List of homicides in Nevada

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	Sources
Queho	Nevada	Early 20th century	Unknown	Native American alleged to be the first mass murderer in Nevada history	[1][2][3]
1981 Hilton arson	Las Vegas	1981-02-10	8	Busboy 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 Shersty	Las Vegas	1998-07-04	2	Two men killed by white supremacist in remote desert location outside Las Vegas	[6]
Zane Floyd	Las Vegas	1999-06-03	4	Mass shooting at Albertson's supermarket	[7]
Darren Mack	Reno	2006-06-12	2	Convicted of murdering his wife, Charla Mack, during divorce proceedings; also suspected of shooting family court judge Chuck Weller the same day	[8]
Las Vegas courthouse shooting	Las Vegas	2010-01-04	2	Mass shooting at federal courthouse lobby by man disgruntled by cuts to his Social Security benefits	[9]
Carson City IHOP shooting	Carson City	2011-09-06	5	Mass shooting at IHOP restaurant	[10]
2013 Sparks Middle School shooting	Sparks	2013-10-21	2	Shooting by 12-year-old at middle school; victims included teacher Michael Landsberry	[11]
2014 Las Vegas shootings	Las Vegas	2014-06-08	5	Shooting at a restaurant and Walmart by married couple with extreme anti-government views	[12]
2017 Las Vegas shooting	Las Vegas	2017-10-01	60	Mass shooting from 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay hotel into crowd attending music festival	[13]
2019 Nevada killing spree	Douglas, Washoe Counties	2019-01	4	Murder-robbery spree by Salvadoran immigrant at three homes of elderly inhabitants	[14]
2020 Henderson shooting	Henderson	2020-11-03	4	Mass shooting at apartment building	[15]
2023 University of Nevada, Las Vegas shooting	Las Vegas	2023-12-06	3	Mass shooting at Frank and Estella Beam Hall on UNLV campus; shooter was unsuccessful applicant for professorship	[16]

Serial killers

Listed in chronological order

Incident	Location	Date	Deaths	Description	Sources
Carroll Cole	California, Nevada, Texas	1947–1980	16–35	Serial killer who was executed in 1985 for killing at least 15 women and one boy by strangulation
Nathaniel Burkett	Mississippi, Nevada	1978–2002	5–6+	Murdered four women in close proximity to his Las Vegas apartment	[17]
Terry Childs	Nevada, California	1979–1985	5–12	Jobless drug addict who claimed he was pressured into confessing after seeing the ghosts of the people he had killed
Thomas Wayne Crump	Nevada, New Mexico	1980	4–7		[18]
Great Basin Murders	Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Idaho	1983–1997	4+	Murders of at least nine women
Daryl Mack	Reno	1988, 1994	2	[19]
Brookey Lee West	Las Vegas	1993–1998	1–3	Convicted of murdering her mother; also suspected in murder of her brother and husband	[20]
David Stephen Middleton	Sparks, Verdi	1994–1995	2–3+	Former Miami police officer and suspected serial killer	[19]
Tony Ray Amati	Las Vegas	1996	3	Shot and killed three people during series of "thrill-killings" in Las Vegas	[21]

Single homicides

Listed by date

Incident	Location	Date	Description	Sources
Julia Bulette	Virginia City	1867-01-19/20	Prostitute strangled and bludgeoned by French drifter; killer's hanging attended by Mark Twain
John Gregovich, Andriza Mircovich	Tonopah	1912-05-14	State senator Gregovich murdered by Mircovich; Mircovich was executed in 1914 with an automated shooting machine
Jarbidge Stage Robbery	Jarbidge	1916-12-05	The last mail stagecoach robbery in the U.S. and the first conviction based on a bloody palm print (driver killed)
Sonja McCaskie	Reno	1963-04-05	British Olympic skier raped, murdered, and dismembered by 18-year-old high school student	[22]
Oscar Bonavena	Reno	1976-05-22	Argentine heavyweight boxer shot at Mustang Ranch by security guard during a conflict with the owner
Al Bramlet	Las Vegas	1977-02-24	Labor leader kidnapped from Las Vegas airport, body discovered in the desert with six bullet wounds
Jesse Bishop	Las Vegas	1977-12	Convicted 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 Story	Las Vegas	1979-08-14	Unidentified woman discovered dead in Sahara Hotel parking lot with multiple stab wounds in abdomen	[23]
Murder of Tammy Terrell	Henderson	1981-10-05	Unsolved murder of 17-year-old girl by blunt-force trauma; body identified 40 years later in 2021	[24]
Tommy Turk	Las Vegas	1981-08-04	Jazz musician shot in the head with shotgun during liquor store holdup	[25]
Murder of Mary Silvani	Washoe County	1982-07-17	Woman found shot to death, identified in 2019 with DNA	[26]
Cornell Gunter	Las Vegas	1990-02-26	R&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 Shakur	Las Vegas	1996-09-13	Rapper killed in drive-by-shooting	[27]
Herbert Blitzstein	Las Vegas	1997-01-6	Loanshark and bookmaker shot in head at his home
Chris Trickle	Las Vegas	1998-03-25	Stock car race drive killed in drive-by shooting	[28]
Jeremy Strohmeyer	Primm	1998-05-25	Convicted of sexual assault and murder of 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson at Primadonna Resort	[29][30]
Ted Binion	Las Vegas	1998-09-17	Gambling executive, death by drug overdose ruled homicide	[31]
Jay R. Smith	Las Vegas	2002-10-05	Former 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	[32]
Kathy Augustine	Reno	2006-07-11	Member of Nevada Assembly killed with drugs by her fourth husband	[33]
Murder of Brianna Denison	Reno	2008-01-20	19-year-old college student visiting Reno from Santa Barbara, California, raped and strangled by James Biela	[19]
Rhoshii Wells	Las Vegas	2008-08-11	Boxer and Olympic medalist shot and killed	[34]
Jeff German	Las Vegas Valley	2022-09-02	Investigative reporter stabbed to death; elected official about whom German had reported is accused of the murder	[35]

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

References

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2. Bill Franz (2022). "Renegade: The Legend of Quejo". Bill Franz. ISBN 978-1-0880-6920-2.
3. Ed Ainsworth (May 3, 1940). "Queho Causing as Much Trouble Dead as Alive". Los Angeles Times. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Killer says deadly Hilton blaze in 1981 'wasn't meant to hurt anybody'". Las Vegas Review-Journal. February 6, 2011.
5. "40 years later: Remembering the Las Vegas Hilton Fire". News 3 Las Vegas. February 11, 2021.
6. "Lin 'Spit' Newborn and Daniel Shersty were murdered 25 years ago. Their legacies still reverberate through Las Vegas". KNPR. October 5, 2023.
7. Sean Golonka (February 27, 2022). "Drugs, abuse and a drive to kill: Zane Floyd's path to Nevada death row limbo". The Nevada Independent.
8. Gary C. King (2012). Rage. Pinnacle Books. ISBN 978-0-7860-3187-0.
9. Rachel Crosby (January 3, 2020). "Lasting memories of a morning that erupted in gunfire". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
10. Martha Bellisle (April 5, 2015). "IHOP shooting one year later: 85 seconds that changed Carson City". Reno Gazette Journal.
11. Siobhan McAndrew (May 14, 2014). "Chilling details, no 1 motive in Sparks school shooting". Reno Gazette Journal.
12. Brian Nordli; Joe Schoenmann (June 8, 2014). "Two officers, three others dead in shootings at restaurant, Wal-Mart". Las Vegas Sun.
13. "The anatomy of the Las Vegas mass shooting, the deadliest in modern US history". ABC News. December 23, 2018.
14. "Salvadoran quadruple-murderer is jailed for life for killing elderly Nevada couple with their own gun while awaiting sentence for murdering two other women with same pistol". Daily Mail. March 2, 2022.
15. "Police in Nevada Reveal New Details About Episode That Left 4 Dead". The New York Times. November 4, 2020.
16. Rio Yamat; Ben Finley (December 8, 2023). "UNLV gunman had list of targets at the university and 150 rounds of ammunition, police say". AP News.
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19. Marcella Corona (January 10, 2019). "A look back: 12 notorious Reno murder cases that ended up in court". Reno Gazette Journal.
20. Glenn Puit (2005). Witch: The True Story of Las Vegas' Most Notorious Female Killer. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-425-20719-2.
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26. Tresa Baldas (June 7, 2019). "She was killed 37 years ago — and her friends just found out: 'She was my bridesmaid'". Detroit Free Press.
27. Rio Yamat; Ken Ritter (September 29, 2023). "Last living suspect in 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted in Las Vegas on murder charge". AP News.
28. Caitlin Schunn (March 24, 2023). "Who Killed NASCAR Driver Chris Trickle?". Yahoo News.
29. Nora Zamichow (July 19, 1998). "The Fractured Life of Jeremy Strohmeyer". Los Angeles Times.
30. "As a teen, he killed a little girl in a casino. Now he wants parole". The Mercury News. June 1, 2018.
31. Jeff German (2001). Murder in Sin City. Avon Books. ISBN 978-0380818730.
32. "Slaying victim was 'Our Gang' actor". Las Vegas Sun. October 22, 2022.
33. "Husband of Ex-Official Is Convicted of Killing Her". The New York Times. June 30, 2007.
34. "Arrest relieves boxer's family". Las Vegas Review-Journal. August 15, 2008.
35. Katelyn Newberg (September 2, 2023). "Remembering Jeff German: A year after slaying, immeasurable impact of RJ reporter's work lives on". Las Vegas Review-Journal.