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18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:18am On Jun 15, 2020
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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:24am On Jun 15, 2020
Las Vegas, October 1, 2017 — 59 dead, more than 850 wounded

In October 2017, gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest festival from his 32nd-floor room at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Casino.

The rampage lasted more than 15 minutes as panicked concertgoers tried to take cover, unaware of where the fire was coming from. By the end of it, 58 people were killed, and more than 850 were injured.

A police SWAT unit broke into Paddock's room and found the gunman dead by suicide.

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:28am On Jun 15, 2020
Orlando, June 12, 2016 — 50 dead, 53 wounded



Before Las Vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in US history was the 2016 shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

Gunman Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded at least 53 at the nightclub before he was killed by Orlando police. As the club was hosting a "Latin Night," many of the victims were Latino.

During the shooting, Mateen called Orlando police and swore allegiance to the 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



This Monday, July 11, 2016 photo shows a makeshift memorial outside the Pulse nightclub, a month after the mass shooting in Orlando, Fla. Associated Press/John Raoux

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:30am On Jun 15, 2020
Virginia Tech University, April 16, 2007 — 32 dead, 17 wounded

The 2007 mass shooting on Virginia Tech University's campus remains the deadliest school shooting in US history.

Gunman Seung-Hui Cho, a senior at the school, killed more than 30 students and instructors in two separate attacks about two hours apart before committing suicide. Seventeen students were wounded.


Students embrace during a memorial service at the football stadium on the campus of Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va., April 17, 2007. AP Photo/Amy Sancetta

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:32am On Jun 15, 2020
Sutherland Springs, Texas, November 5, 2017 — 26 dead, 20 wounded

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


Mourners participate in a candlelight vigil held for the victims of a fatal shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. AP Photo/Darren Abate

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by Freestainworld(m): 7:33am On Jun 15, 2020
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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:34am On Jun 15, 2020
Sandy Hook Elementary School, December 14, 2012 — 26 dead, two wounded


Twenty students and six teachers were killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012. Each student casualty was between the ages of 6 and 7.

Minutes before he went to the school, the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, fatally shot his mother at their home. Lanza committed suicide as first responders arrived at the school

Carlee Soto uses a phone to get information about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., after gunman Adam Lanza killed 26 people inside the school, including 20 children. Victoria Soto, 27, was among those killed. AP Photo/Jessica Hill

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:36am On Jun 15, 2020
Killeen, Texas, October 16, 1991 — 23 dead, 27 wounded

In 1991, George Hennard 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.





Police officers gather outside Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, at the scene where a gunman killed 23 people including himself, with semi-automatic gunfire. AP Photo/Rick McFarland

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:38am On Jun 15, 2020
San Ysidro, California, July 18, 1984 — 20 dead, 16 wounded


James Huberty, 41, shot 36 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 Huberty 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

A woman is removed on a stretcher at the scene of a shooting rampage at a McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro, Calif., July 19, 1984. AP Photo/Greg Vojtko

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:42am On Jun 15, 2020
Parkland, Florida, February 14, 2018 — 17 dead, 17 wounded

Gunman and former student Nikolas Cruz, 19, shot and killed 17 people and injured 17 more, armed with at least one AR-15.

The dead included students and adults. Cruz 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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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by Holamilekan97(m): 7:44am On Jun 15, 2020
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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:47am On Jun 15, 2020
Police have charged 21-year-old Patrick Crusius with capital murder in the shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas on August 3, 2019. At least 22 people were killed and 24 were injured.

Police say Crusius, 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."

The shooting is being treated as domestic terrorism and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by MJBOLT: 7:50am On Jun 15, 2020
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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:52am On Jun 15, 2020
University of Texas-Austin, August 1, 1966 — 15 dead, 31 wounded



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.

Read more: A policeman who helped end one of the deadliest school shootings in US history relives the massacre


San Bernardino, California, December 2, 2015 — 14 dead, 22 wounded
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Armored vehicles surround an SUV following a shootout in San Bernardino, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. KNBC via AP
In 2015, married couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik 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.


Edmond, Oklahoma, August 20, 1986 — 14 dead, 7 wounded
An postal worker in Edmond, Okla. weeps following a shooting spree at the post office in 1986. AP Photo/David Longstreath
Part-time mail carrier Patrick Sherrill shot 21 postal workers, killing 14 of them, at a US Post Office in Edmond, Oklahoma, in 1986. The attack ended when Sherrill 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."

Fort Hood, Texas, November 5, 2009 — 13 dead, 30 wounded
Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. AP Photo/Jack Plunkett
In 2009, Nidal Hasan, a US Army major and psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and wounded 30 others at Ford Hood, an army base near Killeen, Texas. It was the deadliest mass shooting to take place on a US military base.

A civilian police sergeant shot Hasan, paralyzing him from the waist down and ending the shooting. Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 and remains in prison to this day.

Five years later, in 2014, Fort Hood was the site of a shooting spree that left three people dead and 14 wounded.

Thousand Oaks, California, November 7, 2018 – 13 dead, 18 injured
Mourners attend a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting. Mike Blake / Reuters
Ian David Long, 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, 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.

Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 31, 2019 – 12 dead, four wounded
A makeshift memorial by a police cordon in front of a municipal building that was the scene of the shooting. Patrick Semansky / AP
Police said public utilities employee DeWayne Craddock, 40, 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 gun fight with police. He was shot dead at the scene.



Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh, October 27, 2018 – 11 dead, six wounded
Mourners embrace. Salwan Georges / The Washington Post / Getty
Armed with an assault rifle and three handguns, police said 46-year-old truck driver Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life synagogue and killed 11 people on October 27, 2018.

When he was arrested, Bowers 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 right, where he posted anti-Semitic messages.

It is thought to be the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history.

Santa Fe High School, Texas, May 18, 2018 – 10 dead, 13 injured
People react following a shooting at Santa Fe High School. David J. Phillip/AP
On a Friday morning, a gunman opened fire at Santa Fe High School in Texas, killing 10 and injuring 13. Authorities charged 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis with capital murder. His trial is still proceeding through the court system.

Police said he used a shotgun and a .38-caliber revolver, both legally owned by his father. Police later found a journal that outlined Pagourtzis' 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.

Dayton, Ohio, August 4, 2019 – nine dead, 27 wounded
The scene of a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio. John Minchillo / AP
Less than 24 hours after a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, a gunman opened fire at a bar in Dayton, Ohio, in the early hours of Sunday morning. The shooting took place at Ned Peppers Bar, in Dayton's entertainment district, with an assault-style rifle, which could hold 100 rounds, police said.

Authorities identified the gunman as 24-year-old Connor Betts from Bellbrook, Ohio. Nine people, including Betts' sister, were killed in the attack. Another 27 were injured.

To escape the gunfire, people pushed down gates and were trampled. Dayton's police chief said officers killed Betts within 30 seconds of him beginning to shoot. It's unclear what prompted the shooting.

A frame from a newscast reporting the mass shooting at the University of Texas on August 1, 1966. Screenshot/NBC

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:53am On Jun 15, 2020
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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:57am On Jun 15, 2020
San Bernardino, California, December 2, 2015 — 14 dead, 22 wounded


In 2015, married couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik 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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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 7:59am On Jun 15, 2020
Edmond, Oklahoma, August 20, 1986 — 14 dead, 7 wounded



Part-time mail carrier Patrick Sherrill shot 21 postal workers, killing 14 of them, at a US Post Office in Edmond, Oklahoma, in 1986. The attack ended when Sherrill 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."

An postal worker in Edmond, Okla. weeps following a shooting spree at the post office in 1986. AP Photo/David Longstreath

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by tillaman(m): 8:00am On Jun 15, 2020
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Las Vegas, October 1, 2017 — 59 dead, more than 850 wounded

In October 2017, gunman Stephen Paddock opened fire on a crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest festival from his 32nd-floor room at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Casino.

The rampage lasted more than 15 minutes as panicked concertgoers tried to take cover, unaware of where the fire was coming from. By the end of it, 58 people were killed, and more than 850 were injured.

A police SWAT unit broke into Paddock's room and found the gunman dead by suicide.

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 8:03am On Jun 15, 2020
Fort Hood, Texas, November 5, 2009 — 13 dead, 30 wounded



In 2009, Nidal Hasan, a US Army major and psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and wounded 30 others at Ford Hood, an army base near Killeen, Texas. It was the deadliest mass shooting to take place on a US military base.

A civilian police sergeant shot Hasan, paralyzing him from the waist down and ending the shooting. Hasan was sentenced to death in 2013 and remains in prison to this day.

Five years later, in 2014, Fort Hood was the site of a shooting spree that left three people dead and 14 wounded


Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. AP Photo/Jack Plunkett

Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 8:07am On Jun 15, 2020
Thousand Oaks, California, November 7, 2018 – 13 dead, 18 injured




Ian David Long, 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, 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.

Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by Sankabson(m): 8:07am On Jun 15, 2020
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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 8:10am On Jun 15, 2020
Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 31, 2019 – 12 dead, four wounded


Police said public utilities employee DeWayne Craddock, 40, 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 gun fight with police. He was shot dead at the scene

Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 8:11am On Jun 15, 2020
Caddocks victims

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 8:17am On Jun 15, 2020
Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh, October 27, 2018 – 11 dead, six wounded

Armed with an assault rifle and three handguns, police said 46-year-old truck driver Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life synagogue and killed 11 people on October 27, 2018.

When he was arrested, Bowers 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 right, where he posted anti-Semitic messages.

It is thought to be the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history.

Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by happybee: 8:19am On Jun 15, 2020
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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 8:22am On Jun 15, 2020
Santa Fe High School, Texas, May 18, 2018 – 10 dead, 13 injured

On a Friday morning, a gunman opened fire at Santa Fe High School in Texas, killing 10 and injuring 13. Authorities charged 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis with capital murder. His trial is still proceeding through the court system.

Police said he used a shotgun and a .38-caliber revolver, both legally owned by his father. Police later found a journal that outlined Pagourtzis' 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.



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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by TheSourcerer: 8:25am On Jun 15, 2020
Victims

Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by Righteousness89(m): 9:50am On Jun 15, 2020
There is really no big deal in Death!

The Big deal is in Departing this Mean World without JESUS CHRIST..

It's pains, Beggings, wailing and crying! You will even try to repent over there but it is too late!


If you Die Today, where will you be?

If you are not sure, Quickly see our Signature and Make Peace with JESUS!

The next hour is not guaranteed!

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by Dyt(f): 9:54am On Jun 15, 2020
Righteousness89:
There is really no big deal in Death!

The Big deal is in Departing this Mean World without JESUS CHRIST..

It's pains, Beggings, wailing and crying! You will even try to repent over there but it is too late!


If you Die Today, where will you be?

If you are not sure, Quickly see our Signature and Make Peace with JESUS!

The next hour is not guaranteed!

do you have a guarantee you are going to heaven?
Stop!!!!
just fecking stop it

take your over religious asssss outta here

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by Righteousness89(m): 9:56am On Jun 15, 2020
Dyt:


can you please take your preaching ouuta here?
why y'all so annoying like this?

stop enforcing your religious opinions on people
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I see the Word Affects you! If I were you I will take heed to it! Because the words that affect you will also STAND against you on the Other side..

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Re: 18 Of The Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern History by Dyt(f): 9:57am On Jun 15, 2020
Righteousness89:


I see the Word Affects you! If I were you I will take heed to it! Because the words that affect you will also STAND against you on the Orger side..

fecck off mofo
angry angry angry angry angry

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