| 2020 Williamsburg massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of mass shootings in the United States | |
   The location of the shooting | |
| Location | Williamsburg, West Virginia, United States |
| Date | December 8, 2020 |
Attack type | Mass murder, Pedicide |
| Weapons | .410 gauge shotgun[1] |
| Deaths | 6 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrator | Oreanna Myers |
The 2020 Williamsburg massacre was an incident of mass murder and arson 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.[2]
Incident
At around 2:30 p.m. (EST) on December 8, 2020, in Williamsburg, West Virginia, 25-year-old Oreanna Myers was seen picking up two of her children from a bus stop.[2] She shot all five of her children with a .410 single-shot shotgun before setting their two-story house on fire in an act of arson. Myers then left the building and fatally shot herself outside, where her body was found alongside the shotgun near a picnic table.[3]
911 was alerted of the property on fire at 3:30 p.m., and fire crews arrived at 3:50 p.m. to find the home badly damaged. Myers' body was found just before 4:30 p.m. along the home's south side.[2]
Myers' husband, Brian Bumgarner, had been away from the home at various times across a 10-day period before the incident. This was due to a recent car accident which made him decide to stay with other family members so he could get rides to work.[3]
Three handwritten suicide notes were found in their car, one of which was a confession to the murder of all five children and her suicide.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "12-08-2020 WEST VIRGINIA WILLIAMSBURG 5-1". Gun Violence Archive. December 8, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 "Woman kills five children before setting house on fire and turning gun on herself". WSAZ. January 21, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
- 1 2 Jenkins, Jeff (January 21, 2021). "Investigation concludes Greenbrier County woman murdered 5 children before taking own life". West Virginia MetroNews. Retrieved April 26, 2023.