Arkansas

10,360 murders reported in Arkansas from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 83%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Ronald Gene Simmons
1987 · Dover and Russellville, Arkansas
SpreeExecuted16 victims
Between December 22 and 26, 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons killed 14 members of his family at their isolated home near Dover in Pope County, Arkansas: his wife, his children, their spouses and his grandchildren.
Medina shootout
1983 · Medina, North Dakota
SpreeConvicted3 victims
On February 13, 1983, U.S.
Texarkana Moonlight Murders
1946 · Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas
SerialUnsolved5 victims
Between February 22 and May 3, 1946, an unidentified attacker the Texarkana Gazette called the "Phantom Killer" attacked eight people at night on weekends around Texarkana, on the Texas-Arkansas line, killing five.
Westside Middle School shooting
1998 · Jonesboro, Arkansas
MassConvicted5 victims
On March 24, 1998, two boys aged 11 and 13, Andrew Golden and Mitchell Johnson, pulled a fire alarm at Westside Middle School, about two miles west of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and fired on students and teachers as they…