Mass shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm related violence. Definitions vary, with no single, broadly accepted definition. One definition is an act of public firearm violence—
Police converge upon the home of the perpetrator of the Camden shootings. The firearm used by the perpetrator had been legally purchased.
The body of the perpetrator of the 1989 Stockton schoolyard shooting being removed from the grounds of Cleveland Elementary School following his suicide.
A survivor of the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting takes refuge behind a flagpole base as an injured student lies beside a hedge
A slightly wounded survivor of the San Ysidro McDonald's massacre, pictured shortly after the incident
On August 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States. The gunman, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, shot 45 people, killing 23 and injuring 22 others. The Federal
Mass shootings in the United States
…top left: The 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the Pulse nightclub shooting, the Virginia Tech shooting, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and the 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting. Mass shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm related violence. Definitions vary, with no single, broadly accepted definition…
Surveillance camera video showing Crusius exiting the Walmart
Crusius shooting at a moving car shortly before exiting the Walmart
The Walmart where the shooting took place, taken 5 months after the shooting
Memorial for the shooting victims