Real-Life Postal Dudes

Below is a long list of mass murders and spree killings by country. I though this would be interesting since the Postal series is centered around this kind of stuff. Because there are people on Wikipedia who are real technical about what's a spree killing and what's not, it's not possible to find this information all in one place on Wikipedia.

United States

Camden massacre (United States, 1949): Howard Unruh, a World War II veteran, murdered 13 people in Camden, New Jersey, with a German Luger before surrendering to police.

Starkweather/Fugate murders (United States, 1958): Charles Starkweather and his adolescent girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate murdered eleven people over the course of eight days before being apprehended by police. Starkweather was executed in 1959 and Fugate was imprisoned until 1976.

Texas tower sniper (United States, 1966): Charles Whitman, a student at the University of Texas at Austin killed 14 people and wounded 31 others as part of a shooting rampage from the observation deck of the University's 32-story administrative building. He did this shortly after murdering his wife and mother. He was eventually shot and killed by an Austin police officer.

The Casanova Killer (United States, 1974): Paul John Knowles, after a close friend rejected his marriage proposal, murdered 18 people in a statewide killing spree across northern Florida. After his apprehension in Georgia, Knowles was shot to death during an attempt to commandeer the police cruiser he was riding in the back of.

Briley Brothers (United States, 1979): Anthony Ray Briley, James "J.B." Briley, Jr. and Linwood Briley, all brothers, murdered ten people over the course of seven months, typically using guns and knives. James and Linwood Briley were put to death in the Virginia State Penitentiary electric chair, while Anthony Briley remains incarcerated.

Wilkes-Barre massacre (United States, 1982): George Banks opened fire in his home, killing his numerous girlfriends and children. After killing two neighbors Banks would travel to another girlfriend's house and open fire a second time. All in all, Banks would kill 13 people, 11 of which were his girlfriends or children. Initially sentenced to death, Banks was later found hopelessly insane and unable to execute.

San Ysidro McDonald's massacre (United States, 1984): James Oliver Huberty opened fire at a McDonald's in San Ysidro with an Uzi, 12-gauge Remington pump-action shotgun, and a 9mm Browning Hi-Power semi-automatic pistol. In the ensuing chaos, 21 people were murdered by Huberty, and many others injured. The massacre ended when a SWAT sniper perched on a building across the street shot Huberty through the heart.

Edmond U.S. Post Office massacre (United States, 1986): Patrick Sherrill, a recently fired postman, used two .45 caliber semi-automatic pistols and a .22 caliber revolver to murder 14 co-workers before turning one of the guns on himself.

Dover massacre (United States, 1987): Ronald Gene Simmons killed 14 relatives from December 22nd to December 26th. On December 28th, Simmons entered his workplace with a revolver in each hand and went on a shooting spree, killing two and wounding numerous others. He was sentenced to death by lethal injection and executed in 1990.

Standard Gravure shooting (United States, 1989): 47-year old Joseph Wesbecker entered his workplace armed with a Type 56 assault rifle, a SIG Sauer 9mm semi-automatic pistol, two MAC-11s, a .38 caliber revolver, and a bayonet and opened fire, killing eight. He then put the 9mm under his chin and committed suicide.

Luby's massacre (United States, 1991): George Jo Hennard crashed his pickup into a Luby's cafeteria and murdered 23 with a Glock 17 and Ruger P89 before committing suicide. It was the single deadliest spree shooting in the U.S. until the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007.

101 California Street shootings (United States, 1993): 55-year-old businessman Gian Luigi Ferri entered an office building at 101 California Street in San Francisco, and made his way to the 34th floor and the offices of the law firm of Pettit and Martin armed with a pair of TEC-DC9 submachine guns and a Colt .45 semi-automatic pistol. Beginning his rampage on the 34th floor and continuing down an internal staircase, Ferri shot and killed eight people. After police closed in on the building, Ferri committed suicide. Ferri's rampage is considered one of the driving forces behind the 1994 Federal assault weapons ban. Ironically, the TEC-DC9 was already a favorite among gang members in this time period and would be the subject of controversy once more when it was used by Dylan Klebold in the Columbine High School massacre.

Long Island Rail Road massacre (United States, 1993): Colin Ferguson, apparently motivated by "black rage", caught a 5:33 commuter train to Hicksville and opened fir on passengers. Six were killed and nineteen wounded in Ferguson's shooting spree. Three men lunged at Ferguson and ended his rampage. He was later found guilty and sentenced to 315 years in prison.

Columbine High School massacre (United States, 1999): Eric Harris, age eighteen, and Dylan Klebold, age seventeen, murdered thirteen students and wounded 24 others with a Hi-Point 995 Carbine, TEC-DC9, and two sawed-off shotguns before committing suicide.

Atlanta day trader murders (United States, 1999): Mark Orrin Barton bludgeoned his wife and two children to death before opening fire at two day trading firms. 12 people would die at his hands before his suicide at a local gas station.

Beltway sniper attacks (United States, 2002): 41-year old John Allen Muhammad and 17-year old Lee Boyd Malvo killed 10 and injured several others over the course of three weeks before their apprehension. Muhammad was convicted and sentenced to death. He was executed November 10th, 2009. Malvo is currently serving six consecutive life sentences.

Red Lake massacre (United States, 2005): Jeff Weise shot and killed his grandfather and his grandfather's girlfriend, both police officers. He then proceeded to a local high school and shot and killed a security guard. Once inside the school Weise shot and killed five students and a teacher before committing suicide. Weise killed 9 and injured 15.

Goleta postal shooting (United States, 2006): Jennifer San Marco, armed with a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, killed her neighbor before going to her former workplace, a U.S. Post Office, and taking a co-worker at gunpoint demanding her I.D. card. After gaining entrance to the post office, San Marco killed six more people before her suicide. The postal shooting in Goleta remains the worst spree shooting by a female gunmen.

Virginia Tech massacre (United States, 2007): Seung-Hui Cho, using two pistols, killed 32 in two separate events and then himself in the course of about three hours.

Covina massacre (United States, 2008): Bruce Jeffery Pardo decked himself out like Santa Claus and murdered nine relatives at a Christmas Eve party using four handguns and a flamethrower. Suffering from third-degree burns as a result of the blaze from the flamethrower, Pardo committed suicide.

Geneva County massacre (United States, 2009): Michael McLendon using SKS rifle, Bushmaster AR-15, and .38-caliber handgun killed 10 on 10 March and before shooting himself.

Fort Hood shooting (United States, 2009): Nidal Malik Hasan murdered thirteen people and wounded 30 more at the Fort Hood military base with an FN Five-seven semi-automatic pistol and a .357 Magnum six-shooter. Hasan is currently standing trial for the shooting and, if convicted, is eligible for the death penalty.

Australia

Strathfield massacre (Australia, 1991): Wade Frankum murdered seven and injured six more using a knife and SKS rifle at a Sydney, Australia shopping centre before commiting suicide.

Port Arthur massacre (Australia, 1996): Martin Bryant, using an AR-15 and an L1A1 SLR, killed 35 and injured 19 in five hours before being arrested by the Special Operations Group of the Tasmanian Police.

Canada

Montreal massacre (Canada, 1989): Twenty-five year old Marc Lepine, in a lone wolf attack on feminism, armed himself with a Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifle and killed 14 women and wouned 13 more.

China

Tian Mingjian incident (China, 1994): Tian Mingjian, using a Type 81 rifle killed 23 people near Tiananmen Square on September 20, including an Iranian diplomat and his son. He was finally shot dead by a police sniper.

Finland

Jokela school shooting (Finland, 2007): 18-year-old student Pekka-Eric Auvinen, fatally shot eight people with a semi-automatic pistol, before shooting himself in the head. The morning of the incident, Auvinen posted a video on YouTube announcing the massacre at the school.

Kauhajoki school shooting (Finland, 2008): 22-year-old culinary arts student Matti Juhani Saari, shot and killed 10 people with a semi-automatic pistol, before shooting himself in the head. The incident was the second school shooting in less than a year in Finland. Before that, only one other school shooting had taken place in the country's history.

Germany

Mühlhausen an der Enz massacre (Germany, 1913): After the beating and stabbing to death of his wife and children, Ernst August Wagner drove to Mühlhausen an der Enz and opened fire on civillians, shooting 20 and killing nine. 14 people altogether were killed by Wagner, who would later be found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Cologne school massacre (Germany, 1964): On the day of his 42nd birthday, Walter Seifert entered a primary school in Volkhoven, Cologne armed with a flamethrower, lance, and homemade mace. After murdering 11 people and injuring twice as many, Seifert was taken into police custody where he died the next morning from a poisonous insecticide ingested after the killings.

Erfurt massacre (Germany, 2002): Robert Steinhäuser changed into a ninja outfit and armed with 9mm Glock 17 pistol and a pump action shotgun, went to the school from which he'd recently been expelled, killed sixteen people; comprising 13 faculty members, 2 students, and one police officer, before committing suicide.

Winnenden school shooting (Germany, 2009): 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer, using a Beretta 92FS, killed 15 on March 11 in two separate locations before shooting himself. Among the victims were mostly female classmates and pedestrians.

Israel

Cave of the Patriarchs massacre (Israel, 1994): Armed with an IMI Galil assault rifle, Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli settler and member of the extremist Kach movement, openend fire on unarmed Palestinian worshippers praying inside the Cave of the Patriarchs mosque in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. 29 were killed and hundreds others were wounded before Goldstein was finally subdued and killed by survivors.

Mercaz HaRav massacre (Israel, 2008): Alaa Abu Dhein, age 26, fired as many as 500–600 rounds from his AK-47 at students attending the Mercaz HaRav religious school, killing eight people, before being shot dead.

Japan

Tsuyama massacre (Japan, 1938): Mutsuo Toi, using a shotgun and swords, killed 30[4] and then himself in an hour and a half.

Akihabara massacre (Japan, 2008): Tomohiro Kato hit five pedestrians with a truck, then stabbed twelve people. Kato killed 7 and injured 10.

Nepal

Nepalese royal massacre (Nepal, 2001): Crown Prince of Nepal Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah murdered nine relatives with an M16 assault rifle and MP5K submachine gun before turning one of the guns on himself. Three days later, Dipendra died while in a coma.

New Zealand

Aramoana massacre (New Zealand, 1990): David Gray, using a Norinco Type 56-1S .223 semi-automatic rifle killed 13 people on 13 November. He was shot and killed by police the following day after a 22-hour standoff.

South Korea

Uireyeong massacre (South Korea, 1982): Woo Bum-kon, a disgruntled police officer, killed 57 and then himself in eight hours, using two M2 carbines and hand grenades. 35 people were also wounded.

Ukraine

Dnepropetrovsk maniacs (Ukraine, 2007): An unusual group murder spree. Viktor Sayenko, Alexander Hanzha and Igor Suprunyuck, all 19, went on several murder sprees, claiming 21 victims in one month and videotaping most murders. Two victims were murdered within minutes of each other on June 25; two more on July 1, three on July 7, and two each on the 14th, 15 and 16 July, 2007.

United Kingdom

Hungerford massacre (United Kingdom, 1987): Michael Robert Ryan, using two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun, killed 16 people and wounded 15 others in a space of 7 hours before shooting himself.

Dunblane massacre (United Kingdom, 1996): Thomas Hamilton marched into Dunblane Primary School armed with two Browning Hi-Powers and two Smith and Wesson .357 revolvers, murdering 16 people before firing a round into his brain, committing suicide.

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