![]() Fifty-eight people were killed and 887 sustained documented injuries, either from gunfire or while running to safety. In one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history, a gunman perched on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, smashed the windows of his suite with a hammer and shot at a crowd of 22,000 people at an outdoor country music festival. 14, 2018: A high school in Parkland, Fla. Witnesses said that the gunman first entered an art classroom, said “Surprise!” and started shooting. 38 revolver hidden under his coat, a 17-year-old student opened fire on his high school campus, Santa Fe High School, killing 10 people, many of them his fellow students, and wounding 10 more, the authorities said. May 18, 2018: A high school in Santa Fe, TexasĪrmed with a shotgun and a. The gunman had previously sued journalists at the chain, the Capital Gazette, for defamation and had waged a social media campaign against them. June 28, 2018: A newsroom in Annapolis, Md.Ī man armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades assaulted the newsroom of a community newspaper chain in Annapolis, Md., killing five staff members, injuring two others. The gunman shot indiscriminately at worshipers for several minutes. In one of the deadliest attacks against the Jewish community in the United States, a man shouting anti-Semitic slurs opened fire inside a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 congregants and wounding six others. Family members said the workers were unable to use their cell phones on the job, leaving them unable to confirm their safety for hours. April 15, 2021: A FedEx warehouse in IndianapolisĪt least eight people were killed, not including a gunman who was believed to have taken his own life after opening fire in the warehouse. ![]() These are just some of the horrors that have traumatized the nation. There have been dozens of mass shootings in the United States in just the past five years, according to the Violence Project, which maintains a database of attacks in which at least four people were killed.Īnd before that, many more were seared into memories: San Bernardino, Calif., and Charleston, S.C., in 2015 Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., in 2012 Virginia Tech in 2007, among them.Įach new attack is a reminder of all of the others that came before it, as the nation has been unable to curb an epidemic of gun violence that far outpaces other countries. ![]() The bleak reality of a list like this is that it leaves out so many more. This file was updated on April 16 after the shooting at a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis. ![]()
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