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Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 6:38am On Jun 02, 2022
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: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 6:40am On Jun 02, 2022
Paddock

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Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 6:42am On Jun 02, 2022
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: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by MadamVanessa(f): 6:47am On Jun 02, 2022
shocked




Lekki toll gate shooting ordered by Tinubu , Lie Muhammad and Buhari must be included.

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Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 6:47am On Jun 02, 2022
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.

Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 6:49am On Jun 02, 2022
MadamVanessa:
shocked




Lekki toll gate shooting ordered by Tinubu , Lie Muhammad and Buhari must be included.
Sadly till now , we have no Police reports, or open documentation of what really happened there.Even the numbers of victims fluctuate
Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by Aonkuuse(m): 6:52am On Jun 02, 2022
US is a terrorised country but they fail to acknowledge it

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Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 6:55am On Jun 02, 2022
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: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 6:58am On Jun 02, 2022
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

Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 7:04am On Jun 02, 2022
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

Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 7:06am On Jun 02, 2022
Pulse Orlando nightclub in Orlando, Fla. (June 12, 2016)
Police say 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire at the club that calls itself the city's hottest gay bar. He took hostages, and after a three-hour standoff, police moved in. The gunman was killed, but not before perpetrating the deadliest mass shooting in recent United States history.

At least 49 people were killed, and more than 50 were wounded and taken to area hospitals. Mateen was killed during a firefight with police.

Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 7:21am On Jun 02, 2022
University of Texas Tower in Austin, Texas (Aug. 1, 1966)
Charles Whitman, a 25-year-old student who had served with the Marines, murdered his mother and his wife before climbing the University of Texas Tower with six firearms. He began firing at pedestrians below.

He killed 14 people and wounded 31 from the tower. He was killed by police.

Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 7:26am On Jun 02, 2022
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

Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by illicit(m): 7:29am On Jun 02, 2022
shocked
Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 7:31am On Jun 02, 2022
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.

Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by uthlaw: 7:33am On Jun 02, 2022
And they are not terrorist!

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Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by oz4real83(m): 7:45am On Jun 02, 2022
Some people are happy when things like this happen because they see it as a way of reducing an ever growing population. A cleric, Thomas Robert Malthus even laid down principles that will reduce the population, the principles involve killings, abortions, encouraging famine, massacres and many other evil vices. Unfortunately, people like the ones above are still following such principles.
Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by crackhouse(m): 9:36am On Jun 02, 2022
America is a deadly country but they won't accept that yet they tag African countries worst.

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Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by blingxx(m): 11:16am On Jun 02, 2022
Aonkuuse:
US is a terrorised country but they fail to acknowledge it

Some pple still think u.s is more safe than Nigeria grin
Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by Nobody: 12:30pm On Jun 02, 2022
why kill him self why cant he remain alive

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Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by Finnestgreat: 3:31pm On Jun 02, 2022
Hmmm always U.S.A why.
Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 9:24am On Jun 03, 2022
Finnestgreat:
Hmmm always U.S.A why.
its a white American male thing!
Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 9:25am On Jun 03, 2022
Ferrytech:
why kill him self why cant he remain alive
Cowardice
Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 9:26am On Jun 03, 2022
crackhouse:
America is a deadly country but they won't accept that yet they tag African countries worst.
They tag us dosnt male them right , of course they wouldn't raise any other race higher than theirs .
Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by TheSourcerer: 9:26am On Jun 03, 2022
uthlaw:
And they are not terrorist!
sadly no
Re: Deadliest Mass Shootings In Recent History by uthlaw: 12:12pm On Jun 03, 2022
TheSourcerer:
sadly no
what if they are Muslims?

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