This is a list of homicides in Oregon. It includes notable homicides committed in the U.S. state of Oregon 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. The state's largest multiple homicide was the 1887 slaughter of 34 Chinese gold miners at the Hells Canyon Massacre. Other notable multiple homicides include the 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting (ten killed in mass shooting on college campus), the Oregon Museum Tavern shooting (five killed in Ladies' Night shooting), and the 2022 Bend, Oregon shooting (three killed at a Safeway grocery store).

2. Serial killers. Serial killers active in Oregon include Keith Hunter Jesperson, Robert Wayne Danielson, and Sebastian Shaw.

3. Individual homicides.

Multiple homicides Listed in chronological order Incident Location Date Deaths Description SourcesHells Canyon MassacreChinese Massacre Cove1887-0534Massacre of Chinese gold minersArdenwald axe murdersArdenwald1911-06-094Married couple and two children bludgeoned with an axeLava Lake murdersDeschutes National Forest1924-013Triple murder of fur trappers, bodies deposited under surface ice of lakeMurders of Larry Peyton and Beverly AllanPortland1960-112Young couple disappeared, bodies discovered in a ravineCowden family murdersCopper1974-09-014Married couple and two children disappeared from campground, bodies discovered months later1977 Klamath Falls nightclub shootingKlamath Falls1977-7-236Mass shooting at a nightclubOregon Museum Tavern shootingSalem1981-05-075Mass shooting at tavern during ladies' night event Harry Charles MooreSalem19922Executed for double murder of two relativesLeathers Oil Company murdersGresham1994-01-173Employees of gas station shot and left in storage roomMurders of Roxanne Ellis and Michelle AbdillMedford1995-12-042Murder of lesbian coupleThurston High School shootingSpringfield1998-05-20/214Teenager murdered his parents and shot multiple victims at school the next dayChristian LongoNewport2001–124Familicide by Starbucks worker who killed his wife and three childrenClackamas Town Center shootingClackamas2012-12-113Mass shooting at a mall by 22-year-old man with AR-152015 Umpqua Community College shootingRoseburg2015-10-0110Mass shooting at college campus2017 Portland train attackPortland2017-05-262Fatally stabbed two men after confronted for shouting racist and anti-Muslim slurs at teenage girlsNormandale Park shootingNormandale Park2022-02-192Shooting of protesters near Normandale Park2022 Bend, Oregon shootingBend2022-08-283Mass shooting at Safeway grocery store

Serial killers Listed in chronological order Incident Location Date Deaths Description SourcesEarle NelsonMultiple states1926–192722–29Serial killer known as "The Gorilla Man"Leroy McGahueyMineral, Central Point1957–612–3Jerry BrudosOregon1968–19694Serial killer and necrophile, aka Shoe Fetish SlayerDouglas Franklin WrightOregon1969–19917+Serial killerRobert Wayne DanielsonMultiple states1970–19827+Serial killer responsible for 11-month killing spree through western statesThomas Eugene CreechOregon, California, Idaho1974–813–43Serial killerJeffrey Paul CutlipPortland metropolitan area1975–19933–4Serial killer, rapist and necrophiliac convicted of 3 murders and allegedly confessed to a 4thEdward Delon WarrenBrookings1976–19793Serial killer John Arthur AckroydOregon1977–922–7+Convicted for murder of Kaye Turner, suspected serial killerStanley BernsonOregon, Washington1978–792–30Serial killer and companion of Ted BundyWilliam Perry JacksonOregon, Washington19805Serial killerRandall WoodfieldOregon, California1980–19811–44Serial killer known as the "I-5 Killer"William Scott SmithSalem1981–844+Serial killerDarren Dee O'NeallMultiple1982–19871–6+Suspected serial killer convicted of kidnapping/rape of 14-year-old girl in PortlandDayton Leroy RogersMolalla1983–877–8+Serial killer, aka The Molalla Forest KillerKeith Hunter JespersonMultiple states1990–19958–185Canadian serial killerSebastian ShawMultiple1991–923–13Vietnam-born serial killer and rapist Cesar BaronePortland area1991–19934+Serial killerTodd Alan ReedPortland19993–5Serial killer and sex offender raped and strangled homeless womenMurders of Ashley Pond and Miranda GaddisOregon City20022Victims of serial killer Ward Weaver IIIScott William CoxMultiple 2–20+Serial killerAndrew David EdwardsMultiple states1987–19924Serial killerHomer JacksonOregon1983–19934+Serial killerRichard Laurence MarquetteOregon1961–19753Serial killerJesse Lee CalhounPortland area2022–20236Serial killer

Single homicides Listed by date Incident Location Date Description Sources George LeBretonOregon1844-03-04Official recorder of provisional Oregon government by Native AmericanPeter FrenchFrenchglen1897-12-26Cattle king of Oregon shot in head by one of the homesteaders French sought to ejectKilling of Alonzo TuckerCoos Bay1902-09-18African-American boxer and gym owner accused of raping white woman and lynched by a mobHarry MintoAlbany1915-09-27Superintendent of Oregon state Penitentiary killed by escaped inmateJohn K. GilesOregon Sentenced to life in prison but escapedRobert FolkesTrain near Tangent1943-01-23Black man convicted and executed for the murder of a white woman on a train, historical works question his guiltOak Grove Jane DoeOak Grove1946Unidentified murder victim found dismembered in Willamette RiverOmar August PinsonHood River1947-04-15Escaped prisoner shot and fatally wounded an Oregon State Police officerMurder of Thelma TaylorPortland1949-08-06Teenager abducted and murdered Jeannace June Freeman 1961Murdered two children of her lover, first woman sentenced to death in OregonMurder of Martha MorrisonPortland1974-0917-year-old girl disappeared from Portland, remains discovered 2015Jim BradleyPortland1982-02-20Pro basketball player shot to death in an alley in PortlandDiane DownsSpringfield1983-05-19Sociopath mother shot her three children, killing one, blamed carjackerChristopher BrathwaiteEugene1984-11-12Sprinter from Trinidad shot by assailant with sniper rifleCheryl Keeton 1986-09-21Lawyer murdered by husband during divorce, found inside her van on Sunset HighwayMurder of Mulugeta SerawPortland1988-11-13Ethiopian student beaten to death by white supremacistsMichael FranckeSalem1989-01Director or Oregon corrections department and murder victim, subject of film Without Evidence Murder of Yolanda PanekPortland1995-07-13Woman disappeared from motel with mattress soaked in bloodMarion Eugene CarlRoseburg1998-06-28WWII fighter ace and record-setting test pilot shot and killed at his home by burglarMurder of Brooke WilbergerCorvallis2004-05-25LDS college student from BYU murdered while visiting OregonSusan MonicaWimer2012, 2013Murdered two handymen who worked at her farmReynolds High School shootingTroutdale2014-06-10School shooting by 15-year-old shooter Murder of Kaylee SawyerBend2016-07-24COCC student murdered by a campus security guardMurder of Larnell BruceGresham2016-08-10Black 19-year-old run over by a Jeep driven by a member of the European Kindred gangMurder of Daniel BrophyPortland2018-06-02Chef and instructor murdered by wife at Oregon Culinary Institute

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