Worst US mass shootings
1-Mandalay Bay casino
over 58 killed
A gunman opened fire on an open-air music festival in Las Vegas, killing at least 58 and injuring over 500.
2-Florida club
49 killed
A heavily-armed gunman opened fire inside a gay nightclub in the city of Orlando on 12 June 2016 and killed 49 people.
The attacker was shot dead by police; he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, which later claimed responsibility.
3-Virginia Tech
32 killed
A 23-year-old student of Korean origin went on a rampage at Virginia
Tech University in the town of Blacksburg in April 2007. He killed 27
students and five teachers before committing suicide.
4-Sandy Hook
27 killed
A disturbed 20-year-old man murdered his mother in Newtown,
Connecticut, in December 2012 before blasting his way into Sandy Hook
Elementary School and shooting dead 20 six- and seven-year old children
and six adults. He committed suicide.
5-Luby’s shooting
23 killed
In October 1991, a man shot dead 22 people in a restaurant in the town of Killeen, Texas. He then killed himself.
6-San Bernardino attack
14 killed
Two radicalized, Muslim newlyweds stormed an office Christmas party
at a social services center in San Bernardino, December 2015. They
gunned down 14 people, wounding 22 others. They were shot dead by
police.
7-New York immigrant center
14 killed
A Vietnamese immigrant shot dead 13 people at a civic center in the
New York State city of Binghamton in April 2009, before killing himself.
8-Columbine Massacre
13 killed
Two teenage boys shot and killed 12 classmates and a teacher at
Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, in April 1999, before
killing themselves.
9-Fort Hood military base
13 killed
In November 2009 a US army psychiatrist opened fire at his military
base in Killeen, Texas. He killed 13 people and wounded 42, before being
overpowered by police.
Washington Navy Yard
12 killed
A troubled former serviceman fired randomly at workers at the
Washington Navy Yard headquarters in September 2013, killing 12 people
before being shot dead by police officers.
Aurora shooting
12 killed
A young man wearing body armor stormed a cinema during a late-night showing of The Dark Knight Rises
in Denver, July 2012, opening fire and releasing tear gas. Twelve
people were slain and 70 wounded. He was sentenced to life in prison.
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