Bay Area homicides 2025: Map and details
Homicides reported in 2025 in the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa.
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Bay Area homicides 2022: Map and details
Homicides reported in 2022 in the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda...
Bay Area homicides 2021: Map and details
Homicides reported in 2021 in the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda...
Bay Area homicides 2020: Map and details
Homicides reported in 2020 in the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda...
Bay Area homicides 2019: Map and details
Homicides reported in 2019 in the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda...
Bay Area homicides 2018: Map and details
Homicides reported in 2018 in the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda...
Bay Area homicides 2017: Map and details
Map of homicides reported in 2017 in the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San...
Bay Area homicides 2016: Map and details
Homicides in the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda and Contra Costa.
Bay Area homicide map 2015
Homicides in the California counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda and Contra...
Bay Area homicide map 2014
Homicides in the California counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda and Contra...
Judge dismisses man’s murder charge over deadly East Bay confrontation
A woman testified to the victim's aggressiveness before the shooting, alleging he called her multiple...
Man guilty of murder in East Bay 24 Hour Fitness shooting
Faatino Tauane, 23, was one of two people arrested in the 2022 shooting.
Oakland man gets 40-years-to-life for murder during routine marijuana deal
Redman Collins shot and killed a man during a simple marijuana transaction in 2022.
Getaway driver in ‘Ghost Town’ robbery spree sentenced to prison
The defense said his "mistakes" came after a lifetime of trauma, but prosecutors said he...
Prominent California farmer arrested on suspicion of murder in wife’s death in Arizona
Michael Abatti, 63, was arrested in El Centro and booked into jail on a first-degree...
Man sentenced to death for California killing in 1980 dies in prison
Benjamin Watta was convicted of killing Simone Sharpe in Seal Beach.
Man charged with wrecking car containing 4-year-old son, killing woman, while speeding drunk through East Bay
He was driving drunk at 88 mph through city streets with his 4-year-old in the...
Gov. Newsom announces $50,000 reward payout in 1982 murder of 14-year-old Bay Area girl
“After 43 years, justice has prevailed for De Anna Lynn Johnson,” Newsom said in a...
Three juveniles charged in Marin County homicide case
Police are still investigating the motive behind the alleged murder of Jason James Lee, 44.
Nick Reiner once admitted he faked being ‘crazy’ to get medication
Nearly a decade before he was charged in the grisly murders of his parents, Nick...
California equestrian in hitman plot against husband dies by suicide
A California equestrian who tried to hire a hitman to murder her husband fatally shot...
East Bay man, charged with murdering mom, becomes his own lawyer
During his at times bizarre self-lawyering, Malcolm Tilley thanked police for doing him "a favor"...
Remains of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard found in Utah; mom charged with murder
Ashlee Buzzard, 40, was arrested after bullet cartridges found near her daughter’s body were linked...
Fatal East Oakland shooting marks 66th homicide of 2025
The 32-year-old man died after an unknown suspect shot him in the 2800 block of...
One dead, one wounded in Oakland shooting
A motive has not been released yet in an Oakland shooting Friday morning that left...
Bambi Larson killing: Trial prospects end for murder defendant as he heads to conservatorship
Carlos Arevalo Carranza is bound for a locked psychiatric facility after two incompetency findings quashed...
Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing is found dead in storage unit
Investigators believe the suspect is also responsible for the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of...
Man shot in Oakland nine years ago dies from injuries
The shooting happened in the 10400 block of Edes Avenue on Dec. 22, 2016.
Martinez woman was pregnant when mom stabbed her in the stomach, homicide investigators say
Brittney Kazee, 36, has been charged with murdering her pregnant 19-year-old daughter.
Sources: Police investigate link between Brown shooting, killing of MIT professor
The Dec. 13 shooting at Brown killed two students and wounded nine others; the professor...
Shooting of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro has police searching for a suspect
The killing happened when most MIT students were on winter break.
As Nick Reiner makes first court appearance, his siblings speak of their loss
“The horrific and devastating loss of our parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is something that...
‘He was gonna kill us’: Oakland murder case dismissed for ‘insufficient evidence’
"I truly didn't believe your witnesses," the judge told a defense lawyer. "Just like the...
MIT professor fatally shot at home; police seek suspect
Nuno Loureiro led the university's Plasma Science and Fusion Center and taught in the departments...
Oakland man acquitted in killing where gunshot victim was injected with controversial sedative
Jason Arias' defense argued that his victim's cause of death was not the gunshot Arias...
Resident found dead from homicide on Concord property
Three others injured in what was thought to have started as a family dispute.
‘You will do whatever to keep your freedom’: After Oakland officer was killed, suspects continued ‘undeterred,’ feds say
Prosecutors have moved to detain members of the group, detailing subsequent alleged crimes involving the...
‘We all steal cars’: Eyewitness describes Oakland killing that centers on professional car thieves
The defendant is a suspected of a large-scale Oakland chop shop that contained large stolen...
2 people found dead at Rob Reiner’s home and homicide detectives are investigating
The Los Angeles Fire Department said it responded to a medical aid request shortly after...
San Leandro woman fatally shot while driving in Oakland
The shooting occurred at about 1:11 a.m. on MacArthur Boulevard near 102nd Avenue.
Fatal East Oakland shooting Friday night marks city’s 62nd homicide
The shooting left a 23-year-old man dead in East Oakland
$31.5 million settlement reached in child’s starvation death suit against city and county of San Diego, others
The beneficiaries are the younger sisters of Arabella McCormack, who died at age 11.
California man who gunned down neighbor for smoking on apartment patio gets 50 years to life
Sidney Bararchie Clarke left his downstairs neighbor to die while his infant child was in...
Judge gives East Bay murderer a life sentence but with a real chance for parole
Family members on both sides of the 2024 murder spoke out at sentence, followed by...
‘You executed him’: Man sentenced to life for hostage-taking killing of California teen
San Diego resident Miguel Anthony Rendon was just 18 years old when he was abducted,...
Former Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs was an opioid addict for years before his death, psychiatrist testifies
In a 2013 text to another player, Skaggs wrote "I ran out of pain pills...
Man charged with murder after claiming he tried to save neighbor from house fire
William Ahle, 70, of Fanwood, allegedly told investigators he tried to save 82-year-old Virginia Cranwell...
Rapper ChaiBenjii4 appears poised to beat his Oakland murder case
ChaiBenjii4 pleaded no contest to a gun charge and prosecutors are dropping the murder case...
After two hung juries, Oakland murder case collapses
Prosecutors alleged that Elijah Rucker killed a man over a debt, but they failed to...
2 slain in mysterious Northern California roadside shooting were a teenager and his father
"This was not a 'road rage' incident, this was not 'gang related,'" the Lassen County...
Grand jury hears head of D4vd’s record label testify in Celeste Rivas case
A grand jury on Monday heard the head of D4vd's record label explain why he...
Santa Cruz County woman pleads guilty to abandoning newborn in 1994
A Watsonville woman pleaded guilty in the 1994 death of her newborn son, putting an...
Suspect arrested in connection with 2012 Santa Cruz county murder
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office announced Monday that it had arrested and charged 63-year-old...
Judge pauses Napa double-murder case to review hundreds of jail calls
A judge has delayed court proceedings in the Napa killings of Aileen Villasenor and Sasha...
Bay Area park ranger’s murder sheds light on the tragic toll of domestic violence
Kat Pringle was murdered one year ago by her then-boyfriend. A wake of grief and...
One group came to Oakland for drinking and dining, another for ‘bipping’ and boosting. It ended in murder.
Convicted murderer Patrick Rushing and his victims exchanged gunfire, but one of the victims claimed...
East Bay man allegedly killed by roommate is identified as public health commissioner
David Hurst, 55, became a member of the Alameda County Public Health Commission, which advises...
Family, friends call out ‘despicable’ son who killed beloved San Jose schoolteacher in 2019
Ryan Garner's murder sentencing was scheduled for Monday but postponed after he was a court...
Social worker dies after being stabbed at San Francisco hospital
The victim was reportedly stabbed with a 5-inch kitchen knife and was taken to an...
Exact cause of Angels pitcher’s death a key issue for jurors in Tyler Skaggs wrongful death trial
Opposing expert witnesses have testified about whether fentanyl alone would have killed the 27-year-old pitcher.
Judge rejects further sentence reduction for San Jose killer formerly on death row
Erik Chatman, who brutally stabbed Rosellina LoBue in 1987 and saw his death sentence downgraded...
Reward to solve Stockton kid’s party massacre raised to $130,000
An alleged gang member who was at the party has been arrested, but police aren't...
East Bay man complained of problems with roommate before he was killed police say
Police began investigating on Dec. 2, when the brother of David Hurst, 55, reported him...
Woman charged as accessory in Santa Rosa killing of Condor Club manager pleads no contest
One of the two suspects charged in the killing of Mark Calcagni, the manager of...
Man dies after Oakland parking lot shooting
A suspect and motive are being sought by police in the fatal shooting of a...
Woman found guilty of murder in 2018 California mall stabbing
Jurors deliberated for about half a day before finding Cherie Lynnette Townsend guilty of murder...
‘All kinds of goodies,’ said Altoona cop on finding gun Luigi Mangione allegedly used in CEO killing
One year to the day since UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead on a...
San Jose homicide suspect arrested in Mexico after four years on the run
The suspect is accused of fatally shooting another man in front of the victim's family...
After beating Oakland murder charge, defendant pleads no contest to misdemeanor manslaughter
Kevin Mak was originally charged with murdering 66-year-old Chi Leung during an argument in downtown...
Police: Despite attempted cover-up, East Bay man is charged in homicide of girlfriend
A man who initially told Hayward police his girlfriend had overdosed on drugs has been...
‘A cold, calculated intent’: Haunting video proves Bay Area artist was tortured to death, DA says
Zoe Reidy-Watts made one last ditch effort to escape her killer, who emerged naked from...
California man stabs dad to death with scissors, police fatally shoot him, authorities say
A son apparently stabbed his father to death with scissors in Lake Balboa on Wednesday...
A man was sentenced for murdering his ex-girlfriend. Her body remains missing.
Alexis Guadarrama Orozco disappeared after she met Eduardo Magana at a California motel.
East Bay man guilty of murder through face-stomping
Billy Ray Darby Jr., 29, beat and stomped a man more than twice his age...
Man fatally shot in car on San Francisco street
The shooting was reported at 6:12 a.m. Tuesday on the 100 block of Turk Street.
Altoona cops, sure they’d found Luigi Mangione, kept him chatting about McDonald’s breakfast menu
The markedly mundane scenes that culminated an action-packed five-day manhunt for the alleged United Healthcare...
Burna Boy offers to pay funeral costs for victims killed in Stockton shooting
The Nigerian singer-songwriter known as Burna Boy will foot the funeral expenses for all four...
Son of slain California couple is ‘primary suspect’ in Sunday’s shooting, police say
Simi Valley police said Tuesday, Dec. 2, that they believe that Keith E. Cordes, the...
As they watched true crime TV, an East Bay man started to fidget. Then he turned to her and confessed to murder
Within the span of a few seconds, she learned the secret behind one of Hayward's...
Site of Stockton mass shooting may never reopen, owner says. ‘It’s a memorial’
The young mother who rented Willie Colins’ event space for her 2-year-old’s birthday party on...
Mass killings in the US are down in 2025, but experts say it’s likely just a return to more typical levels
About 82% of this year’s mass killings involved a firearm. Since 2006, 3,234 people have...
Bay Area woman who killed her mother live on social media found legally insane
A Marin County jury determined that Tonantzyn Oris Beltran was incapable of knowing her actions...
After his arrest, Luigi Mangione asked guard how the CEO shooting was playing in the press
Among the evidence Mangione’s defense team is trying to exclude are the 9-mm. handgun and a...
Man found fatally shot on San Francisco street
Officers on patrol saw the man lying in the roadway at Sixth and Natoma streets.
Missing social media influencer found dead in forest, buried by ex: report
Missing Austrian beauty influencer Stefanie Pieper has reportedly been found dead in a Slovenian forest...
Crucial hearing on tap in alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione case over use of manifesto, other evidence
Luigi Mangione and his lawyers are is gearing up for marathon court hearings starting Monday...
Shooting at child’s birthday party near Stockton leaves four dead and 11 injured
"We will not accept this as our norm," vice mayor says
East Bay man speaks out as he’s sentenced for fatal DUI crash
The victim, Sean O'Brien, was remembered as a kind and compassionate killed while driving home...
Suspect in shooting of National Guard members now facing a first-degree murder charge
Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24 were hospitalized in critical condition...
Twice-convicted DUI driver accused of murder in Riverside County crash
Erica Pearl Machuca of Hemet was impaired in the Nov. 24 crash, the Sheriff's Department...
One dead, two others wounded in Oakland shootings on Thanksgiving Eve
Although unrelated, the two Wednesday night shootings happened a few blocks apart.
Los Angeles officials at odds over Celeste Rivas’ remains, cops put security hold on case
Los Angeles authorities are at odds as they shed light on the death of Celeste...
Family of Anna Kepner, teen killed on Carnival cruise, says stepbrother ‘had demons’
The grandmother of Anna Kepner says her stepbrother "had demons," even before he became a...
Death of Florida teenager on Carnival cruise ship ruled a homicide
The case has drawn international attention and sparked intense speculation on social media.
East Bay man gets 11 years in fatal crash where key witness was on meth
One witness claimed the driver announced he would run over a bicyclist before the crash,...
Man charged in girlfriend’s Oakland beating death
A motive has not been determined yet in the alleged fatal beating of a woman...
Victim in deadly Richmond shooting is identified
Police were called to the 1400 block of Bissell Lane about 5:55 a.m. by a...
In Livermore crash that killed 3 teens, trucker sentenced to driver’s ed
He was allowed to plead no contest to obstructing a public roadway, a misdemeanor more...