List of shootings in New York
Appearance
This is a chronological list of shootings committed by firearms in the state of New York which have a Wikipedia article for the shooting, the shooter, the victim, or a related subject.
Event | Location | Date | Number killed | Description |
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Murder of Stanford White | Manhattan, New York City | 25 June 1906 | 1 | |
Joseph Bowne Elwell | New York City | 11 June 1920 | 1 | Unsolved |
Arnold Rothstein | Manhattan, New York City | 6 November 1928 | 1 | Gangland murder, unsolved |
Carlo Tresca | Manhattan, New York City | 11 January 1943 | 1 | Political assassination, unsolved |
Arnold Schuster | Brooklyn, New York City | 8 March 1952 | 1 | Gangland murder, unsolved |
Albert Anastasia | Manhattan, New York City | 25 October 1957 | 1 | Gangland murder, unsolved |
Murder of Two NYPD Detectives | Brooklyn, New York City | 18 May 1962 | 2 | Botched robbery |
Murder of Malcolm X | Manhattan, New York City | 19 February 1965 | 1 | |
Clarence 13X | Manhattan, New York City | 13 June 1969 | 1 | |
Murder of Two NYPD Officers | Manhattan, New York City | 21 May 1971 | 2 | Terror attack |
Murder of Joe Gallo | Manhattan, New York City | 7 April 1972 | 1 | Gangland murder, unsolved |
1972 Harlem mosque incident | Manhattan, New York City | 14 April 1972 | 1 | Ambush of NYPD officers |
Olean High School shooting | Olean | 30 December 1974 | 3 | School shooting |
Son of Sam Killing Spree | New York City | 29 July 1976 – 31 July 1977 | 6 | |
Death of Randolph Evans | Brooklyn, New York City | 25 November 1976 | 1 | NYPD officer was found to be insane |
Allard K. Lowenstein | Manhattan, New York City | 14 March 1980 | 1 | Former Congressman killed in his office |
Murder of John Lennon | Manhattan, New York City | 8 December 1980 | 1 | Killer found to be insane |
Palm Sunday massacre | Brooklyn, New York City | 15 April 1984 | 10 | |
Shooting of Eleanor Bumpurs | The Bronx, New York City | 29 October 1984 | 1 | Botched eviction. NYPD officer acquitted |
1984 New York City Subway shooting | Manhattan, New York City | 22 December 1984 | 0 | "Subway vigilante" attack |
Death of Edmund Perry | Manhattan, New York City | 12 June 1985 | 1 | NYPD officer acquitted |
Paul Castellano | Manhattan, New York City | 16 December 1985 | 1 | Gangland killing, only John Gotti was convicted |
November 1986 Shootout | The Bronx, New York City | 19 November 1986 | 0 | |
Murder of Edward Byrne | Queens, New York City | 26 February 1988 | 1 | NYPD officer murdered |
Murder of Yusef Hawkins | Brooklyn, New York City | 23 August 1989 | 1 | Killed by a mob |
The Brooklyn Sniper | New York City | 23 August 1990 – 2 October 1993 | 3 | Serial killer |
Assassination of Meir Kahane | Manhattan, New York City | 5 November 1990 | 1 | Terror attack |
1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting | Long Island | 7 December 1993 | 6 | Racially-motivated attack |
1994 Brooklyn Bridge shooting | Brooklyn, New York City | 1 March 1994 | 1 | Terror attack |
1997 Empire State Building shooting | Manhattan, New York City | 23 February 1997 | 2 | Terror attack |
Wendy's massacre | Queens, New York City | 24 May 2000 | 5 | Robbery |
Shooting of Henryk Siwiak | Brooklyn, New York City | 11 September 2001 | 1 | Unsolved |
Binghamton shooting | Binghamton | 3 April 2009 | 14 | Immigration center shooting |
Herkimer County shootings | Herkimer County | 13 March 2013 | 5 | Shooting spree |
2012 Webster shooting | Webster, New York | 24 December 2012 | 4 | Ambush of firefighters |
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital attack | The Bronx, New York City | 30 June 2017 | 2 | |
Death of Frank Cali | Staten Island, New York City | 13 March 2019 | 1 | Mob boss killed |
2022 New York City Subway attack | Brooklyn, New York City | 12 April 2022 | 0 | Mass shooting |
2022 Buffalo shooting | Buffalo | 14 May 2022 | 10 | Racially-motivated mass shooting |