Daniel Joe Hittle (March 1, 1950 – December 6, 2000) was an American serial killer, spree killer, and mass murderer who shot and killed five people, including a police officer, during a rampage in Dallas and Garland, Texas, in 1989. At the time, he was on parole for the 1973 murders of his adoptive parents in Motley, Minnesota. For his latter crimes, Hittle was sentenced to death and subsequently executed in 2000.