Here we are—incomplete, anecdotal, and unscientific—but an antidote to someone who says that this is the first time an immigrant has done something like this.
Omitted are a number of terrorist mass murders, including 9/11 and Egypt Air Flight 990.
Also omitted are a lot of single murders by immigrants, gang violence, and so on. This is a particular kind of crime.
Oh, and Naveed Haq, the Seattle Gunman, and Robert Flores a Hispanic who killed four people at the University of Arizona are also not on the list. They were technically Americans. UPDATE: A reader pointed out that I left Peter Odighizuwa off the list; he’s been added. ■
Immigrant Mass Murderer Date Killed Wounded
Wayne Lo Dec. 14, 1992 2 4
Colin Ferguson Dec. 7, 1993 6 19
Salvador Tapia Aug. 27, 1003 6 0
Gang Lu Nov. 1, 1991 5 1
Hesham Hadayet July 5, 2002 2 4
Chai Vang Nov. 21, 2004 6 2
Ali Hassan Abu Kamal Feb. 23, 1997 1 6
Mir Aimal Kansi Jan. 25, 1993 2 3
Jorge Galindo, Jose
Sandoval, Erick Vela Sept. 26, 2002 5 1
Sulejman Talovic Feb. 12, 2007 5 4
Peter Odighizuwa Jan. 16, 2002 3 34
Seung-Hui Cho April 16, 2007 32 21
Total 75 68