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

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s committed in the U.S. state of

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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. The state's largest multiple homicide was the 1887 slaughter of 34 Chinese gold miners at the

Hells Canyon Massacre The Hells Canyon Massacre (also known as the Snake River Massacre) was a massacre where thirty-four Chinese goldminers were ambushed and murdered in May 1887. In 2005, the area was renamed Chinese Massacre Cove, and a memorial was placed there i ...

. Other notable multiple homicides include the

2015 Umpqua Community College shooting The Umpqua Community College shooting occurred on October 1, 2015, at the UCC campus near Roseburg, Oregon, United States. Chris Harper-Mercer, a 26-year-old student who was enrolled at the school, fatally shot an assistant professor and eight ...

(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 Keith Hunter Jesperson (born April 6, 1955) is a Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least eight women in the United States during the early 1990s. He was known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew smiley faces on his many lett ...

Robert Wayne Danielson Robert Wayne Danielson Jr. (August 25, 1946 – September 7, 1995) was an American serial killer who murdered at least six people during an eleven month killing spree in three states between 1981 and 1982, following his parole for murdering an acq ...

, and Sebastian Shaw. 3. Individual homicides.

Multiple homicides

Listed in chronological order

Serial killers

Listed in chronological order

Single homicides

Listed by date

References

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