1. Mass Murder/Spree Killings
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2. Mass Murder/Spree Killing
Mass Murder- the killing of 4 or more individuals at one location
Examples: Richard Speck who killed 8 nurses in 1966 in one apartment
Spree Killing- the act of committing murder in different locations without an emotional cooling off period (considered one event)
Examples: Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook Elem.)

3. Charles Whitman University of Texas Bell tower
Engineering student & former Marine
August 1, 1966
Killed 17
Wounded 32
Before entering the bell tower, also killed his wife & mother

4. JAMES HUBERTY Shot by a SWAT team sniper after 77 minutes
McDonald’s restaurant
July 18, 1984
San Ysidro, California
21 killed
19 injured
On July 17, Huberty called a mental health facility…b/c he didn’t indicate it was an emergency, they did not return his call
Shot by a SWAT team sniper after 77 minutes

5. Pat Sherrill Going Postal Edmond, Oklahoma U.S. Postal employee
August 20, 1986
Killed 14
Wounded 6
Committed suicide
This incident is credited with the phrase “going postal”

6. George Hennard Luby’s Cafeteria Killeen, Texas October 16, 1991
Killed 23
Wounded 20
Committed suicide
During attack, allowed a woman and her 4 yr. old child to leave

7. Thomas Hamilton Dunblane Primary School Dunblane, Scotland
March 13, 1996
Killed 17 (16 children)
Committed suicide
In response to this act, the Firearms Act of 1997 made private ownership of handguns illegal in the United Kingdom

8. Timothy McVeigh Oklahoma City Bombing
American domestic terrorist who detonated a truck bomb in front of the Alfred Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995
Killed 168
Wounded 800
Deadliest act of domestic terrorism in United States history
Executed on June 11, 2001

9. Martin Bryant Port Arthur Massacre Tasmania, Australia Killed 35
Injured 21
Serving 35 life sentences years without parole in the psychiatric wing of prison
Rampage ranks among the deadliest of the 20th century
I.Q. of 66 & diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome

10. Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold
Columbine High School Massacre in Littleton, Colorado on April 20, (Hitler’s birthday)
Seniors who killed 13
Injured 24
Committed suicide
Belonged to “Trenchcoat Mafia”
Klebold attended Columbine’s prom 3 days before the shooting

11. Seung Hui Cho Virginia Tech Massacre April 16, 2007 Killed 32
Wounded 17
Deadliest shooting incident by a single gunman in U.S. History
Suffered from depression, anxiety, and selective mutism

12. Nidal Hasan Fort Hood Massacre U.S. Army Major & Psychiatrist
November 5, 2009 at Ft. Hood (outside Killeen, Tx)- the most populous U.S. military installation in the world
Killed 13
Injured 30
Worst shooting to ever take place on a U.S. military base

13. Jared Lee Loughner Tucson, Arizona January 8, 2011 Killed 6 Injured 12
Severely injured U.S. Representative, Gabrielle Giffords (his target)
Diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic
Sentenced to life in prison without parole

14. James Holmes Aurora, Colorado Century Movie Theater July 20, 2012
Midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises
Killed 12
Injured 58
Youngest victim was 3 mos. Old & 1 woman who was critically wounded suffered a miscarriage a week later

15. Jacob Tyler Roberts Clackamas Town Center Portland, Oregon
December 11, 2012
Opened fire on Christmas shoppers & employees, firing as many as 60 shots
Killed 2
Wounded 1
Committed suicide
No connection to any victims- completely random act of violence

16. ADAM lANZA Sandy Hook Elementary Newtown, Connecticut
December 14, 2012
Killed 28 (20 children)
Injured 2
Prior to school attack, killed his mother
Committed suicide
2nd deadliest mass shooting by 1 person in U.S. history (behind VA. Tech)

17. Osama bin laden
Series of 4 coordinated terrorist attacks launched by Islamic terrorist group, Al Qaeda
September 11, 2001
19 terrorists hijacked 4 planes
American Airlines Flight 11 & United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the North & South Towers of the World Trade Center in New York
American Airlines Flight 77 was crashed into the Pentagon & United Airlines Flight 93 was targeted at the U.S. Capitol but crashed in a field in Shanksville, PA after the passengers tried to overcome the hijackers
2,996 were killed
6,000+ injured

18. Al Qaeda
Motives cited by Bin Laden were U.S. support of Israel, U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, & sanctions against Iraq
Bin Laden declared a “holy war” against the United States
President George Bush declared the “war on terrorism”
On May 2, 2011, Bin Laden was shot & killed inside a private residential compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan by members of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group & CIA operatives in a secret operation ordered by President Barack Obama