This is a list of homicides in Nevada. It includes notable

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s committed in the

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that have a

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article on the killing, the killer, or the victim. The list is divided into three sub-lists as follows: 1. Multiple homicides – homicides having multiple victims, including the worst mass shooting in American history (

2017 Las Vegas shooting On October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old man from Mesquite, Nevada, opened fire on the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in . From his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay hotel, he fired ...

) and the 1981 Hilton arson 2. 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 3. Individual homicides – notable homicides involving a single fatality, including the

Murder of Tupac Shakur Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the c ...

and the murder of casino executive

Ted Binion Lonnie Theodore Binion (November 28, 1943 – September 17, 1998), or Ted Binion, was a wealthy American gambling executive and one of the sons of famed Las Vegas casino magnate Benny Binion, owner of Binion's Horseshoe. Ted Binion's death has be ...

This article also does not include all people who have been executed in Nevada. Such persons are listed separately at

List of people executed in Nevada The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Nevada. __NOTOC__ Between 1861 and 1903 Between late 1861, when Nevada Territory was organized, and 1903, executions by hanging were conducted at the county seats in which the person ...

Multiple homicides

Listed in chronological order

Serial killers

Listed in chronological order

Single homicides

Listed by date

References

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Multiple homicides

Serial killers

Single homicides

Further reading

References