The Central Coast Massacre was a shooting spree killing that occurred on the evening of 27 October 1992 on the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia. 45-year-old auto mechanic Malcolm Baker killed six people and injured one other. On 6 August 1993 Baker was sentenced to life imprisonment for each of the six murders.
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