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The deadliest mass shootings in recent US history

2022-05-24T22:18:11.837Z


The United States tends to report mass shootings on a frequent basis. These are the deadliest in the country's recent history. 


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America has a sad history of mass shootings.

In this gallery we tell you which were the deadliest.

The order is by number of deaths →

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Oct. 1, 2017 - Las Vegas shooting - A 64-year-old man opened fire at a country concert on the Strip, leaving 58 dead and nearly 700 injured (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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June 12, 2016 - 49 people were killed at Orlando's Pulse bar when 29-year-old Omar Saddiqui Mateen opened fire at the nightclub.

More than 50 were injured.

(Credit: WKMG/CNN)

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April 16, 2007 – Virginia Tech massacre: 32 people are killed in the attack on a 23-year-old student who killed himself after opening fire on the university campus.

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December 14, 2012 - Sandy Hook School Massacre: Adam Lanza, 20, shoots and kills dozens of children, killing at least 20 between six and seven years old, six adults, then takes his own life.

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On November 5, 2017, a man walks into a small Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and shoots 25 people and an unborn baby dead.

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Oct. 16, 1991 – Luby's Cafe Massacre in Killeen, Texas: A 35-year-old man crashed his truck through the door of a Luby's Cafe in Killeen, Texas.

23 people were killed and the attacker committed suicide.

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On August 3, 2019, twenty people were killed when a man walked into a Walmart in El Paso and opened fire.

22 people died.

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On February 14, 2018, a former student opens fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, opens fire.

There were 17 deaths.

(Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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November 5, 2017 - At least 26 people were killed in a shooting at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

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August 3, 2019 - In El Paso, Texas, 22 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart store.

Authorities say they found an anti-immigrant document espousing white nationalist and racist views, which they believe was written by suspect Patrick Crusius, 21.

It is investigated as internal terrorism.

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July 18, 1984 – San Ysidro, California McDonald's Massacre: A 41-year-old man killed 21 people at a local restaurant.

Police killed the attacker an hour after the shooting began.

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February 14, 2018 - Nikolas Cruz, 19, attacked students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing at least 17 adults and children.

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August 1, 1966 - Massacre at the University of Texas at Austin: 16 people were killed and at least 30 wounded when a former military man opened fire from a tower at the university.

The police shot him down.

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May 24, 2022 - At least 14 children and a teacher are killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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December 2, 2015 - San Bernardino Massacre: A married couple opened fire at a meeting of employees at a center in San Bernardino killing 14 people.

(CNN Spanish) -- The

United States usually reports mass shootings frequently.

These are the deadliest (more than 10 deaths) in the country's recent history, in order from the most recent.

Massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

On May 24, 2022, at least 14 children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

Shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas

On August 3, 2019, 20 people are killed when a man walks into a Walmart and starts shooting.

Authorities said as many as 3,000 shoppers and 100 employees were inside the building at the time.

Parkland, Fla.

February 14, 2018: A former student opens fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The suspect had been expelled for disciplinary reasons, authorities said.

He was arrested shortly after the attack.

First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs

November 5, 2017: A man walks into a small church in a rural Texas town and shoots 25 people and an unborn child dead.

The shooter, identified by two law enforcement sources as Devin Patrick Kelley, is found dead after a short chase, but it is unclear if he was shot or took his own life.

It is the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history.

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music festival in las vegas

October 1, 2017: A gunman, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, shoots from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino hotel into a crowd of more than 20,000 gathered on the Las Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas festival. music Route 91 Harvest.

He kills 58 people and wounds more than 500. Police believe the gunman committed suicide.

It is the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

Pulse nightclub

June 12, 2016: Omar Saddiqui Mateen, 29, opens fire inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando.

At least 49 people are killed and more than 50 are injured.

Police shoot and kill Mateen during an operation to free hostages officials say he was holding inside the club.

Massacre at

Virginia Tech

The shooting at Virginia Tech University in the state of Virginia in April 2007 left 32 people dead.

The assailant was a 23-year-old student identified as Seung-hui Cho.

Sandy

Hook School

In December 2012, an attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, claimed the lives of 20 children and seven adults.

The aggressor, Adam Lanza, 20, also died in the events, raising the number of fatalities to 28.

Luby

's Coffee Shop in Killeen, Texas

In October 1991, 35-year-old George Hennan crashed his vehicle into a coffee shop in Killeen, Texas, then shot at the scene, killing 23 people.

McDonald's of San Ysidro, California

In July 1984, James Huberty, carrying three different guns, shot at point-blank range at a McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro, California.

He killed 21 people between adults and children.

University of Texas at Austin

In August 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, a former United States Marine, killed 16 people and wounded 30 at the University of Texas.

The man had killed his mother and his wife before arriving at the university.

Saint Bernardine

In December 2015, a married couple opened fire at a meeting of employees at a center in San Bernardino, killing 14 people.

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Source: cnnespanol

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