Major mass-shooting attacks in the U.S. since January 2009
April 2012 / Oikos University, California
7 dead, 3 wounded
43-year-old One L Goh, a former student at the small Christian college, starts shooting in a classroom.
July 2012 / Aurora, Colorado
12 dead, 58 wounded
James Holmes, 24, opens fire during the late-night premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises.” He had booby-trapped his apartment with explosives, and was recently sentenced to twelve life terms.
December 2012 / Sandy Hook Massacre, Connecticut
27 dead, 1 wounded
Adam Lanza, 20, forces his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown. He kills twenty first-graders and six adults. Before arriving at the school, he had killed his mother at their home.
June 2013 / Santa Monica College, California
5 dead
John Zawahri, an unemployed 23-year-old, kills five people in a rampage which begins at his father home and ends in the college’s library.
September 2013 / Washington Navy Yard
13 dead, 3 injured
Aaron Alexis, a Navy contractor and former Navy man, engages police in a running firefight through the Washington, D.C. complex, before being shot and killed.
May 2014 / University of California, Santa Barbara
7 dead, 7 wounded
Elliot Rodger opens fire on the campus town of Isla Vista, California from inside a black BMW. Rodgers left written and video evidence, suggesting the attack is premeditated.
October 2014 /Marysville Pilchuck High School, Marysville, Washington
5 dead, 1 injured
Jaylen Fryberg, a 15-year old high school freshman, kills four students – including his cousin – after arranging to meet them at the school’s cafeteria. He then kills himself. The killing appears to be the result of a conflict over a girl (the girl was also killed).
June 2015 / Charleston, South Carolina
9 dead
White supremacist Dylann Roof begins shooting in a historic black church, attempting to spark a race-war.
August 2015 / Roanoke, Virginia
3 dead, 1 wounded
Vester Lee Flanagan II (AKA Bryce Williams) shoots dead two former colleagues from the WDBJ7 news team.
October 2015 / Umpqua Community College, Oregon
10 dead, at least 7 wounded
Chris Harper-Mercer, 26, who was enrolled at the college and had posted online messages about other recent massacres, shoots people at random on campus.
December 2015 / San Bernadino, California
14 dead
Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik shoot fourteen people dead at a holiday party in San Bernardino, California. They were killed in a shootout with police five hours after the massacre at the Inland Regional Center social services agency, and are reported to have been inspired by Islamist militants.
March 2016/ Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
6 dead, 5 injured
A shooting at a backyard party in the town of Wilkinsburg, near Pittsburgh, leaves five people dead and three others injured.
June 2016 / Orlando, Florida
50 dead, 53 injured
A heavily armed gunman opens fire and seizes hostages at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. It is the worst mass shooting in America’s history.
