This is a partial list of rampage killings. It is further divided into several subsections.
A rampage killer has been defined as follows:
A rampage involves the (attempted) killing of multiple persons at least partly in public space by a single physically present perpetrator using (potentially) deadly weapons in a single event without any cooling-off period.
This list should contain, for each category, the first fifteen cases with at least one of the following features:
The separate articles for the different categories have more extensive lists.
In the tables that follow, the "W" column indicates the weapon, or weapons, used. Details are listed in the Annotation section.
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: Africa and the Middle East
This section contains cases that occurred in Africa and the Middle East. Not included are school massacres, workplace killings, hate crimes or familicides, which form their own categories.
Only the first 15 entries are shown here. For the entire list see: Americas
This section contains cases that occurred in the Americas.
Not included are school massacres, workplace killings, hate crimes or familicides, which form their own categories.