Gun Violence Events Timeline

  • Columbine High School Massacre

    The Columbine High School Massacre happened on April 20, 1999. Two students of the high school had gone through with a plan to shoot up the school which ended in twelve students and one teacher being killed, and twenty-one other people being inured. The two students had committed suicide on the scene. This was the deadliest mass shooting at a K-12 school in U.S. history up until late 2012.
  • Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting

    The Sandy Hook Elementary shooting had happened on December 14, 2012. A 20 year old adult had entered Sandy Hook Elementary in where he shot and killed twenty children from the ages six to seven, and also shot and killed six adult staff members. He committed suicide on the scene. This shooting was the deadliest elementary school shooting in U.S. history.
  • 2017 Las Vegas Shooting

    The 2017 Las Vegas shooting happened on October 01, 2017. A 64 year old man had open fired from his hotel room onto a large crowd that attended the Route 91 Harvest music festival. This killed 60 people and left at least 413 people injured. The shooter was found dead in his hotel room with self inflicted gun shot wounds. This shooting is the deadliest mass shooting done by a single gunman in U.S. history.
  • Sutherland Springs Church Shooting

    The Sutherland Springs Church shooting happened on November 05, 2017. A local man of Sutherland Springs, Texas had barged into the church and shot and killed twenty six people and injured twenty two others. The shooter had drove away from the scene after being shot from a citizen, but not longer after killed himself. This shooting is declared the deadliest to happen at a place of worship in U.S. history.
  • Parkland High School Shooting

    The Parkland High School shooting happened on February 14, 2018. A 19 year old started open firing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School which conducted in seventeen people being killed and seventeen people being injured. The shooter had tried to escape by running on foot from the scene, but he was caught and found an hour and a half later by police. This shooting became and still stands to be the deadliest mass shooting at a high school in U.S. history.
  • 2019 Virginia Beach Shooting

    The 2019 Virginia Beach shooting happened on May 31, 2019. A man had entered a municipal building in where he had shot and killed thirteen people and injured four others. The shooter was killed quickly after by police officers. This shooting is the second deadliest workplace shooting in U.S. history.
  • Buffalo Shooting

    The Buffalo shooting had happened on May 14, 2022. An 18 year old had entered the doors of Tops Friendly Markets store in where he shot and killed ten people and injured three others. The man had been quickly detained from law enforcement officers in the scene. This shooting was not only seen as another act of gun violence, but it was also seen as a hate crime as all the victims murdered and injured were African Americans.
  • Robb Elementary School Shooting

    The Robb Elementary School shooting happened on May 5, 2022. An 18 year old, former student of the elementary, had raided the school in which he shot and killed nineteen students and two teachers, and injured seventeen other people. The shooter was killed by law enforcement officers on the scene.