Shell Lake murders

Shell Lake murders
Victor Ernest Hoffman
LocationShell Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
DateAugust 15, 1967
Attack type
Home invasion, mass shooting, mass murder
Weapons.22-calibre Browning pump rifle
Deaths9
PerpetratorVictor Ernest Hoffman

The Shell Lake murders is the name of a mass murder incident committed by Victor Ernest Hoffman (1946 – May 21, 2004) in Shell Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. This incident occurred during the early morning of August 15, 1967. Nine people, all members of the Peterson family, were shot in the head by a man who was later called "Canada's worst random mass murderer."

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