Cheryl Crane | [1][8][39] | |
9 | Elizabeth Ann Duncan | Ventura | 1958 | Woman hired hitman to kill her daughter-in-law; last woman executed in California[1] | ||
10 | Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer | Mission Hills | 1959-01-21 | Former child star shot and killed in a dispute over money | [40] | |
11 | The Onion Field | Los Angeles | 1963-03-09 | Kidnapping and murder of LAPD officer, later a book by Joseph Wambaugh | [1] | |
12 | Sam Cooke | South Central Los Angeles | 1964-12-11 | R&B singer shot and killed by motel manager | [1][8] | |
13 | Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy | Los Angeles | 1968-06-05 | Assassination at the Ambassador Hotel by Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan | [1] | |
14 | Ramon Novarro | Laurel Canyon | 1968-10-30 | Actor murdered by brothers hired for sexual services | [1][8] | |
15 | Killing of Meredith Hunter | Alameda County | 1969-10-24 | Killed by members of Hell's Angels during Altamont Free Concert by The Rolling Stones | ||
16 | Sal Mineo | West Hollywood | 1976-02-12 | Actor stabbed in the heart by a mugger | [1][8][40] | |
17 | Dorothy Stratten | Los Angeles | 1980-08-14 | Playboy Playmate and actress murdered by her estranged husband and manager Paul Snider | [1][8][19] | |
18 | Dominique Dunne | Los Angeles | 1982-11-04 | Actress murdered by ex-boyfriend | [1][40] | |
19 | Killing of Marvin Gaye | Los Angeles | 1984-04-01 | Shot and killed in an altercation with his father | [1][8] | |
20 | Death of Dag Drollet | Los Angeles | 1987-05-16 | Shooting of Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend by her brother Christian Brando who pled to voluntary manslaughter | [1] | |
21 | Rebecca Schaeffer | Los Angeles | 1989-07-18 | Murder of actress by 19-year-old obsessed fan/stalker Robert John Bardo | [1][19] | |
22 | Huey P. Newton | Oakland | 1989-08-22 | Murdered on the streets of Oakland | [8] | |
23 | Murder of Polly Klaas | Petaluma | 1993-10-01 | 12-year-old kidnapped during a slumber party and later strangled by Richard Allen Davis | ||
24 | Murder of Stephanie Kuhen | Los Angeles | 1995-09-17 | Three-year-old girl killed by gang gunfire; President Bill Clinton condemned the incident and promised funding to fight gangs | ||
25 | Haing S. Ngor | Los Angeles | 1996-02-25 | Academy Award winning actor murdered in robbery outside his house | [1][8] | |
26 | Murder of Ennis Cosby | Los Angeles | 1997-01-16 | Son of Bill Cosby shot in the head in failed robbery attempt at the Mulholland exit to the 405 freeway | [8] | |
27 | Murder of the Notorious B.I.G. | Los Angeles | 1997-03-09 | Murder of rapper in drive-by shooting | ||
28 | Phil Hartman | Encino | 1998-05-27 | Actor/comedian shot by his wife as he slept | [1][8] | |
29 | Killing of Latasha Harlins | South Central Los Angeles | 2001-03-16 | Fatal shooting of 15-year-old African-American girl by Korean-American convenience store owner | [1] | |
30 | Bonny Lee Bakley | Los Angeles | 2001-05-04 | Wife of actor Robert Blake shot and killed in parked car at restaurant, Blake was tried and found not guilty | [1][8] | |
31 | Murder of Gwen Araujo | Newark | 2002-10-04 | Teenager beaten and murdered by four men with whom she had been sexually intimate after discovering she was transgender | ||
32 | Murder of Laci Peterson | Modesto | 2002-12-24 | Murder of pregnant woman by her husband, Scott Peterson | [37][8] | |
33 | Murder of Lana Clarkson | Alhambra | 2003-02-03 | Murder of actress by record producer Phil Spector | [1][8][40] | |
34 | Murder of Yetunde Price | Compton | 2003-09-14 | Half-sister and personal assistant to Venus and Serena Williams killed in gang shooting in Compton | ||
35 | Tara Correa-McMullen | Inglewood | 2005-10-21 | Actress who played gang member Graciela on TV series Judging Amy shot in front of an apartment complex | ||
36 | Murder of Sandra Cantu | Tracy | 2009-03-27 | Eight-year-old girl kidnapped, raped, and murdered | ||
37 | Death of Michael Jackson | Los Angeles | 2009-06-25 | Physician Conrad Murray found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for improperly administering the anesthetic drug propofol | ||
38 | Ronni Chasen | Beverly Hills | 2010-11-16 | Hollywood publicist shot and killed while driving home as part of a random robbery | [1][8] | |
39 | Death of Elisa Lam | Los Angeles | 2013-02-19 | Body recovered from a water tank after a stay at the Cecil Hotel, later the subject of the Netflix series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel | [1] | |
40 | Suge Knight | Compton | 2015-01-29 | Convicted of voluntary manslaughter for crashing car into and killing Terry Carter and injuring a second man | [1] | |
41 | Nipsy Hussle | Los Angeles | 2019-03-31 | Rapper shot at least 10 times in parking lot of a clothing store, two others wounded | ||
42 | Poway synagogue shooting | Poway | 2019-04-27 | Shooting at Chabad center during Passover holiday, three injured | ||
43 | Killing of Vicha Ratanapakdee | San Francisco | 2021-01-28 | 1 | 84-year-old Thai American killed by being pushed to the ground during wave of anti-Asian violence during COVID-19 pandemic | |
44 | 2022 Laguna Woods shooting | Laguna Woods | 2022-05-15 | Mass shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church, five injured, one killed |
See also
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Further reading
- "Forgotten California Murders 1915 to 1918{, David Alexander Kulczyk, 2021
- "Murderers In California: The Unforgettable True Stories of Compulisve Serial Killers on the West Coast", Brenda Brown, Ryan Becker, 2020
- "Murder in California: Serial Killers and Unsolved Murders", Marques Vickers, 2019