List of 2012 murders in the United States[1]
| width=25% | Murder | Date | No. of victims | Location | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Ingleside, San Francisco homicide[2] | March 23 | 5 | |||
| 2012 Oikos University shooting[3] | April 2 | 7 | |||
| Murder of Ming Qu and Ying Wu | April 11 | 2 | |||
| 2012 Bain murder-kidnappings | April 27 | 2 | |||
| Murder of Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie | May | 1 | |||
| Lil Phat | June 7 | 1 | |||
| Murder of Skylar Neese | July 6 | 1 | Star City, West Virginia | ||
| 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting[4] | July 20 | 12 | |||
| Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting | August 5 | 7 | |||
| 2012 College Station, Texas shooting | August 13 | 3 | |||
| 2012 Empire State Building shooting | August 24 | 2 | |||
| Faith Hedgepeth homicide | September 7 | 1 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||
| Minneapolis firm shooting[5] | September 27 | 7 | |||
| Killings of Lucia and Leo Krim | October 25 | 2 | |||
| November 22 | 2 | Two teens, 17 and 18, invaded the home of Byron David Smith. His actions allegedly went beyond those allowed by castle doctrine | |||
| Clackamas Town Center shooting | December 11 | 3 | |||
| Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting[6] | December 14 | 28 | |||
| December 24 | 4 |