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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.
30+ wounded by Nidal Hasan, it was the deadliest mass shooting on an American military base. Aurora shooting: 2012 Jul 20 Aurora: Colorado: 12 70 people were wounded, 58 from gunfire, 4 from tear gas, and 8 from injuries sustained fleeing from shooting during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises. Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: 2012 Dec ...
Timeline of the deadliest mass shooting in the United States Year Incident Location Deaths Injuries Ref; 1949 Camden shootings: Camden, New Jersey: 13 3 1966 University of Texas tower shooting† Austin, Texas: 17 31 1984 San Ysidro McDonald's massacre† San Diego, California: 22 19 1991 Luby's shooting† Killeen, Texas: 23 27 2007 Virginia ...
An 18-year-old man killed six people during a drug-related shooting in a Bronx apartment. [47] 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. [48 ...
2. Osama Bin Laden. Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin-Laden had a manhunt that lasted over a decade. U.S. authorities didn't hunt the head of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group until 1998 when hundreds of ...
A farmer who engaged Union troops at long range during the American Civil War and recorded 36 officer "kills" on his custom-made .50 caliber Kentucky long rifle with iron sights. [72] United States: Lon Horiuchi: 1954– A Federal Bureau of Investigation sniper who shot Randy Weaver and shot and killed Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge. [73] United States
The suspected Trump rally shooter bought 50 rounds of ammunition, hours before carrying out the attack, according to a report.. Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was identified by law enforcement as the ...
The incident was formerly the deadliest American mass shooting and is currently the third-deadliest. December 14, 2012: Newtown, Connecticut: 28 [n 1] 2: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed twenty-six people and himself. He first killed his mother at their shared home before taking four of her guns and driving ...