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September 15, 1999. Fort Worth, Texas. 8 [n 1] 7. 15. Wedgewood Baptist Church shooting: During a concert in the church for teenagers, the perpetrator entered and shot and killed seven attendees and wounded seven others before committing suicide. August 10, 1999. Los Angeles, California. 1.
2024 For a more comprehensive list, see List of mass shootings in the United States in 2024. Date Location Dead Injured Total Description September 7, 2024 Laurel County, Kentucky 0 5 5 Interstate 75 Kentucky shooting: Five people were shot and injured when a lone gunman shot civilians in passing by cars on the Interstate 75 in Kentucky. Three other people suffered injuries due to vehicle ...
December 23, 2016. The Kent State shootings (also known as the Kent State massacre or May 4 massacre[3][4][5]) were the killing of four and wounding of nine unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on the Kent State University campus. The shootings took place on May 4, 1970, during a rally opposing the expanding involvement of the ...
2. Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting †. Newtown, Connecticut. 26. 2. 2012. LVAn assessment by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department determined that 413 people were injured by gunfire of the approximately 869 injured.[4] In November 2019, a woman who was paralyzed during the shooting was pronounced dead[5] A second woman was ...
3,120 victims dead in 604 mass killings since 2006, per the USA TODAY mass killing database. 16 mass shootings in Ohio this year, roughly 4.1% of the 385 mass shootings in the U.S. this year (GVA ...
Midland–Odessa shootings. On August 31, 2019, a spree shooting occurred in the West Texas cities of Midland and Odessa, involving a gunman shooting multiple people from a vehicle. [3] Eight people were killed, including the perpetrator, and twenty-five people were injured, including three police officers. It was the third major mass shooting ...
By mid-May 2021, there were 10 mass shootings per week on average; by mid-May 2022, there was a total of 198 mass shootings in the first 19 weeks of the year, which represents 11 mass shootings a week. [39] The FBI designated 61 active shooter incidents. [40] There were ten mass shootings in 2019, two in 2020, and six in 2021. [41]
Political debate in America after a mass shooting typically revolves around the roles of firearms in American society and whether the prevalence and availability of guns contribute to the US’s ...