9 Deadliest Mass Shootings In Modern America:
- Las Vegas, October 1, 2017Â – In October 2017, a gunman named Stephen Paddock opened fire on a large crowd that was attending the Route 91 Harvest festival. He fired at those people from his 32nd-floor room at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Casino. The frenzy lasted over 15 minutes, as there were many concertgoers who panicked and tried to take over, not knowing where the fire was coming from. By the moment everything ended, 58 people were already killed, and more than 850 were injured. A police SWAT unit discovered where the attacker was staying, broke into his room, and found Paddock dead by suicide.
- Orlando, June 12, 2016Â – Before the previously mentioned attack in Las Vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in our entire history was the 2016 shooting at Pulse, a g*y nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Gunman Omar Mateen instantly killed 49 people and wounded other 53 others at the nightclub, before he was killed by a police officer. Given the fact that the club was then hosting a “Latin Night”, there were many victims Latinos.
- Virginia Tech University, April 16, 2007Â – The 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech University campus still is one of the biggest school shootings in the entire US history. The killer was Seung-Hui Cho, a senior at the school, and he killed more than 30 students and instructors in two different attacks before taking his own life. The attack left seventeen students wounded.
- Sutherland Springs, Texas, November 5, 2017Â – A gunman opened fire in November 2017, at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, which is a tiny town of 600 east of San Antonio. He was wearing tactical gear and wielding a semiautomatic rifle.
