Shootings, as well as holdups, have occurred frequently in the storyline of Lost.
List of shootings (on Island)[]
The following is a list of occasions where shots were actually fired on Island.
Season One[]
Sawyer shooting a polar bear ("Pilot, Part 2") (promotional still)
- Sawyer fatally shot a Polar bear - 9 shots were fired. ("Pilot, Part 2")
- Sawyer tried to kill Edward Mars - 1 shot was fired. ("Tabula Rasa")
- Danielle Rousseau said she killed Robert - 1 shot was fired. ("Solitary") ("This Place Is Death")
- Charlie fatally shot Ethan - 6 shots were fired. ("Homecoming")
- Rousseau fires shots in the jungle - 2 shots were fired. ("Numbers")
- Shannon fired a warning shot, then misfired a shot at Locke - 2 shots were fired. ("The Greater Good")
- Unnamed Other wounded Sawyer on the raft - 1 shot was fired. ("Exodus, Part 2")
- Total number of shooting occasions on the Island in Season One - 7
- Total number of shots fired on the Island in Season One - 22
Season Two[]
- Michael fired shots at a Shark. ("Adrift")
- Desmond fired a warning shot in the Swan station, past Jack and the shot narrowly misses Kate hiding behind a vent and then Desmond fires an accidental shot at the Swan computer when Kate hit him over the head to disengage his hold on Locke. - 2 shots were fired. ("Orientation")
Ana Lucia accidentally shooting Shannon. ("Abandoned") (promotional still)
- Ana Lucia fatally shot Shannon. ("Abandoned")
- Michael fired shots at tin cans. ("The 23rd Psalm")
- Jack, Locke, and Sawyer heard gunshots from the jungle while they were looking for Michael. ("The Hunting Party")
- An unseen Other shot Sawyer. ("The Hunting Party")
- Sayid shot at Ben but missed - 1 shot was fired. ("Dave")
- Sawyer fires shots in the air to announce that he had all the guns and was now "the new sheriff in town". - 2 shots were fired.
- Kate attempted to shoot a net. ("S.O.S.")
- Jack shot at a net. ("S.O.S.")
- Michael fatally shot Ana Lucia and Libby - 3 shots were fired. ("Two for the Road")
- Michael wounded himself on his own arm - 1 shot was fired. ("Two for the Road")
- At Libby and Ana Lucia's funeral, a mysterious boat is seen. Sayid, Jack and Sawyer swim out to the boat, the boat inhabitant, soon revealed to be Desmond, shoots several times before running out of bullets.
- Danny Pickett shot towards Michael, but missed; Tom, Ivan, and the Others shot back at him but missed. ("Three Minutes")
- Radzinsky shot himself. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- Sawyer shot an unknown man, presumeably an Other. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- Jack shot at the Others. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- Total number of shooting occasions on the Island in Season Two - 13
- Total number of shots fired on the Island in Season Two - To be added
Season Three[]
- Sun fatally shot Colleen. ("The Glass Ballerina")
- Tom and Ivan attempted to shoot Sun. ("The Glass Ballerina")
Ben shooting Locke. ("The Man Behind the Curtain") (promotional still)
- Juliet fatally shot Danny Pickett. ("Not in Portland")
- Sayid and Locke fired shots into the jungle before Rousseau appeared.
("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead") - Mikhail wounded Sayid in the arm. ("Enter 77")
- Locke and Kate shot at Mikhail's feet to make him drop his rifle. ("Enter 77")
- Mikhail fatally shot Bea Klugh. ("Enter 77")
- Desmond fired multiple shots and scared away birds, claiming he was shooting at boar.
("Par Avion") - Desmond shot a boar. ("Left Behind")
- Hurley accidentally shot a flare gun. ("D.O.C.")
- Ben wounded Locke. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
- Bernard fired shots at tin cans - 2 shots were fired. ("Greatest Hits")
- Bernard and Sayid shot the explosives, killing many Others. ("Through the Looking Glass")
- Jin shot at explosives and missed, but then fatally shot Luke and Matthew. ("Through the Looking Glass")
- Mikhail shot many times at Desmond, who was on the outrigger, but he missed. ("Through the Looking Glass")
- Tom and Ryan Pryce fire three shots into the sand. ("Through the Looking Glass")
- Mikhail shot both Bonnie and Greta. ("Through the Looking Glass")
- Desmond wounded Mikhail with a spear gun. ("Through the Looking Glass")
- Pryce fired shots at the DHARMA van when Hurley was driving it.("Through the Looking Glass")
- Sawyer fatally shot Tom. ("Through the Looking Glass")
- Locke shot at the satellite phone, but he missed. ("Through the Looking Glass")
- Total number of shooting occasions on the Island in Season Three - 17
- Total number of shots fired on the Island in Season Three - To be added
Season Four[]
- Ben shot Charlotte, who was wearing a bulletproof vest - 2 shots were fired. ("Confirmed Dead")
- Frank Lapidus shot a flare gun into the air before passing out. ("Confirmed Dead")
- Karl and Danielle are killed by a shooting by Keamy and his men. ("Meet Kevin Johnson")
- Many shots are fired by the mercenaries; killing Doug, Jerome, and a blonde woman. They also shot a RPG, which destroyed Claire's house. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
- Alex is killed by Keamy. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
Keamy holds Alex at gunpoint. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
Keamy fires shots at the helicopter battle. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2")
- Mayhew shot at the Monster. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
- Keamy shot Captain Gault, and Gault's gun fired. Before that, Gault shot into the air. ("Cabin Fever")
- The mercenaries and the Others fired many shots during the helicopter battle. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
- Keamy shot twice in the air during his fight with Sayid. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
- Richard shot Keamy four times. ("There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3")
- Total number of shooting occasions on the Island in Season Four - 10
- Total number of shots fired on the Island in Season Four - To be added
Season Five[]
- Ethan shot Locke in the leg. ("Because You Left")
- Frogurt and several other survivors were killed by flaming arrows shot by The Others. ("The Lie")
- Several unknown people fire shots at the survivors, and Juliet returns fire. ("The Little Prince")
- Juliet and Sawyer kill two Others who apparently killed Paul. ("LaFleur")
- Sayid shoots a young Ben. ("He's Our You")
- Ben shot Caesar, probably killing him. ("Dead Is Dead")
- Shots are fired, and Radzinsky is hit, in the Motor Pool battle. ("The Variable")
- Eloise shoots and kills Daniel. ("The Variable")
- Sayid shoots and kills Erik. ("Follow the Leader")
Roger Linus about to shoot Sayid. ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2")
- Roger Linus shoots and mortally wounds Sayid. ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2")
- The time-traveling Oceanic 815 survivors erupt in a firefight against the DHARMA Initiative at the Swan. ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2")
- Total number of shooting occasions on the Island in Season Five - 8
- Total number of shots fired on the Island in Season Five - To be added
Season Six[]
- Jacob's bodyguards fire several shots at the Man in Black, but they inflict no damage. ("LA X, Part 1")
- Kate nearly shoots Jack after he startles her at the stream near the Temple. ("Lighthouse")
- Claire shoots and and injures Justin and shoots and kills Aldo in the jungle. ("What Kate Does")
- The Others fire at the Man in Black while he ravages through the Temple. ("Sundown")
Ben shoots Widmore. ("What They Died For")
- Ben shoots Charles Widmore to death in the secret room of his house. ("What They Died For")
- Kate shoots at the Man in Black when the two groups meet, but inflicts no damage. ("The End")
- Kate shoots the Man in Black while he fights Jack, allowing Jack to finally kill him. ("The End")
- Total number of shooting occasions on the Island in Season Six - 7
- Total number of shots fired on the Island in Season Six - To be added
List of shootings (off Island)[]
The following is a list of occasions where shots were actually fired off-Island.
Season One[]
- Sayid fatally shot Omar. ("Solitary")
- Sayid wounded himself on his own leg - One shot was fired. ("Solitary")
- Bank robber shot into the air. ("Whatever the Case May Be")
- Kate shot Jason in the leg and two accomplices. ("Whatever the Case May Be")
- Mr. Ford fatally shot Mary Ford and then himself. ("Outlaws")
- Sawyer fatally shot Duckett. ("Outlaws")
- Sam Toomey fatally shot himself. ("Numbers")
- Essam Tasir fatally shot himself - one shot was fired. ("The Greater Good")
- A police officer fatally shot Tom Brennan. ("Born to Run")
- Total number of shooting occasions off the Island in Season One - 9
- Total number of shots fired off the Island in Season One - To be added
Season Two[]
- Ana Lucia fatally shot Jason McCormack, who had shot her on a past occasion. ("Collision")
- Eko fatally shot a Nigerian man as a child. ("The 23rd Psalm")
- Total number of shooting occasions off the Island in Season Two - 2
- Total number of shots fired off the Island in Season Two - To be added
Season Three[]
- Emeka fatally shot a Nigerian blind woman. ("The Cost of Living")
- Mr. Lashade shot Nikki on the fictional television show Exposé. ("Exposé")
- Total number of shooting occasions off the Island in Season Three - 2
- Total number of shots fired off the Island in Season Three - To be added
Season Four[]
Sayid shoots Mr. Avellino. ("The Economist")
- Sayid shot and killed Mr. Avellino on the golf course. ("The Economist")
- Elsa shot Sayid. ("The Economist")
- Sayid shot Elsa twice, killing her. ("The Economist")
- Michael shot at Tom, but he missed. ("Meet Kevin Johnson")
- Keamy shot at some targets on the Kahana. ("Meet Kevin Johnson")
- Ben shot and killed a bedouin. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
- Sayid shot and killed Ishmael Bakir, continuing to pull the trigger even after his magazine was empty. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
- Sayid shot and killed an unnamed man who had been watching Hurley at the Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 2")
- Total number of shooting occasions off the Island in Season Four - 8
- Total number of shots fired off the Island in Season Four - To be added
Season Five[]
Ethan holds a time-traveling Locke at gun-point. ("Because You Left")
- Sayid was shot with a tranquilizer dart. ("Because You Left")
- Sayid shot Tony with a tranquilizer dart. ("The Little Prince")
- Ben fatally shot Matthew Abaddon four times. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
- Ben shot Desmond. ("Dead Is Dead")
- Total number of shooting occasions off the Island in Season Five - 4
- Total number of shots fired off the Island in Season Five - To be added
Season Six[]
- Flash-sideways timeline: Omar shoots at Sayid, but Sayid uses Keamy's henchman as a human shield. Sayid then shoots Omar and Keamy. ("Dr. Linus")
- Flash-sideways timeline: Jin shoots Mikhail and accidentally shoots Sun. ("The Package")
- Flash-sideways timeline: Hurley shoots Charlie with a tranquilizer gun. ("The End")
- Total number of shooting occasions off the Island in Season Six - 3
- Total number of shots fired off the Island in Season Six - To be added
List of holdups (on Island)[]
The following is a list of occasions where a threat was made by gunpoint, but no shooting occurred, on the Island.
Season One[]
- Rousseau and Sayid had a standoff when Sayid tried to escape. ("Solitary")
- Sawyer aimed a gun at a boar. ("Outlaws")
- Rousseau aimed a gun at Hurley. ("Numbers")
- Sayid aimed a gun at Locke. ("The Greater Good")
- Shannon aimed a gun at Locke. ("The Greater Good")
- Total number of holdups on the Island in Season One - 5
Season Two[]
- Desmond (with a rifle) and Jack (with a handgun) had a standoff as they met in the Hatch with Locke held hostage by Desmond. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
- Desmond aimed a gun when Locke first went into the Swan. ("Adrift")
Michael holds Jack at gunpoint. ("The Hunting Party") (promotional still)
- Jack aimed a gun at Desmond. ("Orientation")
- Ana Lucia aimed a gun at Sawyer. ("Everybody Hates Hugo")
- Sayid pulled a gun on Ana Lucia after Shannon was shot by her, but was disarmed by Eko. ("Collision")
- Michael butted Locke with a rifle, then threatened Jack, in order to lock them in the gun vault. ("The Hunting Party")
- Supposedly, many Others held up Jack, Sawyer, and Locke. ("The Hunting Party")
- Tom held up Kate. ("The Hunting Party")
- Kate aimed a gun at Rousseau, who then pleaded Kate to "Do it." ("Maternity Leave")
- Sayid aimed a gun at Ben. ("Lockdown")
- Jack aimed a gun at Sawyer. ("Two for the Road")
- Ana Lucia aimed a gun at Ben. ("Two for the Road")
- Michael attempted to shoot the Hurley Bird but had no ammo. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")
- Total number of holdups on the Island in Season Two - 11
Season Three[]
- Juliet held a gun to Kate's head to stop Sawyer's rebelling. ("The Glass Ballerina")
- Pickett held up Alex. ("I Do")
- Jack held up Ben. ("I Do")
- Pickett prepared to execute Sawyer, but was interrupted by Jack holding Ben hostage. ("I Do")
- Jason almost shot Kate, before being interrupted by Alex shooting him with a sling-shot. ("Not in Portland")
- Kate held up Aldo. ("Not in Portland")
- Mikhail held up Locke. ("Enter 77")
- Sayid and Kate held up Klugh. ("Enter 77")
- Sayid held up Mikhail. ("Enter 77")
- Locke held up Ben. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- Locke held up Alex. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- Sawyer aimed a gun at Locke. ("The Brig")
- Bonnie and Greta aimed guns at Charlie. ("Greatest Hits")
- Total number of holdups on the Island in Season Three - 13
Season Four[]
- Jack held a gun to Locke's head and pulled the trigger, but the gun wasn't loaded. ("The Beginning of the End")
- Miles pointed a gun at Jack. ("Confirmed Dead")
- Sawyer, and later Locke, prepared to shoot Ben. ("Confirmed Dead")
- Locke pointed a gun at Miles when he found him in the basement. ("Eggtown")
- Charlotte pointed a gun at Kate. ("The Other Woman")
- Juliet pointed a gun at Daniel in the Tempest. ("The Other Woman")
- Keamy pointed a gun at Alex. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
Gault at a standoff with Keamy. ("Cabin Fever")
- Keamy tried to shoot Michael, but the gun jamed. ("Cabin Fever")
- Keamy and Gault had a standoff which ended with Gault's death. ("Cabin Fever")
- Total number of holdups on the Island in Season Four - 9
Season Five[]
Desmond holds Daniel at gunpoint. ("Because You Left")
- Ethan held Locke at gunpoint after shooting him in the leg. ("Because You Left")
- Desmond held Daniel at gunpoint after Daniel knocked on the hatch door. ("Because You Left")
- Charles Widmore, Mattingly, and Cunningham held Sawyer and Juliet at gunpoint. ("The Lie")
- Ellie and several Others held Daniel, Charlotte, and Miles at gunpoint. ("Jughead")
- Sawyer held Cunningham and Charles Widmore at gunpoint. ("Jughead")
- Charles Widmore held Locke at gunpoint upon Locke's arrival at the Others' camp. ("Jughead")
Rousseau holds Robert at gunpoint. ("This Place Is Death")
- Total number of holdups on the Island in Season Five - 8
Season Six[]
- Sawyer threatens to shoot some Others if they don't allow him to leave the temple. ("What Kate Does")
- A confused Sawyer points his gun at the Man in Black and asks who he is. ("The Substitute")
- A startled Kate points her gun at Hurley and Jack as they walk through the forest. ("Lighthouse")
- The Others hold Claire at gunpoint when she enters the Temple. ("Sundown")
- Ilana holds Ben at gunpoint as she forces him to dig his own grave. ("Dr. Linus")
- Ben then runs away, finds a rifle, and uses it to hold Ilana at gunpoint while he confesses his reasons for killing Jacob. ("Dr. Linus")
- Claire holds Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sawyer, Jin, Sun and Frank at gunpoint when she learns that they are planning to leave without her again. ("The Last Recruit")
- Claire holds Miles, Richard and Frank at gunpoint when she believes the Man in Black has sent them to kill her. ("The End")
- Total number of holdups on the Island in Season Six - 8
List of holdups (off Island)[]
The following is a list of occasions where a threat was made by gunpoint, but no shooting occurred, off the Island.
Essam aims a gun at Sayid. ("The Greater Good")
Season One[]
- Edward Mars aimed a gun at Kate's head. ("Tabula Rasa")
- The bank robbers held up a bank. ("Whatever the Case May Be")
- Jason pointed a gun at Hutton. ("Whatever the Case May Be")
- Essam aimed a gun to Sayid's throat. ("The Greater Good")
- Total number of holdups off the Island in Season One - 4
Season Two[]
- Ana Lucia pulled a gun on a couple having a domestic dispute. ("Collision")
- Total Number of holdups off the Island in Season Two - 1
Season Three[]
Locke aiming at Eddie. ("Further Instructions")
- Jin held up Jae Lee before letting him go free. ("The Glass Ballerina")
- Locke held up Eddie but did not shoot. ("Further Instructions")
- Edward Mars held up Cassidy. ("Left Behind")
- Total number of holdups off the Island in Season Three - 3
Season Four[]
- Hurley was held at gunpoint by many police officers after the car chase. ("The Beginning of the End")
- Michael tried to shoot himself many times. Also, Tom held up Michael. ("Meet Kevin Johnson")
- Two bedouins held up Ben, but later Ben held up a bedouin after killing the other. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
- Ishmael Bakir held up Ben, but he was shot by Sayid. ("The Shape of Things to Come")
- Total number of holdups off the Island in Season Four - 5
Season Five[]
- Sun held up Ben. ("This Place Is Death")
- Total number of holdups off the Island in Season Five - 1
Season Six[]
- Flash-sideways timeline: Kate holds up Claire and a cab driver while escaping from LAX. ("LA X, Parts 1 & 2")
Claire after being kidnapped. ("LA X, Parts 1 & 2")
- Flash-sideways timeline: Omar and Keamy's henchman hold Sayid at gunpoint and transport him to a restaurant. ("Sundown")
- Flash-sideways timeline: Sawyer is held at gunpoint by his mark, who is then herself held at gunpoint by police as they arrest her. ("Recon")
- Total number of holdups off the Island in Season Six - 3
Individual characters and shootings[]
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See also[]
- A-Missions
- Body count
- Crimes of the Islanders
- Fights and attacks
- Knife
- Life and death
- Mercenary team#Inflicted casualties
- Rivalries
- Weapons