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Major U.S. Mass Shootings Since 1999

By maggiekonz

  • Columbine High School, 13 K, 14 I

    Columbine High School, 13 K, 14 I
    In the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, teenagers Eric Harris and Dylan Kiebold killed 13 students and teachers, injured 21, before turning the gun on themselves.
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    TOTAL - 136 KILLED ... 203 INJURED

    136 Killed, 203 Injured

  • Wedgewood Baptist Church, 7 K, 7 I

    Wedgewood Baptist Church, 7 K, 7 I
    Larry Gene Ashbrook opened fire on a Christian rock concert and teen prayer rally at Wedgewood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, TX. He killed 7 people and wounded 7 others, almost all teenagers. Ashbrook committed suicide.

  • Lockheed Martin Plant, 7 K, 14 I

    Lockheed Martin Plant, 7 K, 14 I
    Doug Williams, a Lockheed Martin employee, shot up his plant in Meridian, MS in a racially-motivated rampage. He shot 14 people, most of them African American, and killed 7 before killing himself.

  • Amish School House, 5 K, 6 I

    Amish School House, 5 K, 6 I
    An Amish schoolhouse in Lancaster, PA was gunned down by 32-year-old Charles Carl Roberts, Roberts separated the boys from the girls, binding and shooting the girls. 5 young girls died, while 6 were injured. Roberts committed suicide afterward.

  • Virginia Tech, 32 K, 56 I

    Virginia Tech, 32 K, 56 I
    Virginia Tech became the site of the deadliest school shooting in US history when a student, Seung-Hui Choi, gunned down 56 people. Thirty-two people died in the massacre.

  • Westroads Mall, 9 K, 4 I

    Westroads Mall, 9 K, 4 I
    A 19-year-old boy, Robert Hawkins, shot up a department store in the Westroads Mall in Omaha, NE. Hawkins killed 9 people and wounded 4 before killing himself. The semi-automatic rifle he used was stolen from his stepfather’s house.

  • NY Immigration Center, 13 K, 4 I

    NY Immigration Center, 13 K, 4 I
    Jiverly Wong, 41, opened fire at an immigration center in Binghamton, New York before committing suicide. He killed 13 people and wounded 4.

  • Fort Hood, 13 K, 29 I

    Fort Hood, 13 K, 29 I
    Forty-three people were shot by Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan at the Fort Hood army base in Texas. Hasan reportedly yelled “Allahu Akbar!” before opening fire, killing 13 and wounding 29 others.

  • Arizona Safeway Market, 6 K, 19 I

    Arizona Safeway Market, 6 K, 19 I
    Former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) was shot in the head when 22-year-old Jared Loughner opened fire on an event she was holding at a Safeway market in Tucson, AZ. Six people died, including Arizona District Court Chief Judge John Roll, one of Giffords’ staffers, and a 9-year-old girl. 19 total were shot. Loughner has been sentenced to seven life terms plus 140 years, without parole.

  • Batman Premiere, 12 K, 58 I

    Batman Premiere, 12 K, 58 I
    During the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, CO, 24-year-old James Holmes killed 12 people and wounded 58. Holmes was arrested outside the theater.

  • Sikh Temple, 6 K, 4 I

    Sikh Temple, 6 K, 4 I
    Six Sikh temple members were killed when 40-year-old US Army veteran Wade Michael Page opened fire in a gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Four others were injured, and Page killed himself.

  • Sandy Hook Elementary, 26 K, 2 I

    Sandy Hook Elementary, 26 K, 2 I
    Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the village of Sandy Hook in Newtown, Connecticut. Before driving to the school, Lanza had shot and killed his mother Nancy at their Newtown home. As first responders arrived, he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.