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 February 14, 2018, a mass shooting occurred when 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injur
Cruz stepping into the first-floor hallway after assembling his weapon
Cruz on the second floor
BCSO deputy Scot Peterson outside Building 12 during the shooting
Cruz during his arrest in Coral Springs