The 30 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history include Monterey Park and Uvalde
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- The Monterey Park shooting is now one of the 30 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history.
- The shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas in May 2022 is also among the deadliest.
- Twenty-one of the 30 deadliest shootings occurred in the 21st century.
The shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park, California is now one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern US history.
On January 21, 2023, a gunman killed 10 people and injured 10 others at a dance hall, before attempting another shooting at a second dance hall nearby, according to police. Police now say they found the suspect the next day who had died by suicide.
The deadly shooting bears the unfortunate — but increasingly familiar — distinction of joining the ranks of the deadliest mass shootings in modern US history.
The Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit that tracks shootings in the US, counted at least 647 mass shootings in 2022. The organization defines a mass shooting as a single incident in which at least four people are shot, not including the gunman.
These are the details of 30 of the deadliest mass shootings in modern US history.
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In October 2017, a gunman opened fire on a crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest festival from his 32nd-floor room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
The rampage lasted more than 15 minutes as panicked concertgoers tried to take cover, unaware of where the shots were coming from. By the end of it, 58 people were killed, and more than 850 were injured.
A police SWAT unit broke into the gunman's room and found him dead by suicide.
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Before Las Vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in US history was the 2016 shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando.
The gunman killed 49 people and wounded at least 50 before Orlando police killed him. As the club was hosting a "Latin Night," many of the victims were Latino.
During the shooting, the gunman called Orlando police and swore allegiance to ISIS, although authorities found no evidence of communication between the terrorist group and the attacker.
Still, the shooting drew swift condemnation from American Muslims. It remains the deadliest act of terror in the US since September 11.
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The 2007 massacre on Virginia Tech University's campus remains the deadliest school shooting in US history.
The gunman, a senior at the school, killed 32 students and instructors in two separate attacks about two hours apart before killing himself. Seventeen students were injured.
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Twenty students and six teachers were killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. Each student killed was between the ages of 6 and 7.
Minutes before he went to the school, the gunman fatally shot his mother at their home. He died by suicide as first responders arrived at the school.
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A gunman wearing tactical gear and wielding a semiautomatic rifle opened fire in November 2017, at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, a tiny town of 600 east of San Antonio.
At least 26 parishioners were killed in the attack. Victims ranged in age from 18 months to 72 years. The gunman was found dead after a brief car chase.
The shooting supplanted the 2015 shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina, church as the deadliest mass shooting to take place at a house of worship in the United States.
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In 1991, a gunman drove his pickup truck through the glass front window of a Luby's restaurant in Killeen, Texas, and began a shooting rampage on patrons and staff inside.
He killed 23 people and injured 27 more before fatally shooting himself.
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Police have charged a 21-year-old with capital murder in the shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas on August 3, 2019.
Police say the gunman, who lived 650 miles away from the Walmart, posted a racist, anti-immigrant manifesto on 8chan, an online message board.
It appeared 20 minutes before the attacks, and talks about a "Hispanic invasion of Texas," and turning Texas into a "Democrat stronghold."
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A 41-year-old man shot multiple people at a McDonald's restaurant in the San Ysidro district of San Diego in 1984. The casualties included an 8-month-old boy and a 9-year-old girl, and the wounded included a 4-month-old girl.
The rampage ended when the gunman was shot by a San Diego SWAT Team sniper perched on a nearby roof. The shooting prompted changes to the police department in how it responded to mass-shooter scenarios.
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At least 19 children and two adults were killed by a gunman on Tuesday who opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, about 84 miles outside of San Antonio, authorities said.
The victims include two teachers and children, whose ages range from 8 -to 10 years old.
Law enforcement officials confirmed that the 18-year-old man, who was a student at Uvalde High School, was shot dead at the scene.
It's the deadliest mass shooting at a K-12 school since Sandy Hook in 2012.
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On a hot summer day in 1966, a military-trained sniper shot dozens of people from the observation deck of the University of Texas's main building, known as the Tower.
The shooting lasted more than 90 minutes, as officers responding to the attack were forced to move slowly and take cover often. Police got assistance from Texas students, who attempted to pick off the shooter from the ground with hunting rifles, restricting him to shoot through drain spouts for much of the attack.
Local police officers stormed the Tower and fatally shot the gunman. The incident spurred the creation of SWAT teams and has drawn comparisons to the Las Vegas shooting because of the gunman's high vantage point.
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A former 19-year-old student shot and killed 17 people and injured 17 more, armed with at least one AR-15.
The dead included students and adults. The shooter was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
"It's a horrific situation. It's just a horrible day for us," Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said. "It's a day that you pray every day that you get up that you will never have to see. It is in front of us, and I ask the community for your prayers, your support for these children and these families."
Many of the student survivors became outspoken activists for gun control legislation, launching the March for Our Lives movement.
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In 2009, a US Army major and psychiatrist fatally shot 13 people and wounded more than two dozen others at Ford Hood, an army base near Killeen, Texas.
A civilian police sergeant shot the gunman, paralyzing him from the waist down and ending the shooting. He was sentenced to death in 2013 and remains in prison.
Five years later, in 2014, Fort Hood was the site of a shooting spree that left three people dead and 14 wounded.
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In 2015, a married couple opened fire at Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, where Farook worked as a health inspector.
Police said the couple also planted three homemade pipe bombs in the building, though they failed to detonate.
The couple fled the scene in a vehicle and were killed by police four hours later. The FBI found that the two US citizens were "homegrown violent extremists" and were inspired by foreign terrorist groups.
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A part-time mail carrier fatally shot 14 postal workers at a US Post Office in Edmond, Oklahoma, in 1986. The attack ended when the gunman fatally shot himself in the head.
The gruesome attack was the first of a string of homicides by postal workers between 1986 and 1999, and inspired the expression "going postal."
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In 1999, two armed students entered Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado fatally shooting 13 people and injuring more than 20 others. The gunmen killed themselves after the attack.
The incident changed schools across the country, and how officials and law enforcement responds to mass shootings.
A recent Washington Post report revealed that at least 554 children, educators, and school staff have been killed or injured since the massacre.
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A shooter, who donned body armor, stormed into the American Civic Association Center in Binghamton, New York, in 2009, according to local news.
The 41-year-old gunman, who took classes at the center, shot 13 people before killing himself, CNN reported.
Authorities later learned that the shooter had recently lost his job at the time, per the report.
"That this tragedy should have happened in our community to our friends who only wanted to advance their knowledge and love of America is unbearable," American Civic Association told Reuters in a statement.
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A gunman, reportedly a WWII vet, fatally shot 13 people in his own neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey, in 1949, according to USA Today.
The shooter was arrested by authorities, and according to NJ.com, confessed to the crime.
A Parkland shooting survivor, Carly Novell, said that her grandfather survived the shooting in the Camden massacre decades before, The Courier-Post reported.
"When he was 12 years old, he hid in a closet while his family was murdered during the first mass shooting in America," Novell tweeted in 2018. "Almost 70 years later, I also hid in a closet from a murderer. These events shouldn't be repetitive. Something has to change."
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An armed man opened fire during the midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, in 2012.
The gunman detonated smoke bombs and opened fire on the crowd, according to ABC News, resulting in the death of 12 people.
The shooter was arrested near the scene and sentenced to life without parole three years later, the outlet reported.
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A 28-year-old Marine Corps veteran shot and killed 12 people and injured 18 at a country bar in Thousand Oaks, Los Angeles, on November 7, 2018.
At about 11 p.m. with a .45-caliber handgun that had been legally purchased, police said he shot a security guard and several employees, then opened fire inside the bar. It was estimated there were between 130 and 180 people in the bar.
He also killed a deputy sheriff before he killed himself.
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Police said a 40-year-old public utility employee killed 12 people after he opened fire on multiple levels of a municipal center in Virginia Beach, where he had worked for 15 years. Eleven of the victims were employees.
He had a semi-automatic pistol with a sound suppressor, and a rifle, and engaged in a gunfight with police. He was shot dead at the scene.
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Armed with an assault rifle and three handguns, police said a 46-year-old truck driver entered the Tree of Life synagogue and killed 11 people on October 27, 2018.
When he was arrested, the gunman told officers that "all Jews need to die." He was a frequent user of a social network called Gab, which attracted people on the right, where he posted anti-Semitic messages.
It is thought to be the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history.
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A gunman opened fire at Santa Fe High School in Texas, killing 10 and injuring 13. Authorities charged the 17-year-old accused shooter with capital murder.
Police said he used a shotgun and a .38-caliber revolver, both legally owned by his father. Police later found a journal that outline his plan for his attack and later suicide, but he ended up being taken into custody.
Police also discovered four pipe bombs at the high school and a Molotov cocktail at his house.
Local news reported in February that the gunman's trial has been delayed, and that was"recommitted" to a state hospital.
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An armed man walked into a dance studio where guests had gathered for a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park, California, on January 21, 2023, and killed 10 people.
Ten more people were injured.
Police said the gunman then attempted to shoot up another dance hall a few miles away. But he was immediately disarmed by a partygoer, according to police.
He then fled the scene on foot, and a police manhunt ensued.
Police identified the shooting suspect as a 72-year-old Asian man.
The following afternoon, a SWAT team surrounded the white cargo van of the suspected shooter and found he had died by suicide.
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Law enforcement allege a white 18-year-old man from Conklin, New York traveled to a predominately Black neighborhood in Buffalo and opened fire at Tops Friendly Market, a local grocery store.
Officials said 13 people were shot in the "racially motivated" attack and that a majority of the victims were Black.
The man, who was dressed in tactical gear and live-streamed the incident, was charged with first-degree murder, to which he pleaded not guilty.
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Officials alleged that a 22-year-old Colorado man was behind the deadly shooting at King Soopers grocery store in Boulder last year.
The gunman is accused of killing 10 people, including a police officer and at least three employees.
Local news reported in April that the man was ruled incompetent to stand trial. His next review is set for July.
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