2020 Williamsburg massacre

2020 Williamsburg massacre
2020 Williamsburg massacre is located in West Virginia
2020 Williamsburg massacre
2020 Williamsburg massacre is located in the United States
2020 Williamsburg massacre
The location of the shooting
LocationWilliamsburg, West Virginia, United States
DateDecember 8, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-12-08)
Attack type
Weapons.410 gauge shotgun[1]
Deaths6 (including the perpetrator)
Injured0
PerpetratorOreanna Myers

On December 8, 2020, in Williamsburg, West Virginia, United States, 25-year-old Oreanna Myers shot and killed five children, aged between one and seven, with a shotgun before setting her house on fire and committing suicide. Myers was the biological mother of three of the children, and the stepmother of the other two.

  1. ^ "12-08-2020 WEST VIRGINIA WILLIAMSBURG 5-1". Gun Violence Archive. December 8, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2023.