This is a list of homicides in Michigan. This list includes notable

homicide Homicide occurs when a person kills another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act or omission that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no inten ...

s committed in the

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that have a

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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 incidents involving race riots, mass killings involving organized crime,

familicide A familicide is a type of murder or murder-suicide in which one kills multiple close family members in quick succession, most often children, spouses, siblings, or parents. In half the cases, the killer lastly kills themselves in a murder-sui ...

s, a school bombing, a

school shooting A school shooting is an attack at an educational institution, such as a primary school, secondary school, high school or university, involving the use of firearms. Many school shootings are also categorized as mass shootings due to multiple c ...

, a post office shooting,and

spree killer A spree killer is someone who commits a criminal act that involves two or more murders or homicides in a short time, in multiple locations. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a spree killing as "killings at two or more locations ...

s. #

Serial killer A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more persons,A * * * * with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three ...

s - 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

Multiple homicides

Listed in chronological order

Serial killers

Listed in chronological order by date of earliest homicide

Single homicides

References

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