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    The San Diego Union-Tribune

History of U.S. mass shootings
The 18 shootings in the U.S. in which 10 or more people were killed
By Stephen Hudak | 4:58 p.m. June 12, 2016

Mass shootings in the U.S. in which 10 or more people were killed:

2016: 50 people killed, 53 injured, at the Pulse nightclub in downtown Orlando early June 12 by a gunman who first exchanged shots with police, then slaughtered clubgoers until being slain by members of a SWAT team that stormed the building with an armored vehicle.

2007: 32 people killed at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va., on April 16 when student Seung-Hui Cho, 23, carried out a shooting spree on campus. He then committed suicide.

2012: 27 people killed, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn., on Dec. 14. The dead included Nancy Lanza, mother of shooter, Adam Lanza, 20, who was shot to death by police.

1991: 23 people killed at Lubys Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, on Oct. 16 when 35-year-old George Hennard rammed his pickup truck into the restaurant and then opened fire on patrons. He then committed suicide.

1984: 21 people killed at a McDonald's in San Ysidro, on July 18 when James Huberty, 41, turned a long-barreled Uzi and two other guns on patrons and employees. A San Diego police SWAT team sniper killed Huberty.

1966: 18 people killed in Austin, Texas, by ex-Marine Charles Whitman who shot from a tower at the University of Texas on Aug. 1. Whitman also killed his mother and his wife earlier in the day. Police killed Whitman.

2015: 14 people killed, 21 wounded at the Inland Regional Cente rin San Bernardino when married couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire at a holiday party on Dec. 2. They ran from the scene but died in a shootout with police.

1986: 14 people killed in Edmond, Okla., on Aug. 20 when mail carrier Patrick Henry Sherill kills 14 postal workers in a spree that lasted 10 minutes. He then committed suicide.

2009: 13 people killed, 32 wounded at Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5 when Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist, opened fire at the Army base. He was wounded but survived.

2009: 13 killed, four wounded at an immigrant community center in Binghamton, N.Y., when Jiverly Wong opened fire. He then committed suicide.

1999: 13 killed, including 12 students, at Columbine High in Littleton, Colo., when high schoolers Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, carry out a planned shooting. Both then committed suicide in the school library.

1982: 13 killed in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Sept. 25 by prison guard George Banks. The dead included his five children. He surrendered after a standoff with police, was convicted but deemed mentally incompetent for execution.

1949: 13 killed in Camden, N.J., when World War II veteran Howard Unruh walked down 32nd Street on Sept. 5 shooting passers-by with a German Luger. He was sent to an asylum for the insane.

2013: 12 killed inside the Washington Navy Yard on Sept. 16 by Aaron Alexis, 34, a civilian contractor later described as mentally disturbed. He was killed in a police shootout.

2012: 12 killed, 70 wounded inside a theatre in Aurora, Colo., on July 20 by James E. Holmes, 24, during a screening of the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." Holmes was dressed in tactical gear and used an AR-15 rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and a .40-caliber handgun. He was arrrested and charged with multiple counts of murder, convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

1999: 12 killed in Atlanta by Mark Barton, 44, who shot his wife and two children at home and fatally wounded nine other people at two brokerage houses. After a manhunt and a chase, he shot himself to death as well.

2009: 10 killed in Geneva County, Ala., by Michael McLendon. The victims included his mother, grandparents, aunt and uncle. He also shot himself to death.

Stephen Hudak is a reporter for the Orlando Sentinel
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