Worst mass shootings in the U.S., as of September 2024

Number of victims of the worst mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and September 2024

ShootingFatalitiesInjuredTotal victims
Las Vegas Strip massacre (Las Vegas, NV, 2017) 58 546 604
Orlando nightclub massacre (Orlando, Florida, 2016) 49 53 102
Virginia Tech massacre (Blacksburg, Virginia, 2007) 32 23 55
Sandy Hook Elementary massacre (Newtown, Connecticut, 2012) 27 2 29
Texas First Baptist Church massacre (Sutherland Springs, TX, 2017) 26 20 46
Luby's massacre (Killeen, Texas, 1991) 24 20 44
El Paso Walmart mass shooting (El Paso, Texas, 2019) 22 26 48
San Ysidro McDonald's massacre (San Ysidro, California, 1984) 22 19 41
Robb Elementary school massacre (Uvalde, Texas, 2022) 21 17 38
Maine bowling alley and bar shootings (Lewiston, Maine, 2023) 18 13 31
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting (Parkland, Florida, 2018) 17 17 34
United States Postal Service shooting (Edmond, Oklahoma, 1986) 15 6 21
San Bernardino mass shooting (San Bernardino, California, 2015) 14 21 35
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Release date

December 2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

1982 to September 4, 2024

Supplementary notes

The 25 mass shootings with the most fatalities are shown.
Since 2013, the source defines a mass shooting as any single attack in a public place with three or more fatalities, in line with the definition by the FBI. Before 2013, a mass shooting was defined as any single attack in a public place with four or more fatalities.

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