California
Factbox: California rampage is the latest U.S. mass shooting
Jan 22 (Reuters) – A rampage at a ballroom dance venue in Monterey Park, California, that killed no less than 10 folks on Saturday was some of the lethal mass shootings within the state’s trendy historical past.
In 2018, a former Marine fight veteran killed 12 folks in a bar in Thousand Oaks. He then killed himself.
In 2015, a husband and spouse killed 14 folks at a office vacation social gathering in San Bernardino earlier than dying in a shootout with police.
The deadliest capturing in trendy California historical past was in 1984 when a gunman killed 21 folks at a McDonald’s restaurant in San Ysidro, close to San Diego.
Beneath is an inventory of different high-profile mass shootings in California and the remainder of america in recent times:
– COLORADO SPRINGS – Nov. 19-20, 2022 – In Colorado, a 22-year-old gunman opened hearth at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing 5 folks and injuring 18 others earlier than he was stopped by “heroic” patrons at Membership Q.
– RALEIGH – Oct. 13, 2022 – In North Carolina, a 15-year-old shot and killed 5 folks and was apprehended after a manhunt.
– HIGHLAND PARK – July 4, 2022 – In Illinois, a person perched on a rooftop throughout a Fourth of July parade and killed seven folks and wounded dozens extra.
– UVALDE, Could 25, 2022 – A gunman opened hearth at an elementary college within the South Texas city, killing 19 college students and two academics. Police from a number of businesses gathered outdoors the classroom waited greater than an hour earlier than a U.S. Border Patrol workforce entered the classroom and shot the suspect lifeless.
– BUFFALO, Could 14, 2022 – A white gunman killed 10 Black folks inside a grocery store in a racially motivated assault in New York state. He was charged and stays in jail with out bail.
– NEW YORK CITY, April 12, 2022 – In some of the violent assaults within the historical past of New York’s transit system, 23 folks had been wounded when a 62-year-old man activated a smoke bomb and opened hearth in a subway. He was taken into custody the subsequent day.
– OXFORD, Nov. 30, 2021 – 4 college students had been killed and 7 different folks had been wounded after a young person opened hearth at a highschool in Oxford, Michigan.
– INDIANAPOLIS, April 16, 2021 – A former FedEx worker who had been underneath psychiatric care shot lifeless eight folks and injured a number of others at an Indiana facility of the transport firm earlier than taking his personal life.
– LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2021 – 4 folks had been killed, one among them a baby, in a capturing at an workplace constructing in suburban Los Angeles earlier than the suspect was taken into custody.
– BOULDER, March 22, 2021 – A mass capturing at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado killed 10 folks, together with a police officer.
– ATLANTA, March 16, 2021 – Eight folks, together with six girls of Asian descent, had been shot lifeless in a string of assaults at day spas in and round Atlanta. A male suspect was arrested.
– MILWAUKEE, Feb. 26, 2020 – A gunman opened hearth on the Molson Coors Beverage Co brewing advanced in Milwaukee, killing 5 co-workers earlier than he dedicated suicide.
– DAYTON, Aug. 4, 2019 – A gunman wearing physique armor opened hearth in downtown Dayton, Ohio, killing 9 folks together with his sister. Police killed the shooter.
– EL PASO, Aug. 3, 2019 – A person fatally shot 22 folks at a Walmart retailer in El Paso, Texas. An announcement, believed to have been written by the suspect, known as the assault “a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.” Authorities arrested the shooter.
– VIRGINIA BEACH, Could 31, 2019 – A disgruntled public utility worker opened hearth on co-workers at a municipal constructing in Virginia, killing 12 folks earlier than he was fatally shot by police.
– AURORA, Feb. 15, 2019 – A person opened hearth at an Illinois manufacturing unit after being fired, killing 5 employees earlier than he was slain by police.
– THOUSAND OAKS, Nov. 7, 2018 – A former Marine fight veteran killed 12 folks in a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. He then killed himself.
– PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27, 2018 – A gunman burst into the Tree of Life synagogue close to Pittsburgh and fired on congregants gathered for a Sabbath service, killing 11.
– SANTA FE, Could 18, 2018 – A 17-year-old scholar opened hearth at his highschool outdoors Houston, Texas, killing 9 college students and a instructor, earlier than surrendering to officers.
– PARKLAND, Feb. 14, 2018 – A former scholar at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Excessive College in Parkland, Florida, killed 17 college students and educators.
– SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Nov. 5, 2017 – A person thrown out of the U.S. Air Power for beating his spouse and youngster shot 26 folks fatally at a rural Texas church the place his in-laws worshipped earlier than killing himself.
– LAS VEGAS, Oct. 1, 2017 – A gunman opened hearth on a rustic music competition from a Thirty second-floor lodge suite, killing 60 folks earlier than taking his personal life.
– ORLANDO, June 12, 2016 – A gunman fatally shot 49 folks at Pulse, a homosexual nightclub, earlier than he was shot lifeless by police.
– SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 2, 2015 – A husband and spouse killed 14 folks at a office vacation social gathering in San Bernardino in Southern California earlier than dying in a shootout with police.
– ROSEBURG, Oct 1, 2015 – A gunman stalked onto an Oregon faculty campus and opened hearth, killing 9 folks earlier than police shot him to dying.
– CHARLESTON, June 17, 2015 – A white supremacist killed 9 Black churchgoers at a church in Charleston, South Carolina. He was sentenced to dying.
– WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2013 – A former Navy reservist working as a authorities contractor killed 12 folks on the Washington Navy Yard. He was shot lifeless by police.
– NEWTOWN, Dec. 14, 2012 – A closely armed gunman killed 26 folks, together with 20 kids from five- to 10-years outdated, in a rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary College in Connecticut.
– AURORA, July 20, 2012 – A masked gunman killed 12 folks at a cinema in Aurora, Colorado. He acquired a number of life sentences.
– FORT HOOD, Nov. 5, 2009 – A military main and psychiatrist opened hearth at Fort Hood, a U.S. Military base in Texas, killing 13 folks.
Compiled by Lisa Shumaker
Modifying by Frances Kerry
Our Requirements: The Thomson Reuters Belief Ideas.