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List of mass shootings in the United States
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This is a list of the most notable mass shootings in the United States that have occurred since 1900. Mass shootings are incidents involving several victims of firearm-related violence. The precise inclusion criteria are disputed, and there is no broadly accepted definition.[1][2] Only shootings that have Wikipedia articles of their own are included in this list. Detailed lists of mass shootings can be found per year at their respective pages.
Deadliest mass shootings in the United States since 1949 (with 10 or more fatalities excluding perpetrators)
Most notable mass shootings in the contiguous United States
Mass shootings in Alaska
Mass shootings in Hawaii
Mass shootings in Puerto Rico
Mass shootings in the United States Virgin Islands
Mass shootings in the Northern Mariana Islands
The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that tracks shootings and their characteristics in the United States, defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people, excluding the perpetrator(s), are shot in one location at roughly the same time,[3] with the FBI having a minimum of three. The Congressional Research Service narrows that definition further, only considering what it defines as "public mass shootings", and only considering victims as those who are killed, excluding any victims who survive.[2] The Washington Post and Mother Jones use similar definitions, with the latter acknowledging that their definition "is a conservative measure of the problem", as many rampages with fewer fatalities occur.[4][5] The crowdsourced Mass Shooting Tracker project uses a looser definition than the Gun Violence Archive's definition: four people shot in one incident regardless of the circumstances.[6]
Larger documentation of mass shootings in the United States has occurred through independent and scholarly studies such as the Stanford University Mass Shootings in America Data Project.[4][7]
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Definitions
There are varying definitions of a mass shooting. Listed roughly from broadest to most restrictive:
- Stanford MSA Data Project: three or more persons shot in one incident, excluding the perpetrator(s), at one location, at roughly the same time. Excluded are shootings associated with organized crime, gangs or drug wars.[7]
- Mass Shooting Tracker: 4+ shot in one incident, at one location, at roughly the same time.[6]
- Gun Violence Archive/Vox: 4+ shot in one incident, excluding the perpetrator(s), at one location, at roughly the same time.[3]
- Mother Jones: 3+ shot and killed in one incident, excluding the perpetrator(s), at a public place, excluding gang-related killings.[8]
- The Washington Post: 4+ shot and killed in one incident, excluding the perpetrator(s), at a public place, excluding gang-related killings.[4]
- Congressional Research Service: 4+ shot and killed in one incident, excluding the perpetrator(s), at a public place, excluding gang-related killings, acts carried out that were inspired by criminal profit, and terrorism.[2]
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2025
For a more comprehensive list, see List of mass shootings in the United States in 2025.
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| Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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| August 17, 2025 | New York City, New York | 3[n 1] | 9 | 12 | 2025 Crown Heights nightclub shooting: A dispute at a bar in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn escalated into a gang-related shootout that killed three men and injured nine others. Two of the dead, one of whom was affiliated with Folk Nation, were apart of the shootout while two other gunmen escaped.[9] |
| August 6, 2025 | Fort Stewart, Georgia | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2025 Fort Stewart shooting: A sergeant for the U.S. Army is accused of opening fire at Fort Stewart and wounding five service members.[10] |
| August 1, 2025 | Anaconda, Montana | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2025 Anaconda shooting: A man is suspected of opening fire at a bar next door to where he lived, killing four people, before fleeing and sparking a manhunt.[11] |
| July 28, 2025 | New York City, New York | 5[n 2] | 1 | 6 | 2025 Midtown Manhattan shooting: A man opened fire inside 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, killing a police officer and a woman before "spraying" the lobby of the building with gunfire. He then shot a security officer hiding behind a security desk and another man in the lobby, took an elevator to the 33rd floor of the building, and killed another person before fatally shooting himself. Five people, including the perpetrator were killed, and another man was wounded, while four others were injured while fleeing the attack.[12] Investigators believe the man attempted to target the headquarters of the National Football League but took the wrong elevator.[13] |
| July 13, 2025 | Lexington, Kentucky | 3[n 2] | 3 | 6 | 2025 Lexington shootings: A man shot a state trooper near Blue Grass Airport during a traffic stop before hijacking a vehicle and driving to a church where he shot four people, killing two women and injuring two men. Responding officers shot and killed the man at the church.[14] |
| July 2, 2025 | Chicago, Illinois | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2025 Chicago shooting: A drive-by shooting occurred outside a restaurant holding a rapper's album release party in the River North neighborhood. Four people were killed and 14 were hospitalized.[15] |
| April 17, 2025 | Tallahassee, Florida | 2 | 6[n 2] | 8 | 2025 Florida State University shooting: A gunman opened fire at Florida State University, killing two people and injuring five others, before being shot and injured by police. A 20-year-old student was arrested.[16] |
| April 8, 2025 | Spotsylvania County, Virginia | 3 | 3[n 2] | 6 | 2025 Fredericksburg shooting: During an illegal gun sale in a neighborhood south of Fredericksburg, four teen suspects opened fire, killing three and injuring two others. A witness to the robbery opened fire on one of the suspects, wounding a 16-year-old suspect.[17][18] |
| February 22, 2025 | Shiloh, Pennsylvania | 2[n 2] | 5 | 7 | UPMC Memorial Hospital shooting: A man opened fire at the UPMC Memorial Hospital, killing a police officer and injuring five others, before police killed him. One other person was injured while trying to escape the hospital.[19] |
| January 1, 2025 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1[n 3][n 2] | 5 | 6 | 2025 New Orleans truck attack: After a Texas man, who was inspired by the Islamic State, drove a rented truck through Bourbon Street in the French Quarter neighborhood to kill fourteen people and injure several dozen others with the truck during the New Year's celebrations, he crashed into a crane, exited the vehicle and opened fire, striking five people, including two officers, before he was fatally shot by police.[20][21][22][23] |
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2024
For a more comprehensive list, see List of mass shootings in the United States in 2024.
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| Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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| December 16, 2024 | Madison, Wisconsin | 3[n 2] | 6 | 9 | Abundant Life Christian School shooting: A 15-year-old opened fire with a handgun inside Abundant Life Christian School, killing two people and injuring six others before killing herself.[24] |
| November 10, 2024 | Tuskegee, Alabama | 1 | 12 | 13 | Tuskegee University shooting: During the 100th homecoming week celebration at Tuskegee University, a man opened fire on campus, killing an unaffiliated teen and wounding twelve others, including students. Four others suffered non-gunfire-related injuries.[25] |
| November 7, 2024 | Duluth, Minnesota | 5[n 2] | 4 | 9 | 2024 Duluth, Minnesota shootings: A man killed four of his family members after travelling to two homes and injured four others before he killed himself.[26] |
| November 1, 2024 | Orlando, Florida | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2024 Orlando Halloween shooting: A 17-year-old opened fire on crowds of people celebrating Halloween festivities, killing two people and injuring eight others, including seven by gunshot. One woman was injured after she was trampled by people fleeing the attack.[27] |
| September 21, 2024 | Birmingham, Alabama | 4 | 17 | 21 | September 2024 Birmingham shooting: Four people were killed and seventeen others were wounded after multiple shooters opened fire outside a bar in the Five Points South neighborhood.[28] |
| September 7, 2024 | Laurel County, Kentucky | 1[n 2] | 5 | 6 | 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 accidents caused by the shooting.[29][30][31] The shooter’s body was found on September 18, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. |
| September 4, 2024 | Barrow County, Georgia | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2024 Apalachee High School shooting: A 14-year-old student is suspected of opening fire at Apalachee High School, killing four people and injuring seven others, before surrendering to police. Two others sustained non-gunshot injuries.[32] |
| September 2, 2024 | Oak Park, Illinois | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2024 Chicago train shooting: Four people were fatally shot on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train as it traveled between Oak Park and Harlem stations in the Oak Park area.[33] |
| July 13, 2024 | Meridian, Pennsylvania | 2[n 2] | 3 | 5 | Attempted assassination of Donald Trump: A man opened fire on former President of the United States Donald Trump during a rally from a nearby rooftop, killing an audience member and wounding Trump and two other audience members. The shooter was killed by Secret Service personnel.[34] |
| July 6, 2024 | Florence, Kentucky | 5[n 2] | 3 | 8 | 2024 Florence shooting: 21-year-old Chase Garvey killed four and wounded three others at a residence before fleeing in a vehicle; he crashed into a ditch and committed suicide during a police pursuit.[35][36] |
| June 23, 2024 | Tampa, Florida | 1 | 3 | 4 | Killing of Julio Foolio: Jacksonville-based rapper Julio Foolio was killed and three others were injured in an 'ambush' shooting at the Holiday Inn parking lot near the University of South Florida campus.[37][38] |
| June 21, 2024 | Fordyce, Arkansas | 4 | 10[n 2] | 14 | 2024 Fordyce shooting: A 44-year-old man opened fire at the Mad Butcher Grocery Store, killing four civilians and injuring nine others, including two police officers. The suspect, identified as Travis Posey from a neighboring county, suffered a graze wound after being shot by police.[39] |
| June 15, 2024 | Rochester Hills, Michigan | 1[n 2] | 9 | 10 | 2024 Rochester Hills shooting: A 42-year-old man from another county randomly shot nine people including two children at the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad before driving to his home and shooting himself.[40] |
| May 30, 2024 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 4[n 2] | 3 | 7 | 2024 Minneapolis shooting: A man in the Whittier neighborhood killed three people, including a responding officer, and wounded three more before being killed by police.[41][42] |
| April 29, 2024 | Charlotte, North Carolina | 5[n 2] | 4 | 9 | 2024 Charlotte shootout: Four law enforcement officers were shot and killed and four others wounded after a suspect fired at a task force serving an arrest warrant for a man. The subject of the warrant, who was later identified as 39-year-old Terry Clark Hughes Jr., was also killed.[43][44] |
| February 18, 2024 | Burnsville, Minnesota | 4[n 2] | 1 | 5 | 2024 Burnsville shooting: Police and medics were fired upon from a home while responding to a domestic incident. Two officers and a firefighter were killed while another officer suffered a gunshot wound.[45] After opening fire on first responders, the shooter fatally shot himself.[46] |
| February 14, 2024 | Kansas City, Missouri | 1 | 40[n 1] | 41 | 2024 Kansas City parade shooting: Gunfire erupted during a parade at Kansas City Union Station to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs winning Super Bowl LVIII. At least one person was killed and more than twenty others were injured. Three male suspects were detained, two of whom are juveniles and one of whom was shot. |
| February 7, 2024 | East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania | 6[n 2] | 2 | 8 | 2024 East Lansdowne shooting: A man killed his niece and shot two police officers before setting his house on fire, killing himself and four other relatives.[47] |
| January 21–22, 2024 | Joliet, Illinois | 9[n 2] | 1 | 10 | 2024 Joliet shootings: A gunman opened fire at two homes, killing seven people. The gunman previously opened fire at two locations, killing a man and injuring one person, before fatally shooting himself in a confrontation with law enforcement officials near Natalia, Texas. |
| January 4, 2024 | Perry, Iowa | 3[n 2][n 4] | 6 | 9 | Perry High School shooting: A 17-year-old male opened fire at Perry High School, killing one student and injuring seven others, including a school administrator, before committing suicide. The principal of the school, who was wounded during the incident, died from his wounds ten days later on January 14.[48][49] |
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2023
For a more comprehensive list, see List of mass shootings in the United States in 2023.
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| Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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| December 6, 2023 | Paradise, Nevada | 4[n 2] | 3 | 7 | 2023 University of Nevada, Las Vegas shooting: A gunman opened fire at the UNLV campus, killing three people and injuring one person before being killed in a shootout with police. |
| December 5, 2023 | Austin, Texas/Bexar County, Texas | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2023 Central Texas shootings: A suspect killed four people and injured three others in a shooting in Austin. Another shooting in Bexar County that killed two was also connected to the suspect. |
| October 29, 2023 | Tampa, Florida | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2023 Ybor City shooting: Two people were killed and sixteen were injured in a street fight after a Halloween party in the Ybor City neighborhood.[50] |
| October 29, 2023 | Chicago, Illinois | 0 | 15 | 15 | 2023 Chicago Halloween party shooting: Fifteen people were shot at a venue hosting a Halloween party. |
| October 25, 2023 | Lewiston, Maine | 19[n 2] | 13 | 32 | 2023 Lewiston shootings: A shooter opened fire at a bowling alley and a local bar, killing 18 people and injuring 13 others. He was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound two days later.[51][52][53] |
| August 23, 2023 | Trabuco Canyon, California | 4[n 2] | 6 | 10 | 2023 Trabuco Canyon shooting: A former police officer shot and wounded his ex-wife before opening fire on random people at the Cook's Corner bar, killing three people and wounding six others. The gunman was killed by police.[54] |
| July 14, 2023 | Fargo, North Dakota | 2[n 2] | 3 | 5 | 2023 shooting of Fargo police officers: A man shot at police officers responding to an unrelated traffic collision, killing one officer and wounding two more before an officer shot and killed him. In addition, a nearby woman was struck by gunfire.[55] |
| July 3, 2023 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2023 Kingsessing shooting: Five people were killed and two others injured in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia.[56][57] A 40-year-old suspect allegedly carrying an AR-15–style rifle, a handgun, and a scanner was arrested.[58] |
| July 2, 2023 | Baltimore, Maryland | 2 | 28 | 30 | 2023 Baltimore shooting: Two people were killed and 28 people were injured in South Baltimore. |
| June 23, 2023 | Columbus, Ohio | 0 | 10 | 10 | 2023 Short North shooting: 10 people were shot and injured in a non-targeted shooting before the perpetrators fled the scene.[59] One of the victims was in critical condition. |
| June 15, 2023 | Monroe Township, Ohio | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2023 Doerman killings: Three boys were killed and their mother wounded in a domestic-related shooting. The father was charged with the killings.[60] |
| June 11, 2023 | Annapolis, Maryland | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2023 Annapolis shooting: A man fired at neighbors following a dispute over a parking space, killing three people and wounding three others. A suspect was arrested.[61] |
| June 6, 2023 | Richmond, Virginia | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2023 Richmond shooting: Seven people were shot, two fatally, outside a downtown theater in Richmond, Virginia, where a high school graduation ceremony had just ended. Two suspects were arrested. |
| May 15, 2023 | Farmington, New Mexico | 4[n 2] | 6 | 10 | 2023 Farmington, New Mexico shooting: Three civilians were killed and at least six others, including two police officers, were injured after an 18-year-old man opened fire in the city of Farmington, New Mexico. The gunman was killed by police.[62] |
| May 6, 2023 | Allen, Texas | 9[n 2] | 7 | 16 | 2023 Allen, Texas mall shooting: A man opened fire at the Allen Premium Outlets, killing eight people, and injuring at least seven others before being killed by police.[63] |
| May 3, 2023 | Atlanta, Georgia | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2023 Atlanta shooting: A man opened fire inside a Northside Hospital facility in Midtown Atlanta, killing a 39-year-old woman, and injuring four others, before fleeing the scene. After eight hours of being on the run, the suspect was arrested by police without further incident.[64][65] |
| May 1, 2023 | Henryetta, Oklahoma | 7[n 2] | 0 | 7 | 2023 Henryetta killings: A sex offender killed six people, including four family members, before killing himself at his residence.[66] |
| April 28, 2023 | Cleveland, Texas | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2023 Cleveland, Texas shooting: A man armed with an AR-15-style rifle opened fire at a home, killing five people, including a child, before fleeing the scene. Three children were covered in blood, but were hospitalized.[67] The suspect, 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, was captured after a 4-day-long manhunt.[68] |
| April 18, 2023 | Bowdoin and Yarmouth, Maine | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2023 Bowdoin–Yarmouth shootings: Four people were killed at a home in Bowdoin, followed by a shooting on a highway in Yarmouth that wounded three family members in the same vehicle. The son of two of the victims in Bowdoin was charged with the shooting. |
| April 15, 2023 | Dadeville, Alabama | 4 | 32 | 36 | 2023 Dadeville shooting: Gunmen opened fire at a birthday party, killing four people, and injuring 32 others. Six suspects were taken into custody.[69][70] |
| April 10, 2023 | Louisville, Kentucky | 6[n 2] | 8 | 14 | 2023 Louisville bank shooting: An employee opened fire at a bank, killing five people and injuring eight others, including a police officer that was critically wounded.[71] The perpetrator, 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon, was fatally shot by police.[72] |
| March 27, 2023 | Nashville, Tennessee | 7[n 2] | 1[n 5] | 8 | 2023 Nashville school shooting: A former student opened fire at The Covenant School in the Green Hills neighborhood. Six people were killed, three of them children, and one police officer was injured by shattered glass. The perpetrator, 28-year-old Aiden Hale, was fatally shot by police.[73] |
| February 22, 2023 | Pine Hills, Florida | 3 | 2 | 5 | Killing of Dylan Lyons: Three people were killed and two others wounded in a series of shootings. A 19-year-old suspect was arrested.[74] |
| February 13, 2023 | East Lansing, Michigan | 4[n 2] | 5 | 9 | 2023 Michigan State University shooting: A mass shooting occurred at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Three people were killed and five others injured.[75] The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after being cornered by police.[76] |
| January 23, 2023 | Half Moon Bay, California | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2023 Half Moon Bay shootings: A man opened fire at two farms, killing seven people and injuring one other, before being taken into custody.[77] |
| January 21, 2023 | Monterey Park, California | 12[n 2] | 9 | 21 | 2023 Monterey Park shooting: Eleven people were killed and nine others injured after a gunman opened fire at a dance studio in Monterey Park after a Chinese New Year celebration in the city. The perpetrator shot and killed himself in a standoff with police the next day.[78] |
| January 16, 2023 | Goshen, California | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2023 Goshen shooting: A baby, a teenager, and four others were killed in a shooting at a home.[79] |
| January 4, 2023 | Enoch, Utah | 8[n 2] | 0 | 8 | 2023 Enoch, Utah shooting: Five children and three adults were killed in a shooting at a home.[80] |
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2022
For a more comprehensive list, see List of mass shootings in the United States in 2022.
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| Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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| November 22, 2022 | Chesapeake, Virginia | 7[n 2] | 4 | 11 | 2022 Chesapeake shooting: Six people were killed, and four others were injured, when a night-shift manager opened fire at a Walmart. The gunman then committed suicide.[81] |
| November 19–20, 2022 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 5 | 26[n 2][n 6] | 31 | Colorado Springs nightclub shooting: A gunman killed five after entering a local gay bar and 26 others, including the gunman, were wounded during the attack, 19 of them by gunfire. A suspect was later taken into custody. |
| November 13, 2022 | Charlottesville, Virginia | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2022 University of Virginia shooting: A student at the University of Virginia opened fire on a bus returning from a trip to see a play. The three people killed as well as one of the wounded were members of the University of Virginia's football team, and the gunman was a member of the team for one season, though he did not play any games. |
| October 24, 2022 | St. Louis, Missouri | 3[n 2] | 7[n 7] | 10 | 2022 Central Visual and Performing Arts High School shooting: A shooter, a former student, opened fire, killing two people and wounding four others before being shot and killed by police.[82] |
| October 13, 2022 | Raleigh, North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2022 Raleigh shootings: The shooter, a teenager, went on a shooting spree along the Neuse River Trail greenway and surrounding neighborhood.[83] |
| September 28, 2022 | Oakland, California | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2022 Oakland school shooting: Four staff members and two students were shot by multiple gunmen at a complex that houses multiple schools. The shooting may have been tied to gang violence.[84] |
| August 28, 2022 | Bend, Oregon | 3[n 2] | 2 | 5 | 2022 Bend, Oregon shooting: A local man shot four people, two fatally, in a Safeway supermarket at the Forum shopping center before committing suicide. |
| August 28, 2022 | Phoenix, Arizona | 3[n 2] | 5 | 8 | 2022 Phoenix shooting: A man shot at people in the parking lot of a motel, killing 2 and injuring 5 before committing suicide. |
| July 17, 2022 | Denver, Colorado | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2022 Denver police shooting: Three police officers fired on a fleeing suspect, wounding him and six bystanders. One officer was convicted of assault and sentenced to 18 months probation.[85] |
| July 17, 2022 | Greenwood, Indiana | 4[n 2] | 2 | 6 | Greenwood Park Mall shooting: A local man fatally shot three people and injured two others at the food court in the Greenwood Park Mall before being shot dead by an armed civilian. |
| July 4, 2022 | Highland Park, Illinois | 7 | 48 | 55 | Highland Park parade shooting: Seven people were killed and 48 others injured after a man fired a rifle from a rooftop at spectators attending Highland Park's Fourth of July parade. |
| June 30, 2022 | Allen, Kentucky | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2022 shooting of Kentucky police officers: A man fired out the window of his home, shooting seven people, six of whom were law enforcement officers. Two of the officers died at the scene, and a third died in the hospital the day after. The third officer was a canine handler, and his dog also died. The suspect later killed himself in jail. |
| June 5, 2022 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 3[n 8] | 14[n 9] | 17 | 2022 Chattanooga shooting: Twelve people were shot, two of them fatally, at a nightclub during the early morning. A third person was killed by a vehicle attempting to flee.[86] |
| June 4, 2022 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 3[n 1] | 11[n 1] | 14 | 2022 Philadelphia shooting: Fourteen people were shot, three of them fatally, by multiple shooters on South Street. One of the shooters may have been shot by a responding police officer.[87] |
| June 2, 2022 | Centerville, Texas/Jourdanton, Texas | 6[n 2][n 10] | 0 | 6 | Centerville shooting: An escaped prisoner went inside a home and opened fire, killing five members of a family before being shot and killed by police.[88] |
| June 1, 2022 | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 5[n 2] | 0 | 5 | 2022 Tulsa hospital shooting: Four people were killed following a mass shooting at a Saint Francis medical building. The gunman committed suicide.[89] |
| May 24, 2022 | Uvalde, Texas | 22[n 2] | 18 | 40 | Uvalde school shooting: A local man shot and wounded his grandmother before driving to his former elementary school and opening fire. He killed nineteen children and two adults before being shot dead by police. Eighteen other people were hospitalized.[90] |
| May 19, 2022 | Chicago, Illinois | 2 | 8 | 10 | Magnificent Mile shooting: Two people were fatally shot, and eight others were critically injured, in a shooting near a McDonald's restaurant in Chicago, Illinois.[91] |
| May 15, 2022 | Laguna Woods, California | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2022 Laguna Woods shooting: One person was fatally shot and five others were injured in a shooting at a church in Orange County, California.[92] |
| May 14, 2022 | Buffalo, New York | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2022 Buffalo shooting: The shooter, 18-year-old Payton Gendron, a white supremacist who was clad in body armor, opened fire at a Tops supermarket, killing ten people, all of whom were Black, including a security guard, and wounded three others.[93] On February 15, 2023, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The gunman specifically targeted African-Americans and was influenced by similar terrorist incidents in Charleston, Pittsburgh, Christchurch, Poway and El Paso. |
| April 12, 2022 | New York City, New York | 0 | 29[n 11] | 29 | 2022 New York City Subway attack: Ten people were shot when a gunman opened fire on a New York City Subway train as it approached the 36th Street station in the Sunset Park neighborhood. Immediately before the attack, the assailant donned a gas mask and threw smoke bombs. The incident caused 19 others to be injured as they fled. The attacker fled the scene and was arrested after police received a tip-off after a 30-hour manhunt. He was identified as 62-year-old Frank James.[94][95] |
| April 3, 2022 | Sacramento, California | 6[n 1] | 12[n 1] | 18 | 2022 Sacramento shooting: A shooting in downtown Sacramento killed six people and injured twelve others.[96] A suspect was arrested the next day.[97] |
| February 19, 2022 | Portland, Oregon | 2 | 4[n 2] | 6 | Normandale Park shooting: During a racial justice protest, a man confronted a group of protestors and engaged in an argument with them, before pulling out a gun and opening fire, killing one and wounding four others. One of the people in the group returned fire and wounded the perpetrator.[98] An injured victim died in 2024.[99] |
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2021
For a more comprehensive list, see List of mass shootings in the United States in 2021.
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| December 27, 2021 | Denver/Lakewood, Colorado | 6[n 2] | 2 | 8 | 2021 Denver and Lakewood shootings: A gunman traveled to multiple businesses and homes, where he killed five people and wounded two others before being shot dead by police.[100] |
| December 26, 2021 | Garland, Texas | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2021 Garland shooting: A 13-year-old opened fire inside of a Texaco convenience store, killing 3 and seriously injuring one other.[101] |
| November 30, 2021 | Oxford, Michigan | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2021 Oxford High School shooting: A shooter, a student at the school, opened fire on students, killing three and wounding seven students and a teacher before being arrested. One of the injured died afterwards.[102] |
| September 23, 2021 | Collierville, Tennessee | 2[n 2] | 14 | 16 | Collierville Kroger shooting: A shooter opened fire in a Kroger, killing one and injuring 14, before taking his own life.[103] |
| May 30, 2021 | Hialeah, Florida | 3 | 20 | 23 | 2021 Hialeah shooting: Three shooters stepped out of a SUV, and opened fire at concert goers, killing three and wounding 20 others.[104] |
| May 26, 2021 | San Jose, California | 10[n 2] | 0 | 10 | 2021 San Jose shooting: Nine people were killed at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) rail yard in San Jose, California. After police arrived, the gunman committed suicide.[105][106] |
| April 15, 2021 | Indianapolis, Indiana | 9[n 2] | 7 | 16 | Indianapolis FedEx shooting: Eight people were killed and seven others were wounded after a mass shooting at a FedEx facility. The shooter took his own life. |
| March 31, 2021 | Orange, California | 4 | 2[n 2] | 6 | 2021 Orange, California office shooting: Four people, including a child, were killed at an Orange office complex. |
| March 22, 2021 | Boulder, Colorado | 10 | 2[n 2] | 12 | 2021 Boulder shooting: A mass shooting occurred at a King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, which left 10 people dead, including an on-duty police officer. |
| March 16, 2021 | Atlanta and Cherokee County, Georgia | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2021 Atlanta spa shootings: A series of mass shootings occurred at massage parlors in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area. Eight people were killed in the incidents and one person was wounded. |
| February 9, 2021 | Buffalo, Minnesota | 1 | 4 | 5 | Buffalo, Minnesota clinic attack: A nurse was killed and four other people were shot and seriously wounded inside of a health care clinic. The suspect, 67-year-old Gregory Paul Ulrich, was taken into police custody.[107][108] |
| February 2, 2021 | Muskogee, Oklahoma | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2021 Muskogee shooting: Five children and one adult were shot and killed, and one other adult suffered life-threatening injuries, after a home shooting in Oklahoma. Suspect, 25-year-old Jarron Pridgeon, is currently in custody.[109] |
| February 2, 2021 | Sunrise, Florida | 3[n 2] | 3 | 6 | 2021 Sunrise, Florida shootout: Two FBI agents were shot and killed and three others wounded attempting to serve a warrant. The suspect barricaded himself in his home and opened fire before shooting and killing himself. |
| January 9, 2021 | Chicago and Evanston, Illinois | 6[n 2] | 2 | 8 | 2021 Chicago–Evanston shootings: 32-year-old Jason Nightengale shot 8 people at random, killing 5, before being fatally shot by police. |
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2020
For a more comprehensive list, see List of mass shootings in the United States in 2020.
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| December 8, 2020 | Williamsburg, West Virginia | 6[n 2] | 0 | 6 | 2020 Williamsburg massacre: A mother killed her five children with a shotgun before killing herself. |
| November 20, 2020 | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin | 0 | 8 | 8 | Mayfair Mall shooting: Eight people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a person opened fire at the Mayfair Mall. |
| November 3, 2020 | Henderson, Nevada | 4[n 2] | 1 | 5 | Henderson shooting: Three people were killed and one person was injured when a gunman opened fire at an apartment complex. The gunman was killed by police. |
| September 19, 2020 | Rochester, New York | 2 | 14 | 16 | Rochester shooting: Two people were killed and fourteen others injured after a shooting at a party in Rochester. |
| March 15, 2020 | Springfield, Missouri | 5[n 2] | 2 | 7 | 2020 Springfield, Missouri shooting: A man committed a series of random drive-by shootings before crashing his vehicle at a gas station. He entered the business, where he killed four people and wounded two others before committing suicide.[110] |
| February 26, 2020 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 6[n 2] | 0 | 6 | Milwaukee brewery shooting: Five people were killed when a gunman opened fire at the local Molson Coors Beverage Company campus, where he had been employed. Afterwards, the gunman committed suicide. |
| January 17, 2020 | Grantsville, Utah | 4 | 1 | 5 | Haynie family murders: Four members of a family were killed and one was injured after a teenager fired at his family as they returned home. |
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2019
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| December 10, 2019 | Jersey City, New Jersey | 6[n 2] | 3 | 9 | 2019 Jersey City shooting: An officer approached a vehicle suspected of being used in a murder previously, he was shot and killed. In the resulting suspect chase and police confrontation the two suspects were killed, along with three other civilians, a civilian and two cops were wounded as well. The attack in question was committed by a Black Hebrew Israelite and targeted Jews living in Jersey City. |
| December 6, 2019 | Pensacola, Florida | 4[n 2] | 8 | 12 | Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting: Three people were killed and 8 others were injured at a US Navy base. The suspect was killed by police. |
| December 5, 2019 | Miramar, Florida | 4[n 2] | 1 | 5 | 2019 Miramar shootout: Two suspects robbed a jewelry store which resulted in a police shootout that killed 2 people,[111] including a UPS truck driver who was on his 1st day on the job. Both suspects were killed by police. |
| November 17, 2019 | Fresno, California | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2019 Fresno shooting: Ten people were shot, four fatally, at a football watch party. |
| November 14, 2019 | Santa Clarita, California | 3[n 2] | 3 | 6 | 2019 Saugus High School shooting: Two people were killed and three others were injured. The gunman then eventually committed suicide. |
| October 31, 2019 | Orinda, California | 5 | 4 | 9 | Orinda shooting: An overnight block party attended by over 100 people ended with five people killed, and four more wounded by gunfire. |
| October 14, 2019 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2019 Río Piedras shooting: Six people were killed after a shootout near an apartment complex. |
| August 31, 2019 | Midland/Odessa, Texas | 8[n 2] | 24 | 32 | Midland–Odessa shootings: A man fired at motorists and pedestrians from his car as he drove along multiple roads, killing seven people and wounding 24 others. He was killed by police during a shootout.[112] |
| August 4, 2019 | Dayton, Ohio | 10[n 2] | 27[n 12] | 37 | 2019 Dayton shooting: A gunman shot 26 people, killing 9, including his transgender sibling, and wounding 17 others outside of a bar. Ten others were wounded as they fled the scene. The perpetrator was killed by police after the first shots were fired in 32 seconds. |
| August 3, 2019 | El Paso, Texas | 23[n 13] | 22 | 45 | 2019 El Paso shooting: A gunman shot 45 people, killing 23 and wounding 22 others at a Walmart Supercenter near the Cielo Vista Mall. The attack was a hate crime targeting Hispanic immigration and was influenced by the Christchurch mosque shootings. The perpetrator was arrested by police. |
| July 28, 2019 | Gilroy, California | 4[n 2] | 15 | 19 | Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting: A gunman killed three people, including a 6-year-old boy, attending Gilroy's annual Garlic Festival; 12 more people were injured. The shooter killed himself. |
| May 31, 2019 | Virginia Beach, Virginia | 13[n 2] | 4 | 17 | 2019 Virginia Beach shooting: A gunman killed 12 people and injured four others at a municipal building. The gunman was killed by police.[113] |
| May 7, 2019 | Highlands Ranch, Colorado | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2019 STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting: A school shooting was reported at STEM School Highlands Ranch, around 1:50 p.m, two shooters targeted separate locations and killed one student and injured eight more before being arrested.[114] |
| April 30, 2019 | Charlotte, North Carolina | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2019 University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting: Six people were shot, two fatally, on the last day of classes at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The student gunman was taken into custody after he ran out of ammunition.[115] |
| April 27, 2019 | Poway, California | 1 | 3 | 4 | Poway synagogue shooting: One person was killed and at least three were wounded by a shooter at the Chabad of Poway synagogue.[116] The gunman was influenced by the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand and claimed responsibility for the Escondido mosque fire the month prior. |
| February 15, 2019 | Aurora, Illinois | 6[n 2] | 6 | 12 | Aurora, Illinois shooting: A 45-year-old man opened fire at a Henry Pratt Company plant and killed five people and injured six others. He was a former worker at the plant and he was killed in a shootout with police. |
| January 28, 2019 | Houston, Texas | 2 | 5 | 7 | Harding Street raid: Two homeowners were killed and five Houston Police Department officers wounded in a shootout during a no-knock raid.[117] |
| January 26, 2019 | Ascension and Livingston Parish, Louisiana | 5 | 0 | 5 | January 2019 Louisiana shootings: A 21-year-old man killed five people, including his parents, in two parishes in Louisiana.[118] |
| January 23, 2019 | Sebring, Florida | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2019 Sebring shooting: Five people were killed in a hostage incident and shooting at a bank. The suspect was taken into custody by police.[119] |
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2018
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| November 11, 2018 | Globe, Arizona | 3 | 1 | 4 | Globe, Arizona shooting: 22-year-old Sterling Hunt shot four people outside a bar, three fatally, before fleeing the scene. He was later taken into custody.[120] |
| November 11, 2018 | Robbins, Illinois | 1 | 4[n 2] | 5 | Shooting of Jemel Roberson: A man re-entered a bar after being ejected and began to fire, wounding three people and becoming injured himself. Armed security guards apprehended the suspect. Responding officers saw one of the security guards with a gun, and shot and killed him.[121] |
| November 7, 2018 | Thousand Oaks, California | 13[n 2] | 16 | 29 | Thousand Oaks shooting: A man entered a bar hosting a student line-dancing event and killed 12 people, including a police officer. 16 other people were injured, one of them by gunfire. The gunman then killed himself.[122][123] |
| November 2, 2018 | Tallahassee, Florida | 3[n 2] | 5[n 7] | 8 | 2018 Tallahassee shooting: A man entered a yoga studio and killed two women and injured five others; four by gunshots and one by pistol-whipping, before committing suicide.[124] |
| October 27, 2018 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 11 | 7[n 2] | 18 | Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: A man opened fire in the Tree of Life synagogue in an antisemitic attack, killing 11 people and injuring six others (including four police officers). The suspect, 46-year-old Robert G. Bowers, was taken into custody by police.[125][126] |
| October 3, 2018 | Florence, South Carolina | 2 | 10 | 12 | Florence, South Carolina shooting: Officers were shot at during a two-hour standoff while attempting to execute a search warrant. The perpetrator held children hostage, killing one and wounding seven before being arrested.[127] |
| September 20, 2018 | Aberdeen, Maryland | 4[n 2] | 3 | 7 | Aberdeen shooting: An employee of the Rite Aid Distribution facility killed three victims before wounding herself. The shooter died later in the hospital.[128] |
| September 6, 2018 | Cincinnati, Ohio | 4[n 2] | 2 | 6 | 2018 Cincinnati shooting: A gunman entered a loading dock at the Fifth Third Center skyscraper and opened fire before entering the lobby of a building. Four people, including the shooter, were killed and two were injured.[129] |
| August 26, 2018 | Jacksonville, Florida | 3[n 2] | 11 | 14 | Jacksonville Landing shooting: A gunman killed two people and wounded eleven more (nine with gunshot wounds) at a Madden NFL 19 competition before killing himself. The shooter was identified as David Katz, an individual who had reportedly been eliminated from the competition before the shooting.[130][131][132] |
| June 28, 2018 | Annapolis, Maryland | 5 | 2 | 7 | Capital Gazette shooting: A gunman entered the offices of The Capital Gazette and killed five employees and wounded two others.[133][134] |
| June 17, 2018 | Trenton, New Jersey | 1[n 1] | 22[n 1][n 14] | 23 | Art All Night shooting: Several gunmen wounded 17 people at the Art All Night festival. Five others were wounded when they were trampled by people around them. One of the suspected gunmen was shot and killed by police. Police suspect the shooting was gang-related.[135] |
| May 30–June 4, 2018 | Scottsdale, Arizona | 7[n 2] | 0 | 7 | 2018 Scottsdale shootings: Over the course of several days, a man killed a forensic psychiatrist, two paralegals, a counselor, and a couple from whom he took a handgun. The suspect killed himself when police began closing in on him.[136][137] |
| May 18, 2018 | Santa Fe, Texas | 10 | 14[n 2] | 24 | 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting: A student at Santa Fe High School shot and killed 10 people and wounded 14 others. Explosive devices were also found, but they were not detonated. The suspect was taken into custody by police.[138] |
| April 22, 2018 | Nashville, Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 6 | Nashville Waffle House shooting: A gunman entered a Waffle House, where he killed four people and injured two others. He was later taken into custody.[139] |
| April 3, 2018 | San Bruno, California | 1[n 2] | 4[n 15] | 5 | YouTube headquarters shooting: A woman approached an outdoor patio at YouTube Headquarters and wounded three people before committing suicide, a fourth person was injured in the evacuation.[140] |
| March 9, 2018 | Yountville, California | 5[n 2][n 16] | 0 | 5 | Yountville shooting: A man entered the Veterans Home of California and held three staff members hostage. He killed the three staff members (and the unborn child of one of the staff members, who was pregnant) before killing himself in a murder–suicide.[141] |
| February 14, 2018 | Parkland, Florida | 17 | 17 | 34 | Parkland High School shooting: A former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School entered the school, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, killed 17 people, and wounded 17 others. He was taken into custody by police. On October 13, 2022, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.[142][143] |
| January 23, 2018 | Benton, Kentucky | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2018 Marshall County High School shooting: A fifteen-year-old student killed two other students and injured sixteen others before discarding his weapon and attempting to hide among other students. He was apprehended by police.[144] |
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2017
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| December 31, 2017 | Highlands Ranch, Colorado | 2[n 2] | 6 | 8 | Copper Canyon Apartment Homes shooting: After being called to a home for a report of a disturbance, five police officers were shot in an "ambush-style" attack. One officer was killed and the other four were wounded. Two other people were also wounded in a neighboring apartment. Officers later re-entered the apartment with a SWAT team and killed the suspect; another officer was injured in this exchange.[145] |
| November 5, 2017 | Sutherland Springs, Texas | 27[n 2][n 16] | 22 | 49 | Sutherland Springs church shooting: A gunman approached the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs and killed two people outside before entering and shooting at the congregation, killing 26 people (including an unborn child) and injuring 22. He was confronted by a local man with a gun, and they exchanged gunfire before entering a vehicle. The man flagged down another person and they began a high-speed chase of the gunman, which ended when the gunman went off the road and was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.[146][147][148] |
| October 1, 2017 | Paradise, Nevada | 61[n 2] | 411 | 472 | 2017 Las Vegas shooting: A man on the 32nd floor of a hotel opened fire on a country music festival happening outside, killing 60 people and injuring 867 others, with 411 of them suffering from gunshot wounds. The man then killed himself.[149][150][151][152][153] |
| September 24, 2017 | Antioch, Tennessee | 1 | 8[n 2] | 9 | Burnette Chapel shooting: A man killed a woman outside the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ before entering the chapel and wounding seven others. During a struggle with an usher, the man shot himself in the chest. The usher ran to his car to get his own pistol and held the man at gunpoint until police arrived to arrest him.[154] |
| September 10, 2017 | Plano, Texas | 9[n 2] | 1 | 10 | 2017 Plano shooting: A man entered his ex-wife's home while she was hosting a football-watching party and killed her and seven others, and wounded one other. He was killed by police.[155] |
| August 28, 2017 | Clovis, New Mexico | 2 | 4 | 6 | Clovis library shooting: A sixteen-year-old killed two people and wounded four others at a public library before surrendering to police.[156] |
| July 1, 2017 | Little Rock, Arkansas | 0 | 28 | 28 | Little Rock nightclub shooting: Twenty-eight people were injured (twenty-five directly by gunfire) when shooting broke out in a nightclub where rapper Finese 2Tymes was performing.[157] |
| June 30, 2017 | New York City, New York | 2[n 2] | 6 | 8 | Bronx-Lebanon Hospital attack: A former hospital employee killed a doctor and wounded six others before he committed suicide. |
| June 14, 2017 | San Francisco, California | 4[n 2] | 5 | 9 | San Francisco UPS shooting: A gunman entered his workplace and singled out coworkers, killing three and wounding five, before committing suicide.[158] |
| June 14, 2017 | Alexandria, Virginia | 1[n 2] | 6 | 7 | Congressional baseball shooting: A gunman shot and wounded four people, including Republican Congressman and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, while they were practicing for the Congressional Baseball Game. Two others were also injured in other ways. The gunman was killed after being engaged by Capitol police officers assigned to protect Scalise and by police officers responding to the scene.[159] |
| June 6, 2017 | Sandy, Utah | 3[n 2] | 2 | 5 | Sandy, Utah attack: A man rammed a vehicle containing his ex-girlfriend, three children and one other adult, opened fire, killing two and wounding two, then committed suicide.[160] |
| June 5, 2017 | Orlando, Florida | 6[n 2] | 0 | 6 | Orlando factory shooting: A former employee entered the factory through a rear exit and killed five employees and then himself.[161] |
| May 27, 2017 | Lincoln County, Mississippi | 8 | 1[n 2] | 9 | 2017 Mississippi shootings: A man killed eight people, including several family members and a sheriff's deputy, at three separate houses. He was injured by police and then arrested. The shooter later said he had intended to commit suicide by cop.[162] |
| January 6, 2017 | Broward County, Florida | 5 | 6 | 11 | Fort Lauderdale airport shooting: A man killed five people and injured six in a shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport before running out of ammunition and lying on the ground to surrender to police. Thirty to forty other people were also hurt, with injuries not directly caused by gunfire.[163] |
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2016
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| September 28, 2016 | Townville, South Carolina | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2016 Townville Elementary School shooting: A fourteen-year-old shot and killed his father before driving to the local elementary school and injuring three students and a teacher. One student later died of his injuries. The shooter was later arrested.[164] |
| September 23, 2016 | Burlington, Washington | 5 | 0 | 5 | Cascade Mall shooting: A man killed five people at the Cascade Mall. He was arrested a day later. The shooter later killed himself while in jail.[165] |
| August 20, 2016 | Citronelle, Alabama | 6[n 16] | 0 | 6 | 2016 Citronelle homicides: A man killed six people (including an unborn child) while they were sleeping in a home. He was arrested by police.[166] |
| July 30, 2016 | Mukilteo, Washington | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2016 Mukilteo shooting: A student at the University of Washington killed three people and injured one other in a shooting at a party. One of the people he killed was his ex-girlfriend. The shooter was arrested and sentenced to life in prison.[167] |
| July 17, 2016 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 5[n 2] | 2 | 7 | 2016 shooting of Baton Rouge police officers: A gunman killed four law enforcement officers, one of whom died in 2022, and injured three others. The gunman was killed by a member of the SWAT team that responded to the shooting. The shooting is believed to have been related to the unrest in Baton Rouge following the shooting of Alton Sterling, and the gunman was involved with black separatist and sovereign citizen organizations.[168][169] |
| July 11, 2016 | St. Joseph, Michigan | 3[n 2] | 2 | 5 | St. Joseph courthouse shooting: A handcuffed inmate killed two bailiffs and injured a deputy and another woman after taking a deputy's gun in a courthouse. The inmate was killed by two other bailiffs.[170] |
| July 7, 2016 | Dallas, Texas | 6[n 2] | 11 | 17 | 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers: A shooter killed five police officers and wounded nine other officers and two civilians at a protest over the police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. The shooter was killed by a bomb delivered by a remote control vehicle. He is believed to have been motivated by retribution for black men killed by police.[171] |
| June 12, 2016 | Orlando, Florida | 50[n 2] | 58 | 108 | Pulse nightclub shooting: A gunman, Omar Mateen, killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub. The gunman was killed in a shootout with the police.[172] |
| March 9, 2016 | Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania | 6[n 16] | 3 | 9 | 2016 Wilkinsburg shooting: Six people (including an unborn child) were killed and three were injured by two gunmen in an attack during a backyard party. One person with a handgun drove the partygoers toward a backyard porch, where the second shot at them with an assault-style rifle.[173] |
| March 7–8, 2016 | Kansas City, Kansas, and Montgomery County, Missouri | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2016 Kansas–Missouri murder spree: Four people were killed at a home and another was shot and killed the following day. The perpetrator was arrested the next day. |
| February 25, 2016 | Hesston and Newton, Kansas | 4[n 2] | 14 | 18 | Hesston shootings: A man killed three people and injured fourteen others in an attack at his workplace. He had been served with a temporary order of protection shortly before he began shooting. He was killed by police who responded to the scene.[174] |
| February 20, 2016 | Kalamazoo, Michigan | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2016 Kalamazoo shootings: An Uber driver killed six people and wounded two others in a series of shootings targeting random people.[175] |
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2015
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| December 2, 2015 | San Bernardino, California | 16[n 17] | 22 | 38 | 2015 San Bernardino attack: A married couple opened fire on the husband's colleagues at a work training event. They killed fourteen people and injured twenty-two before being killed in a shootout with police. Pipe bombs set at their residence failed to detonate. The two perpetrators are believed to have been radicalized, though not believed to have been directly connected to a specific foreign terrorist organization.[176] |
| November 27, 2015 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | 3 | 9 | 12 | Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting: A man killed two civilians and a police officer and wounded nine others inside a Planned Parenthood clinic before surrendering to police. The shootings are suspected to have been motivated by the suspect's anti-abortion views.[177] |
| November 23, 2015 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 0 | 5 | 5 | Shooting of protesters at a Black Lives Matter protest: During a Black Lives Matter protest related to the shooting of Jamar Clark, a man opened fire and injured five protestors. The perpetrator was later arrested.[178] |
| October 9, 2015 | Flagstaff, Arizona | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2015 Northern Arizona University shooting: A freshman at Northern Arizona University shot four students, killing one.[179] |
| October 1, 2015 | Roseburg, Oregon | 10[n 2] | 8 | 18 | 2015 Umpqua Community College shooting: A student at Umpqua Community College killed nine people and injured eight others on the college campus. After being wounded by police officers, he killed himself.[180] |
| August 26, 2015 | Moneta, Virginia | 3[n 2] | 1 | 4 | Murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward: An enraged former employee for WDBJ (Bryce Williams) carried out a preplanned shooting targeting 3 reporters, conducting a live TV interview near Smith Mountain Lake. Alison Parker was fatally shot, and the cameraman Adam Ward was also killed. Vicki Gardner was also shot, but survived. He fled the scene in his car then took off on foot while a massive manhunt was underway. Before police could approach Williams, he committed suicide by shooting himself. He stated that the motive was the Charleston church shooting and possible discrimination at his workplace.[181] |
| August 8, 2015 | Harris County, Texas | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2015 Harris County shooting: A man broke into his ex-girlfriend's home and held her hostage along with her husband and six children, one of whom was his son. Over the course of nine hours, he killed everyone in the home. After a shootout with police, he surrendered and was taken into custody.[182] |
| July 23, 2015 | Lafayette, Louisiana | 3[n 2] | 9 | 12 | 2015 Lafayette shooting: A gunman killed two people and injured nine in a shooting at a movie theater. After trying to blend into the crowd leaving the theater, the gunman heard sirens, returned to the theater, and killed himself.[183] |
| July 16, 2015 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 6[n 2] | 2 | 8 | 2015 Chattanooga shootings: A man committed a drive-by shooting at a military recruitment center in a strip mall, wounding one Marine. With police in pursuit, he drove to a U.S. Navy Reserve center and rammed his vehicle through a gate. He fatally wounded a Navy sailor, killed four Marines, and wounded a police officer before being killed by a naval commander.[184] The FBI later determined the gunman had been motivated by propaganda published by terrorist organizations.[185] |
| June 17, 2015 | Charleston, South Carolina | 9 | 1 | 10 | Charleston church shooting: A white supremacist named Dylann Roof killed nine black people during a prayer service at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, wounding one other. He was taken into custody by police, and later said that he committed the shootings in an attempt to start a "race war".[186][187] |
| May 17, 2015 | Waco, Texas | 9 | 18 | 27 | 2015 Waco shootout: Gunfire broke out at a restaurant where members of several motorcycle clubs had gathered to discuss political rights for motorcyclists. Members of the clubs and police were both involved in the gunfire. Nine people were killed and eighteen were injured in the shootout, all members of the motorcycle clubs. The shooting may have resulted from a territorial dispute between two of the motorcycle clubs.[188] |
| February 26, 2015 | Tyrone, Missouri | 8[n 2] | 1 | 9 | 2015 Tyrone shooting: A man killed seven people and wounded one after going door-to-door and shooting people in four separate homes. Four of the people he killed were family members. The man then killed himself. The shooting was possibly motivated by the man finding his mother dead from natural causes.[189] |
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2014
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| December 15, 2014 | Montgomery County, Pennsylvania | 7[n 2] | 1 | 8 | 2014 Montgomery County shootings: Six people were found dead and one wounded in three locations across Montgomery County. The shooter was found dead the next day after committing suicide by overdose. One of the victims was the shooter's ex-wife, the others were her relatives.[190] |
| October 24, 2014 | Marysville, Washington | 5[n 2] | 1 | 6 | 2014 Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting: A fifteen-year-old killed four people and injured one other in the cafeteria of Marysville Pilchuck High School before killing himself.[191] |
| July 9, 2014 | Spring, Texas | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2014 Harris County shooting: A man killed six of his family members and wounding a seventh. He was arrested after a brief chase and a standoff that lasted several hours.[192] |
| May 23, 2014 | Isla Vista, California | 7[n 2][n 18] | 14[n 19] | 21 | 2014 Isla Vista killings: Several hours after stabbing and killing his two roommates and their friend, 22-year-old Elliot Rodger drove to a sorority house near the University of California, Santa Barbara and knocked on the door. After receiving no answer, he shot three women from another sorority who were walking near the sorority house, killing two. He then drove to a delicatessen where he shot and killed a man inside. Rodger continued to drive around Isla Vista and shoot and hit at random people from within his vehicle before killing himself with a gunshot.[193] The attack is believed to have been motivated by the killer's hatred of women and frustration with his dating and family life.[194] |
| April 2, 2014 | Fort Hood, Texas | 4[n 2] | 14 | 18 | 2014 Fort Hood shootings: After being denied leave from the Fort Hood military base where he was stationed, a man killed three people and injured fourteen before killing himself.[195] |
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| November 1, 2013 | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 4[n 2] | 5 | 2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting: A man entered the Los Angeles International Airport, killed a TSA agent, and wounded three other people. He was injured when shot several times by police.[196] |
| September 16, 2013 | Washington D.C. | 13[n 2] | 8 | 21 | Washington Navy Yard shooting: A gunman entered the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters in the Washington Navy Yard with a civilian contractor pass. He killed twelve people and injured eight before being killed by police.[197] |
| August 5, 2013 | Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania | 3 | 4[n 2] | 7 | Ross Township Municipal Building shooting: A man entered a meeting of township supervisors and killed three people, injuring three others. The gunman was also injured when his gun went off and hit his own leg as two men wrestled him to the ground and took away his weapon. The shooting was suspected to be motivated by a longstanding feud in which the gunman's property rights had been taken away. He was sentenced to life in prison.[198][199] |
| July 26, 2013 | Hialeah, Florida | 7[n 2] | 0 | 7 | 2013 Hialeah shooting: A man lit his apartment on fire and killed six other people in his apartment building before being killed by a SWAT team.[200] |
| June 7, 2013 | Santa Monica, California | 6[n 2] | 4 | 10 | 2013 Santa Monica Shootings: A man killed his family and burned down his house before committing a mass shooting at Santa Monica College. He was later killed in a shootout with police.[201] |
| March 13, 2013 | Mohawk and Herkimer, New York | 5[n 2] | 2 | 7 | Herkimer County shootings: A man set fire to his apartment, shot and killed two people and injured two others at a barbershop, and shot and killed two people at a car wash. The shooter was cornered in an abandoned bar by police, leading to an overnight standoff. A police dog was sent into the building the next morning: when the man shot and killed the dog, the police returned fire, killing the man.[202][203] |
| January 19, 2013 | South Valley, New Mexico | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2013 South Valley homicides: A fifteen-year-old murdered his parents and three siblings in their home. He was arrested by police.[204] |
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2012
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| December 24, 2012 | Webster, New York | 4[n 2] | 3 | 7 | 2012 Webster shooting: A man set fire to his home and the family car before opening fire on responding firefighters, two were killed and three wounded before he committed suicide, a fourth body was found in the house.[205] |
| December 14, 2012 | Newtown, Connecticut | 28[n 2] | 2 | 30 | Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: A 20-year-old man killed his mother before shooting and killing twenty grade one children as well as six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. He then committed suicide before authorities could apprehend him. |
| November 6, 2012 | Fresno, California | 3[n 2] | 2 | 5 | Fresno meat plant shooting: A man shot four coworkers, two fatally, at the meat processing plant he worked at before walking outside and fatally shooting himself in the head.[206] |
| October 21, 2012 | Brookfield, Wisconsin | 4[n 2] | 4[n 16] | 8 | Azana Spa shooting: The perpetrator drove to his ex-wife's work place and waited until she was there to confront her and shot and killed her and two other women, and injured four others before committing suicide.[207] |
| September 27, 2012 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 7[n 2] | 2 | 9 | Accent Signage Systems shooting: A former employee entered a local sign-making business, and killed five and wounded four; two of the four later died of their wounds, the perpetrator committed suicide.[208] |
| August 24, 2012 | New York City, New York | 2[n 1] | 9 | 11 | 2012 Empire State Building shooting: A man shot and killed a former co-worker before engaging in a shoot-out with the New York police in which nine bystanders were wounded and the perpetrator was killed.[209] |
| August 16, 2012 | St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana | 2 | 4[n 17] | 6 | 2012 shootings of St. John the Baptist Parish police officers: Two men, Kyle David Joekel and Brian Lyn Smith, who were alleged members of the sovereign citizen movement, conducted a mass shooting that led to the deaths of two sheriff's deputies and another two police officers were wounded. Both perpetrators were wounded and sent to hospital, and later charged with first-degree murder. Smith was later detained in a mental facility after he was deemed incompetent to stand trial, while Joekel was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to death.[210][211] |
| August 13, 2012 | College Station, Texas | 3[n 2] | 4 | 7 | 2012 College Station shooting: The perpetrator fatally shot an officer attempting to serve him a notice to appear in court, he then injured a neighbor and engaged in a shootout with responding officers until he was killed by the officers.[212] |
| August 5, 2012 | Oak Creek, Wisconsin | 7[n 2] | 4 | 11 | Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting: The perpetrator, a member of the Hammerskins and various white power and neo-Nazi bands, fatally shot six people at a Sikh temple before being killed by responding police officers. |
| July 20, 2012 | Aurora, Colorado | 13[n 16] | 70 | 83 | Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting: A shooter, 24-year-old James Eagan Holmes, stormed a late-night premiere of The Dark Knight Rises and shot and killed twelve people and an unborn baby, and wounded seventy others.[213] He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. |
| May 30, 2012 | Seattle, Washington | 6[n 2] | 1 | 7 | Seattle cafe shooting spree: A patron who had been previously thrown out of the cafe, entered and killed four people and wounded one, shortly after he killed a woman during a carjacking and then committed suicide.[214] |
| May 2, 2012 | Gilbert, Arizona | 5[n 2] | 0 | 5 | Gilbert home shooting: A neo-Nazi shot and killed his girlfriend, her daughter, the daughter's boyfriend, and their infant daughter, before killing himself. |
| April 2, 2012 | Oakland, California | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2012 Oikos University shooting: A former student opened fire in a classroom and fatally shot seven people, leaving three wounded. |
| February 27, 2012 | Chardon, Ohio | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2012 Chardon High School shooting: A seventeen-year-old entered Chardon High School and fired at students sitting in the cafeteria, killing three and wounding three others before being arrested. |
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2011
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| December 16, 2011 | Irwindale, California | 3[n 2] | 2 | 5 | Southern California Edison shooting: An employee opened fire during the workday, and killed two and wounded two others before committing suicide.[215] |
| October 12, 2011 | Seal Beach, California | 8 | 1 | 9 | Seal Beach shooting: A man entered his ex-wife's workplace and shot and killed eight people and injured one. He then fled the scene and was later arrested. |
| September 6, 2011 | Carson City, Nevada | 5[n 2] | 7 | 12 | Carson City IHOP shooting: A man opened fire inside and outside an IHOP, and then targeted nearby local businesses. He killed four people and injured seven before committing suicide. |
| August 7, 2011 | Copley Township, Ohio | 8[n 2] | 1 | 9 | 2011 Copley Township shooting: A man killed seven people; including a 16-year-old and an 11-year-old, and injured one between three homes before being killed by responding police.[216] |
| July 7, 2011 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | 8[n 2] | 2 | 10 | Grand Rapids mass murder: A man killed seven people and wounded two in a spree shooting in two homes, then took hostages in a third before committing suicide. |
| June 19, 2011 | Medford, New York | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2011 Medford shooting: A man killed four people in a pharmacy robbery gone wrong. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.[217] |
| January 8, 2011 | Casas Adobes, Arizona | 6 | 15[n 2] | 21 | 2011 Tucson shooting: A man killed six people and injured fifteen during an assassination attempt of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords before he was tackled and arrested. Giffords was wounded in the attack but survived. |
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| August 14, 2010 | Buffalo, New York | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2010 City Grill shooting: During a gang-related dispute at a wedding anniversary party at the City Grill restaurant, Riccardo McCray shot 10 rounds in 17 seconds killing 3 immediately and injuring 5, 2 others died later. |
| August 3, 2010 | Manchester, Connecticut | 9[n 2] | 2 | 11 | Hartford Beer Distributors shooting: An employee of Hartford Distributors, a beer distribution company, was fired. In retaliation he shot and killed eight coworkers and injured two others before committing suicide. |
| May 20, 2010 | West Memphis, Arkansas | 4[n 2] | 2 | 6 | 2010 West Memphis police shootings: A father and son shot two police officers during a traffic stop, killing both, before getting into a shootout with officers in a Walmart parking lot. In the shootout both shooters were killed and two more officers wounded. |
| February 12, 2010 | Huntsville, Alabama | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting: A biology professor opened fire on other faculty members, killing three and injuring three others, before she was arrested. |
| January 19–20, 2010 | Appomattox, Virginia | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2010 Appomattox shootings: A man shot and killed four family members and four other individuals before being apprehended by police.[218] |
| January 12, 2010 | Kennesaw, Georgia | 4 | 1 | 5 | Penske office shooting: A former employee of a Penske truck rental business shot five people, four employees and one customer, at the business. Four people were killed and a fifth injured. |
| January 7, 2010 | St. Louis, Missouri | 4[n 2] | 5 | 9 | ABB plant shooting: An employee opened fire in the parking lot of an ABB Group power plant before entering the factory. He killed three people and injured five before committing suicide.[219] |
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2000s
Main article: List of mass shootings in the United States (2000–2009)
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| November 29, 2009 | Parkland, Washington | 5[n 2] | 0 | 5 | 2009 Lakewood shooting: A man killed four police officers at a coffee shop and fled the scene with a gunshot wound. He was killed by police two days later.[220] |
| November 26, 2009 | Jupiter, Florida | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2009 Thanksgiving murders: A man opened fire at his family's Thanksgiving dinner, killing four relatives and wounding another. He was arrested in January 2010.[221] |
| November 20, 2009 | Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands | 5[n 2] | 9 | 14 | 2009 Saipan shooting: A gunman shot at people throughout Saipan, before committing suicide at the edge of a cliff.[222] |
| November 12, 2009 | Pearcy, Arkansas | 5 | 0 | 5 | Pearcy murders: Three men killed five people in two robberies on the same property.[223] |
| November 5, 2009 | Fort Hood, Texas | 14[n 16] | 33[n 2] | 47 | 2009 Fort Hood shooting: A U.S. army psychiatrist opened fire and killed thirteen individuals and injured 33 others. |
| October 17, 2009 | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico | 8 | 20 | 28 | 2009 Sabana Seca massacre: Eight people were killed and twenty others were wounded after multiple gunmen opened fire at a bar. |
| August 4, 2009 | Collier Township, Pennsylvania | 4[n 2] | 9 | 13 | 2009 Collier Township shooting: A man entered a woman's aerobics class and opened fire, killing three people and injuring nine before committing suicide.[224] |
| April 4, 2009 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 3 | 3[n 2] | 6 | 2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers: A man opened fire on police officers responding to a domestic violence 9-1-1 call, killing three and injuring two before he was arrested.[225] |
| April 3, 2009 | Binghamton, New York | 14[n 2] | 4 | 18 | Binghamton shooting: A man shot and killed thirteen people at a civic center in Binghamton, New York, before committing suicide. |
| March 29, 2009 | Carthage, North Carolina | 8 | 3[n 2] | 11 | Carthage nursing home shooting: A man attacked the workplace of his estranged wife, killing eight people and wounding two others before being arrested. |
| March 10, 2009 | Geneva and Samson, Alabama | 11[n 2] | 6 | 17 | Geneva County shootings: A man killed ten people and wounded six others in a shooting spree before committing suicide.[226] |
| December 24, 2008 | Covina, California | 10[n 2] | 3 | 13 | Covina massacre: A man entered his former in-laws' home armed with four handguns and a homemade flamethrower. He killed nine people and injured three before committing suicide.[227] |
| September 2, 2008 | Skagit County, Washington | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2008 Skagit County shootings: A man killed six people and wounded two others in several locations before being arrested by police. |
| July 27, 2008 | Knoxville, Tennessee | 2 | 7[n 20] | 9 | Knoxville Unitarian Universalist church shooting: A former truck driver opened fire at a church during a church youth performance, killing two and wounding six before being restrained by churchgoers. A manifesto written by the gunman attributed the shooting to hatred of liberals, Democrats, African-Americans, and homosexuals. |
| June 25, 2008 | Henderson, Kentucky | 6[n 2] | 1 | 7 | Atlantis Plastics shooting: A plastic factory worker shot his superintendent and five co-workers before committing suicide. |
| March 2, 2008 | Memphis, Tennessee | 6[n 21] | 3[n 22] | 9 | Lester Street Massacre: A man fatally shot his brother during an argument, before fatally shooting three witnesses and stabbing five children, two of whom died. Months before the attack, the perpetrator was released from prison after serving 14 years for second-degree murder. |
| February 14, 2008 | DeKalb, Illinois | 6[n 2] | 21 | 27 | Northern Illinois University shooting: A former graduate student entered a lecture hall and opened fire, killing five people and wounding twenty-one before committing suicide. |
| February 7, 2008 | Kirkwood, Missouri | 7[n 2] | 1 | 8 | Kirkwood City Council shooting: A man opened fire during a public city council meeting, killing six people and injuring one other before being shot and killed by police.[228] |
| February 2, 2008 | Tinley Park, Illinois | 5 | 1 | 6 | Lane Bryant shooting: Four customers and the clothing store manager were killed and a part-time employee was injured in a robbery gone awry.[229] |
| February 1, 2008 | Cockeysville, Maryland | 4 | 0 | 4 | Browning family murders: A fifteen-year-old boy shot and killed his parents and two brothers in their home. The gunman allegedly killed his family so he would not be required to share his inheritance.[230] |
| December 24, 2007 | Carnation, Washington | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2007 Carnation murders: A woman and her boyfriend killed the former's parents, brother, sister-in-law, niece, and nephew at the parent's home. |
| December 9, 2007 | Arvada and Colorado Springs, Colorado | 5[n 2] | 5 | 10 | 2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings: A man stormed a dormitory at the Youth With A Mission organization in Arvada, Colorado, before driving to Colorado Springs and attacking the New Life Church. He killed four people and wounded five others before committing suicide. |
| December 5, 2007 | Omaha, Nebraska | 9[n 2] | 6 | 15 | Westroads Mall shooting: A 19-year-old killed eight people and wounded four in a Von Maur department store at the Westroads Mall before committing suicide. |
| October 10, 2007 | Cleveland, Ohio | 1[n 2] | 5[n 23] | 6 | 2007 SuccessTech Academy shooting: A fourteen-year-old student wounded four at his school before committing suicide.[231] |
| October 7, 2007 | Crandon, Wisconsin | 7[n 2] | 1 | 8 | Crandon shooting: An off-duty sheriff's deputy entered a homecoming party at a duplex with a semiautomatic rifle and killed six people and wounded one. He killed himself later that day. |
| August 12, 2007 | Neosho, Missouri | 3 | 5 | 8 | Neosho church shooting: A man killed three people and wounded five others at a church, specifically targeting church leaders. The shooter surrendered to law enforcement.[232] |
| June 14, 2007 | Joliet, Illinois | 4 | 1[n 2] | 5 | Vaughn family murders: Four family members were fatally shot and another wounded inside a car. The wounded husband was arrested and convicted of the murders.[233] |
| April 16, 2007 | Blacksburg, Virginia | 33[n 2] | 17 | 50 | Virginia Tech shooting: A 23-year-old student killed thirty-two students and teachers, and wounded seventeen others. Other people were injured attempting to escape. When police stormed the building he was in, the shooter killed himself. |
| February 12, 2007 | Salt Lake City, Utah | 7[n 2] | 3 | 10 | Trolley Square shooting: A man opened fire in a parking garage and shopping mall and killed five people and injured four others before being killed by police. |
| October 2, 2006 | Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | 7[n 2] | 4 | 11 | West Nickel Mines School shooting: A man took hostages in an Amish schoolhouse, and killed five schoolgirls and injured five others before committing suicide. |
| July 28, 2006 | Seattle, Washington | 1 | 6[n 24][n 16] | 7 | Seattle Jewish Federation shooting: The perpetrator forced his way into the building, repeatedly shouting that he was angry at Israel and wanted to make a statement, he killed one and injured six.[234] |
| June 1, 2006 | Indianapolis, Indiana | 7 | 0 | 7 | Hamilton Avenue murders: Two perpetrators killed a family of seven in a house at 560 North Hamilton Avenue. |
| May 29, 2006 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 2 | 3 | 5 | Memorial Day park shooting: A man shot five people execution-style during a Memorial Day picnic, killing two. The primary suspect, the ex-husband of one of the injured, was placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, captured in 2022, and died in custody in 2023.[235] |
| March 25, 2006 | Seattle, Washington | 7[n 2] | 2 | 9 | Capitol Hill massacre: A guest returned to a house party armed with a shotgun and a semiautomatic handgun. He shot indiscriminately, killing six people and injuring two, before committing suicide. |
| January 30, 2006 | Goleta, California | 8[n 2] | 0 | 8 | Goleta postal facility shootings: A woman killed her neighbor before driving to the mail processing plant, where she shot and killed six people before committing suicide. |
| November 20, 2005 | Tacoma, Washington | 0 | 6 | 6 | Tacoma Mall shooting: A man attempted suicide by cop by opening fire in a shopping mall with an illegal MAK 90 semi-automatic rifle and a pistol. He injured six people and took four hostages before surrendering to a SWAT team. |
| May 30, 2005 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 4 | 0 | 4 | Oklahoma City home shooting: Several men invaded a trailer home and forced four people outside, where they were shot to death with a rifle. The perpetrators believed that one of the victims had been responsible for a motorcycle accident that left one of the perpetrators severely injured.[236] |
| March 21, 2005 | Red Lake, Minnesota | 10[n 2] | 5 | 15 | Red Lake shootings: A 16-year-old student killed nine people and wounded five others before committing suicide. |
| March 12, 2005 | Brookfield, Wisconsin | 8[n 2] | 4 | 12 | Living Church of God shooting: A man shot and killed seven members of his church and wounded four others, before committing suicide in a Sheraton hotel.[237] |
| February 24, 2005 | Tyler, Texas | 3[n 2] | 4 | 7 | Tyler courthouse shooting: A man shot his ex-wife and son outside a courthouse, killing his wife. Following a shootout the man shot a resident who tried to intervene, before fleeing and dying after a shootout with police. |
| December 8, 2004 | Columbus, Ohio | 5[n 2] | 3 | 8 | Columbus nightclub shooting: A deranged fan killed four, including musician Dimebag Darrell, and wounded three others before being killed by police. |
| November 21, 2004 | Meteor, Wisconsin | 6 | 2 | 8 | Hunting trip: A man shot eight people while on a hunting trip in northern Wisconsin; six were killed and two were wounded. |
| June 17, 2004 | Birmingham, Alabama | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2004 shooting of Birmingham police officers: A man shot at police at an apartment complex, killing three and wounding one.[238] |
| March 12, 2004 | McKinney, Texas | 4 | 0 | 4 | McKinney quadruple murder: Three men killed four people in a robbery.[239] |
| March 12, 2004 | Fresno, California | 9 | 0 | 9 | Wesson family murders: A man convicted of the molestation and murders of his children and nieces shot and killed nine members of his family during a standoff over a child custody dispute.[240] |
| November 6, 2003 | Chesnee, South Carolina | 4 | 0 | 4 | Superbike murders: A disgruntled customer shot and killed four people at a motorcycle shop.[241] |
| July 18, 2003 | Clear Lake City, Texas | 4 | 0 | 4 | Clear Lake murders: A seventeen-year-old girl, accompanied by her boyfriend, shot and killed four people following an argument over drugs. One of the victims was also beaten.[242] |
| July 8, 2003 | Meridian, Mississippi | 7[n 2] | 8 | 15 | Lockheed Martin shooting: A man opened fire at his workplace, killing six and wounding eight before committing suicide.[243] |
| July 6, 2003 | Bakersfield, California | 5 | 0 | 5 | Brothers family murders: A man shot and killed five family members before fleeing. He was arrested in 2004 and sentenced to death.[244] |
| June 14, 2003 | Madison County, Montana | 1 | 10[n 2] | 11 | 2003 Ennis shooting: A man opened fire on a group of people outside of a bar, and then engaged in a high speed chase and shootout with law enforcement, he killed one and injured 10 including himself.[245] |
| April 14, 2003 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1 | 3 | 4 | John McDonogh High School shooting: Two perpetrators opened fire in the school gymnasium and killed one student and wounded three others.[246] |
| July 4, 2002 | Los Angeles, California | 3[n 2] | 5[n 25] | 8 | 2002 Los Angeles International Airport shooting: The gunman opened fire at a line of passengers at a ticket counter and killed two and injured five before being killed by a security officer.[247] |
| January 16, 2002 | Grundy, Virginia | 3 | 3 | 6 | Appalachian School of Law shooting: A former student opened fire after a meeting with a professor in the offices of the dean of students and a professor, killing them and a student and injured three other students before he was subdued by a Marine veteran.[248] |
| April 14, 2001 | Elgin, Illinois | 2 | 14 | 16 | JB's Pub shooting: A man kicked out of a bar for harassing female customers and employees went home, retrieved several guns, and opened fire, shooting 16 people, 2 fatally. Five other people suffered cuts and bruises.[249] |
| March 5, 2001 | Santee, California | 2 | 13 | 15 | Santana High School shooting: A 15-year-old student entered a boys bathroom and shot another student then left and began to fire widely, another student was killed and thirteen were injured.[250] |
| February 5, 2001 | Melrose Park, Illinois | 5[n 2] | 4 | 9 | 2001 Navistar shooting: A 66-year-old man entered his old workplace with an AK-47 and shot eight people, killing four, before turning the gun on himself.[251] |
| December 28, 2000 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 7 | 3 | 10 | Lex Street massacre: Ten people were shot in a crack house, seven fatally.[252] |
| December 26, 2000 | Wakefield, Massachusetts | 7 | 0 | 7 | Wakefield massacre: Michael McDermott, an application support employee, shot and killed seven co-workers. |
| September 22, 2000 | Roanoke, Virginia | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2000 Roanoke shooting: A man entered a gay bar and shot at patrons, killing one and wounding six before being arrested.[253] |
| September 8, 2000 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2000 Route 30 vehicle shooting: A man shot into a car after a dispute with its occupants, killing three of them and wounding another.[254] |
| May 24, 2000 | New York City, New York | 5 | 2 | 7 | Wendy's massacre: Two robbers locked seven employees in the restaurant freezer and shot and killed five and wounded two during a robbery.[255] |
| March 20, 2000 | Irving, Texas | 5 | 1 | 6 | Irving car wash shooting: A former employee entered a car wash and shot and killed five people and wounded another during a robbery. One of the victims also had his throat slit.[256] |
| March 1, 2000 | Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2000 Wilkinsburg shooting: The perpetrator shot and killed three people in a racially motivated shooting spree.[257] |
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Summary
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Summary list since 2018 which includes all mass shooting events, deaths, injuries, and victims documented across Wikipedia. Sources for these statistics can be found in the corresponding articles.
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| Year | Events | Dead | Injured | Victims |
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| 2023 | 600 | 739 | 2440 | 3179 |
| 2022 | 695 | 762 | 2902 | 3664 |
| 2021 | 690 | 431 | 1688 | 2125 |
| 2020 | 615 | 521 | 2541 | 3062 |
| 2019 | 434 | 517 | 1643 | 2160 |
| 2018 | 323 | 387 | 1283 | 1670 |
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- Data compiled from gunviolencearchive.gov
Server gunviolencearchive.gov provides data about mass shootings from the beginning of 2013, including the date, U.S. city and state, number of killed, number of wounded, perpetrators, and sources on internet. Following are some reports out of this data.
Summary for the years 2013 through 2017 (inclusive) with at least 4 victims per event.
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| Year | Events | Dead | Injured | Victims |
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| 2017 | 434 | 600 | 1994 | 2594 |
| 2016 | 479 | 606 | 1790 | 2396 |
| 2015 | 371 | 469 | 1387 | 1856 |
| 2014 | 325 | 364 | 1213 | 1577 |
| 2013 | 339 | 467 | 1176 | 1643 |
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Summary for the years 2013 through 2017 (inclusive) with at least 4 people killed per event.
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| Year | Events | Dead | Injured | Victims |
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| 2017 | 249 | 600 | 1113 | 1713 |
| 2016 | 270 | 606 | 851 | 1457 |
| 2015 | 212 | 469 | 622 | 1091 |
| 2014 | 180 | 364 | 512 | 876 |
| 2013 | 209 | 467 | 551 | 1018 |
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Top 10 U.S. States with most mass shootings each year.
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| Year | States with most mass shootings |
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| 2024 (Jan–Jul) | FL/IL (31), CA (26), TX (22), PA (21), MO (19), MS/AL (18), GA/NC (16) |
| 2023 | CA (58), IL (54), FL/PA/NC (36), OH (35), LA (33), GA (30), MS (26), TN (25) |
| 2022 | TX (63), IL (61), CA (58), GA/PA (39), NY (36), FL (34), LA (33), MI (29), NC (27) |
| 2021 | IL (91), TX (72), CA (54), OH (43), NY (41), PA/LA (39), FL (34), AL (31), MI/GA (28) |
| 2020 | IL (77), TX (50), CA (44), FL (41), NY (39), PA (36), LA (33), MO (27), OH (26), MI (25) |
| 2019 | CA (54), IL (45), TX (42), LA (28), MD (25), PA (24), OH (21), GA/FL (20), MO (19) |
| 2018 | CA (45), IL (41), FL (37), TN (23), TX (21), PA (20), MO (19), NC/NY/AL (17) |
| 2017 | CA (49), IL (41), TX (30), FL (29), OH (26), PA (20), LA (19), NY/TN (15), NJ (14), |
| 2016 | CA (52), IL (46), TX (44), FL (35), GA (23), AL (22), NY/LA (17), OH (16), TN (15), |
| 2015 | FL (30), CA (28), IL (26), NY (22), GA/TX (21), LA (18), OH (16), MD/PA (14) |
| 2014 | CA (43), IL (33), FL (22), TX (21), GA (19), MI (15), NY/TN/PA (13), LA (12) |
| 2013 | CA (47), FL/IL (21), NC (17), NY (16), MI/TX/PA (15), MO (13), TN/VA/OH (11) |
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Deadliest months in the U.S. (regarding mass shootings) each year.
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| Year | Deadliest months |
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| 2024 (Jan–Jul) | Jun (80), Jul (70), May (54), Jan (46), Mar (44) |
| 2023 | Jul (92), May (88), Jun (80), Apr (75), Oct (70) |
| 2022 | Jul (103), Aug (78), Jun (77), Sep (76), May (74) |
| 2021 | Jun (98), Jul (95), May (92), Oct (83), Aug (81) |
| 2020 | Jun (106), Jul (101), Aug (83), Sep (70), May (70) |
| 2019 | Jun (60), Jul (57), Aug (56), May (53), Dec (44) |
| 2018 | Jul (60), Jun (59), Sep (41), May (38), Aug (37) |
| 2017 | Jul (46), Apr (46), Jun (44), Jan (43), Aug (41) |
| 2016 | Jul (59), Jun (53), Aug (51), Nov (43), Sep (42) |
| 2015 | Jul (45), Jun (42), Aug (41), May (38), Sep (38) |
| 2014 | Aug (50), Jul (34), May (29), Sep (28), Dec (27) |
| 2013 | Jun (39), Jul (38), May (34), Sep (33), Aug (32) |
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Months with most mass shooting events.
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| Month | Events |
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| July | 800 |
| June | 763 |
| August | 632 |
| May | 631 |
| September | 521 |
| April | 511 |
| October | 501 |
| November | 425 |
| March | 416 |
| January | 403 |
| February | 373 |
| December | 360 |
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Months with most casualties in mass shootings.
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| Month | Dead |
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| June | 826 |
| July | 784 |
| May | 729 |
| October | 690 |
| August | 644 |
| January | 633 |
| April | 606 |
| February | 567 |
| November | 561 |
| September | 537 |
| March | 524 |
| December | 487 |
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- US Mass Shootings, 1982–2024 – Data From Mother Jones’ Investigation
Data from the article from Mother Jones[258] compile data about 150 mass shootings from 1982, 22 of which classifies as a "Sprees". The data reveal, among other things:
- the age of perpetrator(s). The youngest was 11, the oldest 72, the average is 33 years and 8 months.
- the gender of perpetrator(s). Out of 150 events listed, 144 of them are committed by males, 4 by females, 2 by male and female. First shooting perpetrated by a female from the list is from 2006.
- the environment: 35.3% workplace, 15.3% school, 5.3% religious, 4% military, 36.7% other.
- whether the weapon was obtained legally: yes (in 64.7% of all cases); no (10.6%), unknown/to be determined (24.7%)
- the ethnicity of perpetrator(s): white (54% of all cases), black (17.3%), Latino (8%), Asian (6.7%), Native American (2%)
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List of mass shootings (1900s)
Main article: List of mass shootings in the United States (1900–1999)
1990s
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| Date | Location | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
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| November 2, 1999 | Honolulu, Hawaii | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1999 Honolulu shootings: A service technician opened fire inside a Xerox building and killed seven people while an eighth escaped, he then held thirty-five school children inside the Hawaii Nature Center before surrendering to police. |
| September 15, 1999 | Fort Worth, Texas | 8[n 2] | 7 | 15 | Wedgwood 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 | 5 | 6 | Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting: Affiliated with the Aryan Nations, the perpetrator killed one and wounded five when entering a Jewish community center. |
| July 27–29, 1999 | Stockbridge and Atlanta, Georgia | 10[n 2][n 26] | 13 | 23 | 1999 Atlanta day trading firm shootings: The perpetrator bludgeoned his wife and two children to death within the two days before he entered two separate Buckhead firms. There, he shot fellow traders, killing an additional nine and wounding thirteen, committing suicide afterwards. |
| July 2–4, 1999 | Chicago, Urbana, Springfield, and Decatur, Illinois Bloomington, Indiana | 3[n 2] | 10 | 13 | 1999 Independence Day weekend shootings: Part of the Creativity Movement, the perpetrator killed former Northwestern University basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong and a Korean American Indiana University graduate student Won-Joon Yoon as well as wounding a black minister and nine Orthodox Jews before killing himself. |
| June 3, 1999 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1999 Las Vegas shooting: A man entered an Albertson's supermarket and fired a shotgun at employees. He killed four people and wounded another before being arrested.[259] |
| April 20, 1999 | Columbine, Colorado | 16[n 2][n 27] | 23 | 39 | Columbine High School massacre: Two students from the school shot and killed thirteen classmates and a teacher and wounded 23 others. Both shooters killed themselves. |
| November 29, 1998 | Muskegon, Michigan | 5 | 0 | 5 | Muskegon shooting: An 18-year-old man shot and killed four family members and another person at their home. He was arrested shortly after.[260] |
| July 24, 1998 | Washington, D.C. | 2 | 3[n 2] | 5 | 1998 United States Capitol shooting: A schizophrenic man entered the United States Capitol, where he shot four people, two fatally, before being shot by police and taken into custody.[261] |
| July 5, 1998 | Tacoma, Washington | 5 | 5 | 10 | Trang Dai massacre: Four gunmen entered the Trang Dai Cafe and opened fire, killing five diners and wounding five others. |
| May 21, 1998 | Springfield, Oregon | 4 | 25 | 29 | Thurston High School shooting: An expelled student targeted his parents and the school and killed four people and injured twenty-five others before being arrested. |
| April 24, 1998 | Edinboro, Pennsylvania | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1998 Parker Middle School dance shooting: A 14-year-old student opened fire and fatally shot a teacher and injured another and two students during an 8th grade dance, before being arrested.[262] |
| March 25, 1998 | near Pine Bluff, Arkansas | 5 | 1[n 2] | 6 | Pine Bluff shooting: A man shot and killed his girlfriend and four others. He was taken into custody after being shot in the arm during a standoff.[263] |
| March 24, 1998 | Craighead County, Arkansas | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1998 Westside Middle School shooting: Two students aged 11 and 13, shot and killed four students and a teacher and injured ten others before being arrested. |
| March 6, 1998 | Newington, Connecticut | 5[n 2] | 0 | 5 | Connecticut Lottery Headquarters shooting: A disgruntled accountant employed by Connecticut's lottery headquarters shot and stabbed four of his supervisors to death before taking his own life by gunshot.[264] |
| December 3, 1997 | Bartow, Florida | 4 | 0 | 4 | Bartow shooting: A man killed three former business partners at a manufacturing plant, as well as a visiting relative of two of the other victims. The suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. |
| December 1, 1997 | West Paducah, Kentucky | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1997 Heath High School shooting: A 14-year-old student opened fire on a group of students praying before the school opened, killing three and injuring five before surrendering.[265] |
| November 30, 1997 | Shelbyville, Tennessee | 4 | 0 | 4 | Shelbyville shooting: A man killed his three children and their half-sister with a semi-automatic rifle at his workplace. He surrendered to police shortly after.[266] |
| November 13, 1997 | Channelview, Texas | 5 | 0 | 5 | Channelview shooting: A man killed five people with a rifle, including his ex-wife, at a party. The shooter was convicted of murder and executed by lethal injection in 2016. |
| October 1, 1997 | Pearl, Mississippi | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1997 Pearl High School shooting: The perpetrator fatally stabbed and bludgeoned his mother, then drove to the high school and shot and killed two students and injured seven before being arrested. |
| September 15, 1997 | Aiken, South Carolina | 4 | 3 | 7 | Aiken shooting: The perpetrator shot seven people at a manufacturing factory of his former employer, killing four. The perpetrator was executed in 2005. |
| August 19, 1997 | Colebrook, New Hampshire, and Bloomfield, Vermont | 5[n 2] | 4 | 9 | Colebrook shooting: After killing two New Hampshire State troopers in a supermarket parking lot, a gunman drove to the office of a district judge, killing her and a newspaper editor who attempted to disarm him. Police pursued the gunman to Vermont, where he wounded four more police officers in a gunfight before being killed by police. |
| April 6, 1997 | near Greenville, Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 4 | Lillelid murders: Six people kidnapped four family members and shot them alongside the road, killing three.[267] |
| March 11, 1997 | Detroit, Michigan | 4[n 2] | 2 | 6 | 1997 Detroit shootings: An armed gunman opened fire killing three people and wounding two others in northeast Detroit before being killed by police.[268] |
| February 28, 1997 | Los Angeles, California | 2[n 2] | 20 | 22 | North Hollywood shootout: Upon leaving a bank, two heavily armed bank robbers were confronted by the LAPD. The robbers proceeded to open fire on the police in an attempt to escape. During this attempt, both of the robbers got shot. Following this, one of them took his own life, while the other one was mortally wounded. Out of the 20 injured, 12 were police officers, and 8 were civilians. |
| February 23, 1997 | New York City, New York | 2[n 2] | 6 | 8 | 1997 Empire State Building shooting: A gunman opened fire on the observation deck of the Empire State Building, killing one and wounding six, before taking his own life. |
| February 19, 1997 | Bethel, Alaska | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1997 Bethel Regional High School shooting: A student shot and killed two people and wounded two others before surrendering to police. He was reportedly assisted by several students in learning how to shoot, and many knew about the shooting plans in advance. |
| July 16, 1996 | Winona, Mississippi | 4 | 0 | 4 | Tardy Furniture shooting: Four people were shot to death at a furniture store. Curtis Flowers, a former employee of the store, was convicted of the murders, but these were overturned due to racial bias. The fourth and fifth trials ended as mistrials, and a sixth trial found Flowers guilty, but this was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2019. In 2020, the Mississippi Attorney General announced she would not pursue a seventh trial against Flowers. |
| April 25, 1996 | Jackson, Mississippi | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1996 Jackson firehouse shooting: After killing his wife at home, a firefighter shot four supervisors and wounded two other coworkers, before leading officers on a chase and wounding one in a shootout. |
| February 2, 1996 | Moses Lake, Washington | 3 | 1 | 4 | Frontier Middle School shooting: A student shot and killed a teacher and two students and wounded another before being arrested.[269] |
| December 8, 1995 | New York City, New York | 8[n 2][n 28] | 4 | 12 | Freddy's Fashion Mart attack: A man entered a store, setting it on fire and wounding four customers with a revolver as they fled. Police found the gunman dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and seven employees dead from smoke inhalation.[270] |
| October 27, 1995 | Fort Bragg, North Carolina | 1 | 18 | 19 | 1995 Fort Bragg shooting: An Army sergeant opened fire on other soldiers with a rifle, killing one person and wounding eighteen others before being subdued and disarmed.[271] |
| December 30, 1994 | Brookline, Massachusetts | 2 | 5 | 7 | Brookline clinic shootings: A man shot six people at a Planned Parenthood clinic before killing a woman at another facility. The gunman was captured in Norfolk, Virginia, the day after. |
| November 7, 1994 | Wickliffe, Ohio | 1 | 3 | 4 | Wickliffe Middle School shooting: A 37-year-old former student entered the building and shot and killed the custodian and wounded three other adults before he was arrested.[272] |
| June 20, 1994 | Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington | 5[n 2] | 22 | 27 | Fairchild Air Force Base shooting: A former airman who had been discharged returned to the base hospital and killed four people and injured twenty-two others before being shot and killed by responding police. |
| April 16, 1994 | Gadsden, Alabama | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1994 Popeyes shooting: Two robbers entered a Popeyes restaurant and led four employees into the freezer, where they opened fire. Three employees were killed and another wounded.[273] |
| February 13, 1994 | Bucyrus, Ohio | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1994 Bucyrus shooting: A gunman shot and killed three people and wounded three others at an apartment complex.[274] |
| December 14, 1993 | Aurora, Colorado | 4 | 1 | 5 | Aurora, Colorado, Chuck E. Cheese shooting: The perpetrator shot and killed four employees and injured one in revenge for being fired from the restaurant. |
| December 7, 1993 | Garden City, New York | 6 | 19 | 25 | Long Island Rail Road shooting: A passenger opened fire on other passengers and killed six and wounded nineteen before being subdued by three passengers and arrested. |
| August 6, 1993 | Fayetteville, North Carolina | 4 | 8[n 2] | 12 | Luigi's Restaurant shooting: A soldier entered a restaurant and shot indiscriminately, killing four people and wounding seven others before being shot and wounded by an off-duty police officer.[275] |
| July 24, 1993 | near Mason City, Iowa | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1993 Iowa murders: A man involved in the manufacturing of methamphetamine executed a dealer and his family after the dealer was set to testify against him.[276] |
| July 1, 1993 | San Francisco, California | 9[n 2] | 6 | 15 | 101 California Street shooting: The perpetrator opened fire in an office building, killing eight people and wounding six others before committing suicide. |
| January 25, 1993 | Langley, Virginia | 2 | 3 | 5 | CIA Headquarters shooting: A Pakistani national fired an AK-47 style weapon at a line of cars waiting at a red light to turn into the main entrance of the CIA Headquarters. He was captured in 1997.[277] |
| January 8, 1993 | Palatine, Illinois | 7 | 0 | 7 | Brown's Chicken massacre: Two robbers entered a Brown's Chicken restaurant and murdered seven employees. The two were arrested and convicted in 2007 and 2009.[278] |
| December 14, 1992 | Great Barrington, Massachusetts | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1992 Bard College at Simon's Rock shooting: The perpetrator, Wayne Lo, had been stockpiling ammunition and weapons in his dorm, and after several alarms had been raised by third parties, he opened fire and killed a professor and student and wounded four others.[279] |
| June 20, 1992 | Houston, Texas | 4 | 2 | 6 | Brownstone Lane murders: Three men fatally shot four people and wounded two others during a drug deal gone wrong.[280] |
| May 1, 1992 | Olivehurst, California | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1992 Lindhurst High School shooting: A 20-year-old past student opened fire on a classroom and killed four people, wounded ten others, and held eighty people hostage during an eight-hour siege before he surrendered. |
| December 6, 1991 | Austin, Texas | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1991 Austin Yogurt Shop murders: Four teenage girls aged; 13, 15, 17, and 17-years-old were shot and killed execution style after being stripped and bound with their own clothes, the store was also robbed and set on fire.[281] |
| November 14, 1991 | Royal Oak, Michigan | 5[n 2] | 7 | 12 | Royal Oak post office shootings: A former postal worker, who had been fired and had previously sent threats to the post office, shot eight people, killing four, before killing himself. Three others were injured escaping or hiding from the gunman. |
| November 1, 1991 | Iowa City, Iowa | 6[n 2] | 1 | 7 | University of Iowa shooting: A former graduate student attended a meeting for a research group before opening fire and killed five individuals and injured one before committing suicide. |
| October 16, 1991 | Killeen, Texas | 24[n 2] | 27 | 51 | Killeen, Texas, Luby's Restaurant shooting: A former Merchant Marine drove his vehicle through the front window of the restaurant before opening fire on a crowd of about eighty people, killing twenty-three and injuring twenty-seven. He then committed suicide. |
| September 2, 1991 | Youngstown, Ohio | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1991 Youngstown shooting: A man, accompanied by three accomplices, tied up four people and shot them execution-style.[282] |
| August 9–10, 1991 | Waddell, Arizona | 9 | 0 | 9 | Arizona Buddhist Temple shooting: Nine men were robbed and killed in a Buddhist temple, with the perpetrator remaining un-convicted until 2014.[283] |
| June 16, 1991 | Denver, Colorado | 4 | 0 | 4 | Father's Day Bank Massacre: A bank robber killed four unarmed guards during a robbery. A retired police officer was arrested for the crime, but he was acquitted. The case remains officially unsolved. |
| April 4, 1991 | Sacramento County, California | 6[n 29] | 14[n 30] | 20 | Sacramento Hostage Crisis: For eight hours forty-one people were held hostage inside an electronics store, by four Vietnamese refugees who killed three and injured 14. Three of the four perpetrators were shot and killed by responding police.[284] |
| January 12, 1991 | Boston, Massachusetts | 5 | 1 | 6 | Boston Chinatown massacre: Six men were shot, five fatally, in a gang-related shooting at a social club.[285] |
| September 28, 1990 | Berkeley, California | 2[n 2] | 7 | 9 | Henry's Pub hostage incident: A schizophrenic man held 33 hostages in a bar near the University of California, Berkeley campus. After seven hours police stormed the bar, and in the siege the gunman and a hostage were killed, and six students and a police officer were wounded.[286] |
| June 17–18, 1990 | Jacksonville, Florida | 9[n 2] | 4 | 13 | GMAC Office shooting: A convicted felon returned to the loan office he had used to purchase a car and opened fire, killing nine people and injuring four before committing suicide. |
| February 10, 1990 | Las Cruces, New Mexico | 5 | 2 | 7 | Las Cruces bowling alley massacre: Two unknown perpetrators entered the bowling alley and killed four people and injured three before fleeing. One of the injured died in 1999. The case is still unsolved. |
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| September 14, 1989 | Louisville, Kentucky | 9[n 2] | 12 | 21 | Standard Gravure shooting: A 47-year-old pressman killed eight people and injured twelve at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide. |
| April 17, 1989 | Kirtland, Ohio | 5 | 0 | 5 | Kirtland murders: A cult leader had five fellow members of his cult killed. He was arrested in 1990.[287] |
| January 17, 1989 | Stockton, California | 6[n 2] | 32 | 38 | Stockton schoolyard shooting: A drifter used a semi-automatic rifle to kill five children and wound thirty-two other students and teachers on the school playground before committing suicide. |
| September 26, 1988 | Greenwood, South Carolina | 2 | 9 | 11 | Oakland Elementary School shooting: The perpetrator shot and killed two eight-year-old students and wounded nine others (seven students, a teacher, and a gym coach) in the school's cafeteria and a classroom before being arrested. He was sentenced to death. |
| July 17, 1988 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 4 | 6[n 2] | 10 | Old Salisbury Road shooting: The perpetrator shot nine passers-by from the center line on the road, killing four and injuring five before being arrested. |
| May 20, 1988 | Winnetka, Illinois | 2[n 2] | 6 | 8 | Attacks by Laurie Dann: The perpetrator entered the Hubbard Woods Elementary School and killed one student and wounded five others before entering a home and holding the inhabitants hostage before committing suicide. |
| February 16, 1988 | Sunnyvale, California | 7 | 4 | 11 | Sunnyvale ESL shooting: After stalking his coworker, the perpetrator entered the ESL building with several weapons and shot at employees and bystanders, killing seven people and wounding four before surrendering to police and SWAT officers.[288] |
| December 22–28, 1987 | Dover and Russelville, Arkansas | 8 | 4 | 12 | Murders by Ronald Gene Simons: The perpetrator murdered sixteen friends and family—eight by gunfire, seven by strangulation, and one by drowning—and wounded four others before being arrested.[289] |
| September 4, 1987 | St. Louis, Missouri | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1987 St. Louis National Supermarkets shooting: Two gunmen, Donnie Blankenship and Marvin Jennings, disguised as cleaners and entered a local National Supermarkets store in St. Louis, Missouri. They committed firearm robbery and shot all seven employees, leading to five deaths and the other two injured. Both men were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment for their respective roles in the shooting. |
| January 17, 1987 | Shelby, North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 5 | Shelby bookstore murders: Several men shot five people execution-style at an adult bookstore, killing three, before setting the establishment on fire. Two men were charged for the killings but were either acquitted or had their charges dismissed, and the crime is officially unsolved. |
| December 8, 1986 | Oakland, California | 6 | 2 | 8 | Oakland home-invasion murders: A man and his girlfriend broke into his ex-girlfriend's home and shot the ex-girlfriend and her family members, killing six and wounding two. |
| August 20, 1986 | Edmond, Oklahoma | 15[n 2] | 6 | 21 | Edmond post office shooting: A part-time employee entered to begin his day before locking the doors and killing fourteen coworkers and injuring six others before committing suicide. |
| April 11, 1986 | Pinecrest, Florida | 4[n 2] | 5 | 9 | 1986 FBI Miami shootout: Two suspects in several violent crimes opened fire on pursuing FBI agents after being forced off the road. Both suspects and two FBI agents were killed in the shootout, 5 FBI agents were wounded. |
| October 30, 1985 | Springfield, Pennsylvania | 3 | 7 | 10 | Springfield Mall shooting: The perpetrator fired first at customers outside the Springfield Mall, and then moved inside and killed 3 and wounded 7 before she was disarmed.[290] |
| October 18, 1985 | Detroit, Michigan | 0 | 6 | 6 | Murray-Wright High School shooting: During half-time at a football game, the perpetrator opened fire with a shotgun on individuals that he had earlier fought with and wounded six. |
| December 22, 1984 | New York City, New York | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1984 New York City subway shooting: Four teenagers were shot and wounded by the perpetrator on a New York subway train.[291] |
| December 14, 1984 | Geronimo, Oklahoma | 4[n 31] | 3 | 7 | Geronimo bank robbery murders: A 19-year-old man entered a bank and lured three tellers to a back room, where he stabbed them to death. He then lured four customers to the back and shot them with a pistol, killing one. He was arrested with an accomplice three days later.[292] |
| August 31, 1984 | Los Angeles, California | 4 | 0 | 4 | Los Angeles home invasion murders: Two men invaded a home and shot and killed four people before being scared off by survivors. The shooters were later arrested.[293] |
| July 18, 1984 | San Diego, California | 23[n 2][n 16] | 19 | 42 | San Ysidro McDonald's massacre: A male suspect entered a busy McDonald's and opened fire with an Uzi, shotgun and semiautomatic pistol, and killed twenty-two people (including an unborn child) and injured nineteen before being killed by a police sniper. |
| June 29, 1984 | Dallas, Texas | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1984 Dallas nightclub shooting: After being rejected by a woman, a Moroccan national killed her and shot four other people at a nightclub, before returning and shooting two more people. The perpetrator could not be sentenced to death due to local laws, resulting in changes to penalty laws in Texas. |
| May 17, 1984 | Manley Hot Springs, Alaska | 9[n 2] | 1 | 10 | Manley Hot Springs shooting: A man killed seven residents of a remote Alaskan village at a boat landing. After a manhunt, the gunman shot two state troopers pursuing him in a helicopter, killing one, before he was shot and killed by a third trooper. |
| April 15, 1984 | New York City, New York | 10 | 0 | 10 | Palm Sunday massacre: During a believed home invasion ten people—three adults, one teenager, and six children—were killed. An infant was left unharmed.[294] |
| February 24, 1984 | Los Angeles, California | 3[n 2] | 12 | 15 | 49th Street Elementary School shooting: The perpetrator fired on children on a school playground from his home across the street, and killed two individuals and injured twelve others before committing suicide. |
| October 8, 1983 | Grayson County, Texas | 4 | 0 | 4 | Grayson County hangar shooting: Four men were found shot to death execution-style in an airplane hangar. A man was arrested and sentenced to death for the crime.[295] |
| July 16, 1983 | Homer Township, Illinois | 5 | 1 | 6 | Homer Township shooting: A serial killer killed two people in a car along the road before killing two police officers who pulled over to help. He also shot and killed a passing motorist.[296] |
| February 19, 1983 | Seattle, Washington | 13 | 1 | 14 | Wah Mee massacre: Three perpetrators entered a gambling club at the Louisa Hotel during a robbery and killed thirteen people and wounded one in an attempt to leave no witnesses.[297] |
| September 25, 1982 | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1982 Wilkes-Barre Shootings: The perpetrator used an AR-15 to shoot and kill thirteen people and injure one in his home and the home of a former girlfriend. A four-hour standoff occurred before officers were able to arrest and hold him on several charges.[298] |
| August 20, 1982 | Miami, Florida | 8 | 3 | 11 | Welding shop shooting: A teacher opened fire inside a welding shop, killing eight people and injuring three before attempting to flee by bicycle; he was run down as he cycled away. |
| August 9, 1982 | Grand Prairie, Texas | 6 | 4 | 10 | Grand Prairie shooting: A man killed six people at two warehouses before stealing a truck and dying in a shootout with police. |
| May 3, 1982 | Anchorage, Alaska | 4 | 0 | 4 | Russian Jack Springs Park shooting: A schizophrenic man left a psychiatric hospital on a day pass and killed four teenagers in a park before being arrested. |
| February 16, 1982 | near Farwell, Michigan | 6 | 1 | 7 | Rock Road massacre: Livestock auctioneer Robert Lee Haggart shot and killed six members of the Post family on the day before a court hearing to finalize his divorce from one of the victims. |
| May 7, 1981 | Salem, Oregon | 5 | 18 | 23 | Oregon Museum Tavern shooting: The perpetrator entered the location and fired, killing five people and injuring eighteen before he was wrestled to the ground. |
| November 19, 1980 | New York City, New York | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1980 Greenwich Village shootings: A man targeting the LGBT community used a submachine gun to kill two people and wound six at multiple gay bars before being arrested.[299] |
| October 23, 1980 | Des Peres, Missouri | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1980 Pope's Cafeteria shooting: Maurice Oscar Byrd, a pest exterminator, entered a local cafeteria with a gun and shot all four employees execution-style during a robbery, in which Byrd stole about $9,000 in total. Byrd was found guilty of murdering all four victims, and sentenced to death and executed on August 23, 1991.[300][301] |
| June 22, 1980 | Daingerfield, Texas | 5 | 11[n 2] | 16 | Daingerfield church shooting: The perpetrator killed five people and wounded ten others after they had declined to be character witnesses in the trial of him raping his daughter. |
| May 9, 1980 | Norco, California | 3[n 2] | 11[n 2] | 14 | Norco shootout: Five bank robbers engaged in a shootout with deputies of Riverside County Sheriff's Department and San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. A sheriff's deputy and 2 robbers were killed. 8 officers, 2 robbers and 1 civilian had been injured. |
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| November 3, 1979 | Greensboro, North Carolina | 5 | 12 | 17 | Greensboro massacre: Members of the Communist Workers Party and others demonstrated against the KKK and the American Nazi Party, the event dissolved into a gunfight in which five people were killed and about twelve people were wounded. |
| April 27, 1979 | San Antonio, Texas | 3[n 2] | 48 | 51 | San Antonio parade shooting: A man opened fire from his trailer on the Battle of Flowers parade, killing two people and wounding forty-eight others before committing suicide.[302] |
| January 29, 1979 | San Diego, California | 2 | 9 | 11 | Cleveland Elementary School shooting: A 16-year-old girl who lived across the street shot and killed two people and injured nine others before being arrested. |
| December 15, 1978 | Clearwater, Minnesota | 4 | 1 | 5 | Clearwater murders: A serial killer shot and killed a woman at her home before tying up and shooting her four children, killing three of them. |
| June 28, 1978 | Boston, Massachusetts | 5 | 0 | 5 | Blackfriars massacre: Four known criminals and a former Boston television investigative news anchorman and reporter were all killed in a supposed sale of cocaine. |
| January 27, 1978 | Sacramento, California | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1978 Sacramento murders: A serial killer entered a home and shot and killed four people, including two children. The shooter engaged in necrophilia and cannibalism with the corpse of one of the victims. He was arrested shortly afterwards. |
| September 4, 1977 | San Francisco, California | 5 | 11 | 16 | Golden Dragon massacre: Five members of a Chinese youth gang attempted to kill rival gang members, which quickly turned into a shootout in which five people died and eleven were injured. |
| July 27, 1977 | Carol City, Florida | 6 | 2 | 8 | Carol City massacre: Three men entered a home, where they tied up eight people and shot them in the head execution-style. Six people died, while two survived.[303] |
| July 23, 1977 | Klamath Falls, Oregon | 7 | 3[n 2] | 10 | 1977 Klamath Falls nightclub shooting: A man fired at people exiting a tavern, killing seven (including an unborn child). He was arrested after he shot and wounded two police officers and was shot in return.[304] |
| February 14, 1977 | New Rochelle, New York | 7[n 2] | 4 | 11 | 1977 New Rochelle shooting: A suspended worker arrived at the moving company he worked at and opened fire, killing six people and injuring four others before killing himself.[305][306] |
| August 2, 1976 | Fort Worth, Texas | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1976 Fort Worth shooting: Four people were shot at a mansion, two fatally. A millionaire was acquitted of the murders.[307] |
| July 12, 1976 | Fullerton, California | 7 | 2 | 9 | California State University, Fullerton, shooting: A custodian at the university killed seven people and wounded two others before fleeing the school. He was arrested. |
| February 19, 1976 | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 8[n 32] | 9 | Computer Learning Center shooting: A student opened fire on his peers at their computer school, killing one and injuring six. He was then shot and wounded by a nearby security guard.[308] |
| May 24, 1975 | Dayton, Ohio | 3[n 2] | 11 | 14 | 1975 Dayton shootings: After killing his girlfriend and wounding two others at a motorcycle club, a man shot several more people in the neighborhood, killing another woman and wounding nine. The wounded included two women the gunman held hostage and raped. The gunman died by suicide as police closed in on him. |
| March 30, 1975 | Hamilton, Ohio | 11 | 0 | 11 | Easter Sunday massacre: The perpetrator shot and killed his mother, brother, sister-in-law, and eight nieces and nephews in five minutes before calling police and being arrested.[309] |
| December 30, 1974 | Olean, New York | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1974 Olean High School shooting: A student locked himself in a third-floor room before shooting out the window, killing three people and injuring eleven before being subdued with tear gas and arrested. |
| November 14, 1974 | Amityville, New York | 6 | 0 | 6 | Ronald DeFeo Jr. family murders: Basis for The Amityville Horror, where the perpetrator was convicted for the killing of his parents and siblings, six people in all. |
| October 19, 1974 | New Britain, Connecticut | 6 | 0 | 6 | Donna Lee Bakery murders: A bakery owner, a clerk, three customers, and a passerby were shot in the back of the head during a robbery at a bakery. |
| June 11, 1974 | Union City, California | 1 | 3 | 4 | Assassination of William Cann: Shots were fired at a meeting between police and local Chicanos, killing an officer and wounding three civilians.[310] |
| April 22, 1974 | Ogden, Utah | 3 | 2 | 5 | Hi-Fi murders: Three men robbed a Hi-Fi store in Ogden, Utah and took five people hostage by tying them up and torturing them, then shooting three of them to death and injuring two more.[311][312][313][314][315] |
| November 17, 1973 | Lyon County, Iowa | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1973 Gitchie Manitou Murders: Five teenagers were attacked in Gitchie Manitou State Preserve, by three brothers. The four males were killed and the female was kidnapped and raped before escaping.[316] |
| November 6, 1973 | Victor, California | 9 | 0 | 9 | Parkin-Earl-Lang massacre: Two robbers tied up seven people and shot them to death before killing two other people inside the home.[317] |
| April 22, 1973 | Los Angeles, California | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1973 Los Angeles shooting: A man shot sixteen people in the South Side of Los Angeles, killing seven and wounding nine. The gunman was sentenced to life imprisonment. |
| February 11, 1973 | Santa Cruz, California | 4 | 0 | 4 | Santa Cruz park murders: A serial killer shot and killed four teenagers with a pistol as they camped. He believed that his victims were "polluting" the forest.[318] |
| January 18, 1973 | Washington D.C. | 7 | 2 | 9 | Hanafi Murders: Three individuals were shot and killed, while two others were wounded, and four children drowned in an attack by six men.[319] |
| December 31, 1972 – January 7, 1973 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 10[n 2] | 13 | 23 | Howard Johnson's shooting: Over the course of ten hours and in several locations the perpetrator, having previously killed two police officers and wounded a third, killed seven people and injured ten before being shot and killed by police. |
| September 6, 1972 | Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands | 8 | 8 | 16 | Fountain Valley massacre: Five men shot at employees and tourists at a golf course, killing eight.[320] |
| January 10, 1972 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 5 | 31 | 36 | 1972 Baton Rouge shooting: A shootout occurred between black protesters and police officers, killing four people and wounding thirty-two others. A fifth man died of his wounds two weeks later.[321] |
| November 9, 1971 | Westfield, New Jersey | 5 | 0 | 5 | Murders by John List: John List shot and killed his wife, mother and three teenage children in a belief that he needed to save their souls through death, he was arrested in 1989 after living under an assumed name after a neighbor recognized him from America's Most Wanted.[322] |
| June 14, 1971 | Detroit, Michigan | 8 | 0 | 8 | Hazelwood massacre: Eight people were found shot to death in a home. Several men were seen leaving, but no arrests were ever made and the case remains unsolved. |
| February 15, 1971 | Dallas, Texas | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1971 Shooting of Dallas Police Officers: Two men abducted five law enforcement officers, before opening fire and killed three and injured one. The fifth officer escaped and called for help.[323] |
| October 19, 1970 | Soquel, California | 5 | 0 | 5 | Soquel home murders: A mentally ill man entered a home and shot and killed five people with a revolver.[324] |
| August 7, 1970 | San Rafael, California | 4[n 2] | 2 | 6 | Marin County Civic Center attacks: The 17-year-old perpetrator took hostages in a court room in an attempt to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers. Three prisoners released during the siege joined him in the attack, which left the main perpetrator dead along with three others and two others wounded.[325] |
| April 5–6, 1970 | Valencia, California | 5[n 2] | 2[n 2] | 7 | Newhall incident: Two men were stopped by two California Highway Patrol officers and opened fire after briefly cooperating with the officers, killing both officers and then engaging in a shootout with other CHP officers and a bystander. After the fleeing from the scene, one of the perpetrators fled to a house and took a hostage, which he later released and committed suicide. The second perpetrator, who was injured by gunfire was arrested after trying to escape with a stolen camper. 4 CHP officers were killed. 1 perpetrator and a civilian were injured. |
| May 15, 1970 | Jackson, Mississippi | 2 | 12 | 14 | Jackson State University shooting: After responding to the university due to a growing unrest, officers opened fire on a dorm building and two students (one from a local high school) were killed and twelve were injured. |
| May 4, 1970 | Kent, Ohio | 4 | 9 | 13 | Kent State shootings: During a protest of the bombing of Cambodia at the university, members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire, killing four and injuring nine people. |
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| May 21–25, 1969 | Greensboro, North Carolina | 2 | 27 | 29 | 1969 Greensboro uprising: Student protestors, police officers and members of the National Guard exchanged gunfire on the campuses of James B. Dudley High School and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, due to civil rights issues. Two were killed and twenty-seven injured.[326] |
| January 1, 1969 | Westernville, New York | 5[n 2] | 5 | 10 | Westernville New Year's Day shooting: A man opened fire at a family gathering, killing four people and wounding five others. He lost his life to suicide the following morning.[327] |
| July 23–24, 1968 | Cleveland, Ohio | 6 | 12 | 18 | Glenville shootout: A gun battle between the Cleveland Police Department and the Black Nationalists of New Libya led to six people being killed and at least twelve injured, and sparked the Glenville Riots.[328] |
| June 25, 1968 | Good Hart, Michigan | 6 | 0 | 6 | Robison family murders: While vacationing, a family was shot and killed, with the parents also bludgeoned with a hammer. The investigation continued for fifteen months after the bodies were discovered.[329] |
| June 5, 1968 | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 5 | 6 | Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy: Politician Robert F. Kennedy was killed and five others wounded in a shooting attack at a hotel. The shooter, Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan, was sentenced to life imprisonment.[330] |
| February 8, 1968 | Orangeburg, South Carolina | 3 | 27 | 30 | South Carolina State University shooting: After responding to the scene of about 200 protestors protesting racial segregation, after an officer was assaulted, officers began to shoot into the crowd; three people were killed and twenty-seven injured. |
| October 23, 1967 | Clinton County, Pennsylvania | 7[n 2] | 6 | 13 | 1967 Clinton County, Pennsylvania shootings: A man opened fire at his workplace in Lock Haven, killing 5 before driving to a nearby airport and wounding a woman. He then drove to Loganton where he fatally shot his neighbor and wounded his wife. The shooter was fatally shot by police after a gunfight.[331] |
| November 12, 1966 | Mesa, Arizona | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1966 Rose-Mar College of Beauty shooting: A gunman inspired by other mass murderers held seven women at gunpoint at a cosmetology college, including two babies, before fatally shooting five of them and wounding two. |
| August 1, 1966 | Austin, Texas | 16[n 2][n 16][n 33] | 31 | 46 | University of Texas tower shooting: A student and former Marine sharpshooter stabbed his wife and mother to death before using the University of Texas clock tower as a sniper's nest to kill 15 people, including the unborn baby of a pregnant woman, and wound 31 before being killed by police. |
| June 17, 1966 | Paterson, New Jersey | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1966 Paterson, New Jersey bar shooting: Two men opened fire in a bar, killing three people and wounding another. A boxer and another man were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 18 years.[332] |
| April 25, 1965 | Orcutt, California | 4[n 2] | 10 | 14 | 1965 Highway 101 sniper attack: A 16-year-old stole his father's military rifle and shot at automobiles driving down the highway, killing two and injuring eleven before committing suicide. A third victim died later at the hospital.[333] |
| November 22, 1963 | Dallas, Texas | 2 | 2 | 4 | Assassination of John F. Kennedy: President Kennedy and police officer J. D. Tippit were killed, and Texas governor John Connally and James Tague were both injured. The suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald, was himself shot the day after. |
| May 27, 1962 | Martinsburg, Iowa | 5 | 1 | 6 | McBeth family murders: Five family members were killed and another was wounded by a relative. The shooter was arrested five days later.[334] |
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1950s
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| December 19, 1959 | Osprey, Florida | 4 | 0 | 4 | Walker Family Murders: A husband and wife were murdered along with their two children after returning home. The wife was also raped prior to being killed.[335] |
| November 15, 1959 | Holcomb, Kansas | 4 | 0 | 4 | Clutter Family Murders: Four members of the Clutter family, parents and two teenage children were shot and killed in their home by two robbers.[336] |
| January 18, 1958 | Maxton, North Carolina | 0 | 4 | 4 | Battle of Hayes Pond: During a publicized Ku Klux Klan rally there was a clash between Lumbee Indians and Klan members, causing a disruption of the rally and four Klansmen to be wounded. Most of the resulting news coverage condemned the Klansmen and praised the Lumbees.[337] |
| March 1, 1954 | Washington D.C. | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1954 United States Capitol shooting: Four Puerto Rican nationalists shot from the Ladies Gallery of the House of Representatives chamber and wounded five Representatives.[338] |
| November 17, 1950 | Franklin Township and Minotola, New Jersey | 5 | 4 | 9 | Franklin Township shooting: A man shot his wife and her family members in three homes, killing five of her relatives and wounding his wife and three others. |
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| September 6, 1949 | Camden, New Jersey | 13 | 3 | 16 | 'Walk of Death' Killings by Howard Unruh: The perpetrator walked through his neighborhood for 12 minutes and killed thirteen; including three children, and injured three.[339] |
| July 25, 1946 | Walton County, Georgia | 4 | 0 | 4 | Moore's Ford Lynching: Four young African Americans composed of two married couples were lynched by a white mob and were shot and killed.[340] |
| July 8, 1945 | Salina, Utah | 9 | 19 | 28 | Utah prisoner of war massacre: Nine German POWs were killed and nineteen wounded by an American Army Private who shot at them while on guard duty.[341] |
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| October 24, 1935 | Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico | 5 | 2 | 7 | Río Piedras massacre: During a student assembly armed guards had been requested in case of violence. After stopping a suspicious vehicle a struggle ensued and four members of the Puerto Rican National party were killed as well as a bystander and a student and officer wounded.[342] |
| November 5, 1934 | Kelayres, Pennsylvania | 5 | 12–25 | 17–30 | Kelayres massacre: An election-eve parade and rally was shot at as it passed by the home of the local Republican boss, three victims died and between twelve and twenty-five were wounded.[343] |
| September 8, 1933 | Belfast, Maine | 5[n 2] | 0 | 5 | 1933 Belfast shooting: A gunman shot four men to death on the street before fatally shooting himself in a blacksmith shop.[344] |
| June 17, 1933 | Kansas City, Missouri | 5 | 3 | 8 | Kansas City massacre: Four law enforcement officers and a fugitive were killed, with three law enforcement officers wounded in a shootout between the two groups.[345] |
| March 6, 1933 | Cleveland, Ohio | 6[n 2] | 6 | 12 | 1933 Cleveland shootings: A mentally ill man shot five people to death and injured six others before being shot to death by police.[346] |
| February 15, 1933 | Miami, Florida | 1 | 5 | 6 | Attempted assassination of Franklin D. Roosevelt: A man with a handgun fired shots at President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt during a speech. He missed his target, but killed Chicago mayor Anton Cermak and wounded five other people.[347] |
| January 2, 1932 | Brookline, Missouri | 6 | 0 | 6 | Young Brothers massacre: Two criminals shot and killed six police officers during an attempted arrest.[348] |
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| December 25, 1929 | Germanton, North Carolina | 7[n 2] | 0 | 7 | Murder of the Lawson family: Charles Lawson shot and killed his wife and five children, and bludgeoned his youngest child to death, before committing suicide. The second eldest child survived after being sent on an errand.[349] |
| February 14, 1929 | Chicago, Illinois | 7 | 0 | 7 | Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang were shot and killed execution style against a garage wall.[350] |
| August 22, 1928 | Fairfield, California | 11[n 34] | 0 | 11 | Fairfield massacre: The perpetrator, armed with a lever-action rifle and a hatchet, attacked the ranch where he used to work, killing eleven people before fleeing.[351] |
| November 21, 1927 | Serene, Colorado | 6 | 0 | 6 | Columbine Mine massacre: A fight broke out between striking coal mine workers and Colorado state militia. The unarmed miners claimed that they were fired upon by a mine tipple or machine gun, which is disputed by police.[352] |
| September 9, 1924 | Hanapepe, Hawaii | 20 | 0 | 20 | Hanapepe massacre: During a strike of Filipino sugar workers, in an attempt to rescue two hostage strikebreakers police killed 16 strikers, while strikers killed four law enforcement members.[353] |
| January 1923 | Levy County, Florida | 8 | 27–150 | 35–158 | Rosewood massacre: The massacre was a racially motivated massacre and destruction of the town of Rosewood after a white woman claimed she was beaten and raped by a black man. The town was overrun by a white mob who hunted for the black inhabitants who had fled the area and hid in surrounding swamps before being evacuated. Six black and two white individuals were killed and between 27 and 150 were wounded.[354] |
| June 21–22, 1922 | Herrin, Illinois | 23 | 0 | 23 | Herrin massacre: During a United Mineworkers of America nationwide strike union miners shot at strikebreakers working at the mine. The mine's guards killed three union miners on June 21, and the miners killed 20 strikebreakers and guards on June 22.[355] |
| May 31 – June 1, 1921 | Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma | 36–300 [356][357] |
800+ | 836+ (exact number disputed) |
Tulsa race massacre: Armed white mobs attacked black residents and businesses in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, then the wealthiest black community in the U.S., known as "Black Wall Street".[358] |
| November 2, 1920 | Ocoee, Florida | 34–37 | unknown | 34–37+ | Ocoee massacre: White mob attack on African-American residents on day of the 1920 presidential election. Started because a black man wanted to vote. All black-owned property seized and population reduced to 0 for 60 years.[359] |
| February 9, 1920 | Lexington, Kentucky | 6 | 46+ | 50+ | Shooting of attempted lynch mob: Police and National Guard soldiers opened fire into a white lynch mob attempting to storm a courthouse and kill African-American serial killer Will Lockett. At least 50 people were shot, with five rioters and a bystander being killed.[360] |
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| March 14, 1912 | Hillsville, Virginia | 6 | 9 | 15 | Virginia courthouse shooting: A man on trial opened fire at the courthouse, killing several people, including the judge, sheriff, and prosecutor.[361] |
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1900s
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| November 13, 1906 | Asheville, North Carolina | 6[n 2] | 12 | 18 | 1906 Asheville shooting: A visitor opened fire on people in the street, killing five people and wounding twelve others before being eventually killed himself.[362] |
| August 13, 1903 | Winfield, Kansas | 10[n 2] | 25 | 35 | Winfield massacre: During a concert in Winfield, Kansas, Gilbert Twigg opened fire on the crowd before killing himself. Six people died at the scene, and three later succumbed to their injuries in the hospital. 25 others were injured.[363] |
| April 6, 1902 | Tuscumbia, Alabama | 8[n 2] | 2 | 10 | 1902 Tuscumbia shooting: A man shot at police who attempted to arrest him, killing seven people and wounding two others. The gunman was shot dead.[364] |
| July 23–27, 1900 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 8[n 2] | 20 | 28 | 1900 New Orleans riots: During Jim Crow in the South, a black man was accosted by police and reacted violently. As he was being chased by a white mob (who lynched and killed an unknown number of blacks in response), the man armed with a rifle and revolver shot and killed seven people and wounded twenty others over several days as police attempted to arrest him. He was shot dead.[365] |
| January 16, 1900 | Frankfort, Kentucky | 3[n 1] | 4[n 1] | 7 | Colson-Scott duel: Two army officers exchanged gunfire within a hotel. One of the shooters was killed along with two bystanders, while the second shooter and three passersby were wounded.[366] |
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See also
- List of school shootings in the United States by death toll
- List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000)
- List of school shootings in the United States (2000–present)
- List of unsuccessful attacks related to schools
- Mass shootings in the United States#Deadliest mass shootings since 1949
- List of rampage killers in the United States
- List of countries by firearm-related death rate
- List of countries by intentional homicide rate
- Percent of households with guns by country
- Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country
- Gun violence in the United States
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Notes
- Including at least one of the perpetrators
- Including the perpetrator or suspect
- 14 others were killed solely from getting rammed by a truck.
- Including one victim who died 10 days later
- Not from gunfire
- 19 by gunfire and 6 from fleeing accidents
- Four injured by gunfire
- 2 by gunfire, 1 by vehicular homicide
- 12 by gunfire.
- 4 killed by gunfire/stabbing, and 1 from stabbing.
- 10 by gunfire and 19 by evacuation accidents
- 17 by gunfire
- Including one victim who died in April 2020
- Seventeen injured by gunfire
- Three injured by gunfire
- Including an unborn child
- Including both perpetrators
- Three killed by stabbing, four by gunfire including the shooter
- Seven injured by gunfire, seven struck by vehicle
- Six by gunfire
- Four by gunfire
- All by stabbing
- Four by gunfire
- Five by gunfire
- One injured by a knife
- Three other people were bludgeoned to death prior to the shooting spree
- Including a victim who died in 2025
- Seven from smoke inhalation
- Including 3 of the perpetrators
- 11 by gunfire
- 3 by stabbing
- Seven from gunfire, including the perpetrator
- 2 others were stabbed to death
- Nine by gunfire
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