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Camden, New Jersey
In September 1949, Howard Unruh shot and killed 13 of his neighbors (3 of them children) with a handgun. He never went to trial as he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and placed in a hospital for the criminally insane. Unruh died in 2009 at the age of 88. -
University of Texas- Austin
In August 1966, Charles Whitman, a former University of Texas student, shot 47 people from the 28th floor of the school’s clock tower. 16 victims died and 31 were badly wounded. -
California State University--Fullerton
In July 1976, Edward Charles Allaway, a university custodian, shot and killed seven people and wounded two others in the school library. -
San Ysidro, California
In July 1984, James Oliver Huberty went to a local McDonalds with a semi-automatic weapon and shot 40 people—21 died and 19 were wounded. Huberty was shot and killed by a SWAT team sniper. -
Edmond, Oklahoma
In August 1986, postman Patrick Sherrill shot 20 of his co-workers at the Edmond post office—killing 14 and wounding 6. He committed suicide thereafter. This tragic event led to the coining of the phrase “going postal.” -
Jacksonville, Florida
In June 1990, James Edward Pough entered a General Motors Acceptance Corporation office with a revolver and shot 13 people, killing 9 and injuring 4. Pough committed suicide shortly after. -
Killeen, Texas
In October 1991, a man named George Hennard drove his truck into the front window of a Luby’s restaurant and opened fire. In total, 23 people were killed and 22 were wounded. When law enforcement arrived, Hennard went into the bathroom and shot himself. -
University of Iowa
In November 1991, Gang Lu, a former university of Iowa PhD student, shot and killed 4 faculty members and 1 student and wounded another student with a handgun. He shot himself before police arrived. -
Springfield, Oregon
In August 1998, 15-year-old Kipland Kinkel killed his parents before heading to school where he shot 25 people, killing 2. He is currently in prison serving a 111-year sentence. -
Columbine High School
In April 1999, students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold came to school with a variety of weapons (bombs, knives, shotguns, handguns) and enacted an all out assault on their peers. They wounded 21 people and killed 12 students,1 teacher, and themselves. -
Red Lake Senior High, Minnesota
In March, 2005, 16-year-old Jeffery Weise killed his grandfather and his grandfather’s girlfriend before driving to his former school, Red Lake Senior High School, where he opened fire on the campus killing 7 students and wounding 5. After facing off with the police, Weise went into a classroom and committed suicide. -
West Nickel Mines School, Pennsylvania
In October 2006, Charles Carl Roberts took young students hostage at an amish schoolhouse and shot 10 girls, killing 5. Afterward, he committed suicide. -
Virginia Tech University
In April 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, a student suffering from severe anxiety disorder, shot 59 people— killing 32 and wounding 27. Cho killed himself shortly afterward. According to MSNBC and other sources, the Virginia Tech shooting is the deadliest incident by a single gunman in the history of the United States. -
Northern Illinois University
In February 2008, former university student Steven Phillip Kazmierczak shot 21 students in a lecture hall on campus; 5 died and 16 were wounded. Kazmierczak committed suicide. -
Geneva County, Alabama
In March 2009, 28-year-old Michael Kenneth McLendon went on a shooting spree in Geneva County, Alabama. 10 people were killed, five of which were his own family members and 2 were children. After entering a shoot out with the police, McLendon decided to kill himself. -
Binghamton, New York
In April 2009, A Vietnamese immigrant named Jiverly Wong entered the American Civic Association Immigration Center, where he had previously taken English lessons, and shot 17 people (13 fatally) before shooting himse -
Fort Hood Military Base, Texas
In November 2009, Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist serving at the Fort Hood military base, killed 13 people and wounded 29 with a semi-automatic pistol. Hasan was shot, paralyzing him from the waste down, and taken into custody where he was charged with numerous counts of murder and attempted murder. According to USA today, It is the worst mass shooting on a military base in U.S. history. -
Oikos University, California
In April 2012, a gunman shot and killed 7 students and injured three during a nursing class lecture. One L. Goh, the suspected shooter, has yet to stand trial because he has been characterized so far as mentally unfit to do so. -
Aurora, Colorado
In July 2012, a gunman entered the century movie theater during a showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” and began a rampage with a variety of weapons. He shot and killed 12 moviegoers and injured and additional 58. James Eagan Holmes is the main suspect in the shooting. -
Newtown, Connecticut
In December 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot his mother before heading to Sandy Kook Elementary School where he began a shooting spree with a semi-automatic rifle and handguns. He killed 20 children (12 girls, 8 boys, ages 6 and 7) as well as six staff members. He committed suicide before the police arrived.
