America’s Deadliest Modern Mass Shootings

On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old man, killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in a mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States.

Devin Patrick Kelley, Sutherland Springs, Texas, November 5, 2017: 26 killed and 20 injured.

Seung-Hui Cho, Blacksburg, VA, April 16, 2007: 32 killed and 17 injured on campus.

Adam Lanza, 20, Newtown, CT, December 14, 2012: 26 killed.

Stephen Paddock, 64, October 1, 2017: 60 killed, more than 850 injured.

George Hennard, Killeen, TX, October 16, 1991: 23 killed

El Paso, Texas, August 3, 2019: 23 killed, 26 injured.

San Ysdiro, Calif., July 1984: 21 killed.

Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022: 21 killed.

Parkland, FL, February 2018: 17 killed.

Austin, Texas, August 1966: 16 killed around campus.

San Bernardino, Calif., December 2015: 14 killed.

Edmond, Okla., August 1986: 14 killed.

Fort Hood, Texas, November 2009: 13 killed.

Littleton, Colo., April 1999: 13 killed.

Camden, N.J, September 1949: 13 killed.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., September 1982: 13 killed.

Binghamton, N.Y., April 2009: 13 killed.

Seattle, Wash., February 1983: 13 killed.

Aurora, Colo., July 2012: 12 killed, 58 wounded.

Thousand Oaks, Calif., November 2018: 12 killed, several wounded.

Washington, D.C., September 2013: 12 killed, 8 wounded.

Virginia Beach, Va., May 31, 2019: 12 killed.