Deadly US mass shootings in recent years
New York Oct 3 (IANS) At least 58 people were killed and more than 515 others wounded on Sunday night in a mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas in the US state of Nevada the worst in US history.
In recent years deadly shootings have been occurring more frequently in the United States where over 57 000 incidents of gun violence happened in 2016 killing at least 14 000 people and injuring 30 000 others.
The following is a chronology of the deadly mass shooting incidents recorded in the United States in recent years:
-- Fort Launderdale Florida January 6 2017: A shooting killed five people and injured six others inside the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood airport in the US state of Florida.
-- Houston July 7 2016: Four police officers were killed and seven others injured as two snipers opened fire during a protest against police shootings across the United States.
-- Orlando June 12 2016: A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun killed at least 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando Florida.
-- San Bernardino California December 2 2015: At least 14 people were killed and 17 others were injured after gunmen opened fire at a social services centre in San Bernardino City southern California.
-- Oregon October 2 2015: At least 10 people including the gunman himself died in a shooting at a community college in the state of Oregon.
The gunman identified by US media as 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg about 290 km south of Portland Oregon s largest city.
-- Charleston South Carolina June 17 2015: A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston killing nine people in an assault that authorities described as a hate crime.
-- Chicago May 26 2015: Twelve people were killed and more than 40 more wounded in shootings in Chicago during Memorial Day.
-- Waco Texas May 17 2015: Nine people were killed and several wounded after a shootout between rival biker gangs in Waco Texas with more gangs threatening to descend onto the town after the violence.
-- Washington September 17 2013: A shooting inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard that serves as the headquarters of the Naval Sea System Command killed 13 people including a suspect later identified by the FBI as 34-year-old navy contractor employee Aaron Alexis.
-- Newtown Connecticut December 14 2012: A shooting incident in an elementary school in Newtown Connecticut killed 20 children and six adults.
-- Chicago August 5 2012: At least seven people were killed in a shooting incident at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek in the state of Wisconsin.
-- Aurora Colorado July 20 2012: Twelve people were killed and 59 others injured at a Batman movie premier where a lone heavily armed gunman burst into a packed theater in a suburb 10 miles (16 km) east of Denver. Local police identified the perpetrator as James Holmes 24.
-- Tuscon Arizona January 9 2011: A gunman opened fire at a public gathering outside a grocery in Tuscon Arizona killing six people including a nine-year-old girl and wounding at least 12 others. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was severely injured with a gunshot to the head.
-- Fort Hood Texas November 6 2009: US army psychologist Major Nidal Hasan opened fire at a military base in Fort Hood Texas leaving 13 dead and 42 others wounded.
-- Binghamton New York April 4 2009: A man shot dead 13 people at a civic centre in Binghamton New York.
-- North Carolina March 30 2009: A heavily-armed gunman shot dead eight people many of them elderly and sick in a privately-owned nursing home in North Carolina.
-- DeKalb Illinois February 15 2008: A man opened fire in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb killing five students and wounding 16 others before laying down his weapon and surrendering.
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