WASHINGTON, USA – A shooting spree by a heavily armed man at a gay nightclub in Florida early Sunday, June 12, left 50 people dead, making it the worst mass shooting in US history.
The worst mass shootings in America
– Orlando, Florida, June 12, 2016: Fifty people die and another 53 are injured when a heavily-armed gunman opens fire and seizes hostages at a gay nightclub.
– Blacksburg, Virginia, April 16, 2007: A 23-year-old student of Korean origin goes on a rampage at Virginia Tech University, killing 32 people before committing suicide.
– Newtown, Connecticut, December 14, 2012: A young man kills 26 people, including 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. He also fatally shoots his mother. He commits suicide.
– Killeen, Texas, October 16, 1991: A man shoots dead 22 people in a restaurant and then kills himself. Another wounded victim dies later.
Other gun attacks that have marked US history
– Littleton, Colorado, April 20, 1999: Two teenage boys shoot and kill 12 classmates and a teacher at Columbine High School before killing themselves.
– Aurora, Colorado, July 20, 2012: A man kills 12 people and injures 70 more when he opens fire at a movie theater showing a late-night premiere of a Batman film in a suburb of Denver. The gunman James Holmes is given a life jail sentence with no chance of parole.
– Fort Hood, Texas, November 5, 2009: US army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan opens fire at his military base, killing 13 people and wounding 42, before being overpowered by police. The shooting was the worst such incident on a military base in the United States. – Rappler.com