Familicide of James Reid Baxter wife and children, including himself
Invercargill Tragedy
Location
Invercargill, New Zealand
Date
8 April 1908 (1908-04-08)
Attack type
Murder–suicide, familicide
Weapons
Stove scraper, 12-gauge shotgun
Deaths
7 (including the perpetrator)
Perpetrator
James Reid Baxter
Motive
Unknown
Coroner
William Anderson Stout
The Invercargill Tragedy was a familicide that took place in Invercargill, New Zealand on 8 April 1908. James Reid Baxter killed his wife and five children with an iron stove scraper before shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. It was the worst mass murder in Southland.[1]
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