Draft:List of homicides in New York City
This is a list of homicides in New York City. This list includes notable homicides committed in New York City that have a Wikipedia article on the killing, the killer, or the victim. It is divided into three subject areas as follows:
- Multiple homicides – homicides having multiple victims, including the September 11 attacks, the Puerto Rican Social Club fire, and the Wall Street bombing of 1920
- 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
- Single homicides – notable homicides involving a single fatality, including the Assassination of Malcolm X and the Murder of John Lennon
Multiple homicides[edit]
Listed in chronological order
Incident | Location | Date | Deaths | Description | Sources |
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Dead Rabbits riot | Bowery | 1857-07-04/05 | 8 | Riot began with gang fight between Dead Rabbits and Bowery Boys | |
Rosenthal murder case | |||||
Lexington Avenue explosion | Manhattan | 1914-07-04 | Dynamite bombing by Anarchist Black Cross at apartment building | ||
Wall Street bombing | Wall Street | 1920-09-16 | 40 | Horse-drawn wagon loaded with dynamite and cast-iron weights blown up in front of J.P. Morgan headquarters on Wall Street | |
Fraunces Tavern bombing | Lower Manhattan | 1975-01-24 | 4 | Bombing by Puerto Rican FALN | |
1975 LaGuardia Airport bombing | LaGuardia Airport | 1975-12-29 | 11 | Bomb detonated near TWA baggage claim | |
Puerto Rican Social Club fire | The Bronx | 1976-10-24 | 25 | Arson fire at crowded social club | |
Happy Land fire | The Bronx | 1990-03-25 | 87 | Arson fire at social club | |
1993 World Trade Center bombing | 1993-02-26 | 6 | Van bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center | ||
Freddy's Fashion Mart attack | Harlem | 1995-12-08 | 8 | Gunman seized hostages and set building on fire | |
1997 Empire State Building shooting | Manhattan | 1997-02-23 | 2 | ||
Wendy's massacre | Flushing, Queens | 2000-05-24 | 5 | Seven restaurant employees shot in head during robbery | |
September 11 attacks | Manhattan | 2001-09-11 | 2,996 | Hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center | |
Maksim Gelman stabbing spree | Brooklyn, Manhattan | 2011-01-11/12 | 4 | ||
2012 Empire State Building shooting | Manhattan | 2012-08-24 | 2 | ||
Murder of the Krim siblings | 2012-10-25 | ||||
Murder of the Zhuo family | Brooklyn | 2013-10-26 | 5 | Murder of woman and four children by a cousin | |
The Yellow Dogs | |||||
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital attack | 2017-06-30 | 2 | |||
2017 New York City truck attack | Lower Manhattan | 2017-10-31 | 8 | Uzbek terrorist drove a rented pickup truck into cyclists and runners along the Hudson River Park's bike path |
Serial killers[edit]
Listed in chronological order by date of earliest homicide
Incident | Location | Date | Deaths | Description | Sources |
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Lizzie Halliday | |||||
Albert Fish | |||||
Frederick Mors | 1914-1915 | ||||
Charlie Chop-off | 1972-1973 | ||||
Waldo Grant | 1973-1976 | ||||
David Berkowitz | |||||
Richard Cottingham | |||||
Paul Bateson | |||||
Long Island serial killer | |||||
Joel Rifkin | |||||
Richard Angelo | |||||
Robert Shulman |
Single homicides[edit]
Incident | Location | Date | Description | Sources |
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Sanford White | 1906-06-25 | |||
Serge Rubenstein | 1955-01-27 | |||
Assassination of Malcolm X | 1965-02-19 | |||
Murder of Arthur Collins | 1965-10-09 | |||
Murder of John Lennon | Manhattan | 1980-12-08 | Fatal shooting of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman at The Dakota | |
Assassination of Meir Kahane | Manhattan | 1990-11-05 | Israeli American rabbi shot after speech a Manhattan hotel | |
Murder of Imette St. Guillen | 2006-02-25 | |||
Murder of Sylvie Cachay | Manhattan | 2010-12-09 | ||
Murder of Zymere Perkins | 2016-09-29 | |||
Murder of Tessa Majors | 2019-12-11 |
References[edit]
Category:Death-related lists
Category:Killings in the United States
Category:New York-related lists
Category:Murder in New York (state)
Category:History of New York (state)