Now that the knee jerk reactions seem to be quieting down...

[grantcart]

22. Spree killing?

You do realize that the murders in Colorado do not meet your narrow definition

A spree killer is someone who embarks on a murderous assault on two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics defines a spree killing as "killings at two or more locations with almost no time break between murders".[1]

It only covers those assaults that occur in MORE than one location. It doesn't include serial or mass murders.

Here is the list of rampage killers


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers#Americas

which is not to be confused with school massacres which has its own classification

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers#School_massacres

or workplace killings that, again, have their own claissification:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rampage_killers#Workplace_killings

which is not to be confused with family spree killings or familicide, which has its own classification

including its own sub groups of

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_familicides_in_the_United_States


So yes the number of "spree killings", meaning multiple killings at more than one location is not siginificant. That doesn't include the shootings in Aurora CO, or most of the others of hundreds of incidents where there are multiple victims, covering many categories.