Luby's Attacks

Nearly 20 years later, known as the Valentine’s Day Massacre, occurred. This shooting happened in Hollandsburg, a rural town in Indiana. The execution of 4 young men and an attempted homicide of Betty Jane Spencer left Daniel Stonebraker, Michael Wright, David Smith and Roger Drollinger serving life sentences for their careless mistake.

murders in the history of the United States was in San Ysidro, California in a McDonald 's. James Huberty killed 21 people and wounded 19 others. The weapon he used was an Uzi carbine, which is a

On April 25th of 1980 Bobby James Moore who was 20 at the time, along with two other men (Willie Albert Koonce and Evertte Anthony Pradia) were in the process of robbing a convenient store located in Houston, Texas, when James McCarble (store clerk) was fatally shot. When Scott realized what was occurring she started to scream, this is when Bobby James Moore than shot 73-year old employee James McCarble in the head killing her. Moore fled the scene, and was found 10 days later, arrested and charged with capital murder- the jury sentenced him to death.

On December 14th of 2012, in the town of Newton, Connecticut a man named Adam Lanza forced himself into Sandy Hook Elementary School and opened fire on the students and staff before ending the spree by taking his own life. At the end of the tragic event, Lanza had killed

This rampage occurred when Rodger, who was 22 years old at the time of this massacre, stabbed three people to death in his apartment. After he murdered the three people, he drove to a Delta Delta Delta sorority house and shot three female students there, killing two of them. He then drove to a delicatessen, Isla Vista Deli Mart, and shot and killed a male student. Rodger then sped through Isla Vista, shooting and wounding many pedestrians and hit seven others with his car. During this rampage, he exchanged gunfire with police officers and was hit in the hip. Rodger crashed into a tree after shooting himself in the head, which ultimately caused his death.

On December 24th 2012 a few firemen in west Webster, my hometown, responded to a working house fire. When they arrived on scene a gunman opened fire with a firearm killing LT. Mike Chipperini of the Webster police department. Also killing Tomasz Kaczowka of the West Webster fire department, and injuring two other fire fighters. Webster police found the gunman William Spengler dead near the scene with a Self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head (Rochester NY news). This incident hit close to home for many people because things like

In the D.C, Baltimore area, two people, John Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo drove around on a shooting spree that killed and inflicted terror on many people. The spree lasted from October 2nd, 2002 until October 24th.

On December 14th, 2012, 20 students and six adults where shot at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. The name of the killer is Adam Lanza. First, he killed his mother after taking her guns from her house, and then shot down the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Although, this was a very terrifying period, the teachers and staff handled it very well.

On April 19, 1995, a detrimental explosion targeting the nine-story Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma took place. This incident of domestic terrorism and the mastermind behind the explosion was credited to Timothy McVeigh who used a truck-bomb to kill 168 people and injure countless others (History.com Staff, 2009).

June 12th 2016. At first glance this date means nothing to many, but as you dive deeper you realize that this date claims the deadliest mass shooting in United States history and the largest loss of life due an act of terrorism since 9/11. This is in reference to the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida where 49 people were murdered and another 53 patrons were injured. This is at the hands of Omar Mateen, 29, who was an American born citizen but was a self proclaimed ISIS member. Mateen called 9-11 mid attack trying to plead his allegiance to ISIS. After a three hour standoff with club goes still inside a SWAT team eventually rammed into a side of the building and the gunman was shot by the police force.

On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman, a 25-year-old engineering student, climbed to the top of the University of Texas clock tower in Austin and began shooting indiscriminately. The first target of this exmarine trained like sniper was a young person of 18 years and pregnant, to that reached in the belly. Then she shot her boyfriend's neck. As the two blew themselves up on campus, Whitman, who had previously murdered his wife and mother, continued to shoot for an hour and a half until he killed a total of 16 people and wounded more than 30 before the police managed to shoot him down. Half a century later, Austin commemorated on Monday what is considered the first mass murder not associated with a battlefield of modern history of the United States

December 14, 2012, Newtown, Connecticut. Adam Lanza, 20, used an assault rifle to kill 20-first grade students ages 6 & 7 and 6 staff members in Sandy Hook Elementary, then killed himself. Before the murder he shot and killed his mother at his home. In January, council voted to demolish the home.

In July of 1986, McDonald was working as an undercover cop in Central Park, where he stopped to question three suspicious boys. During the stop, one of the boys, Shavod Jones pulled out a .22-caliber and shot McDonald three times. One of the bullets hit McDonald in his neck, piercing through his spinal cord and ultimate paralyzing him. McDonald was rushed to Bellevue Hospital and doctors believed he wouldn’t make it through the night.

In Virginia Tech April 16 2007, Cho Seung Hui, a senior English major and South Korean national, left his room with 9 mm and .22 caliber pistols. He shot and killed first two victims around 0715. Then he returned with more ammunition and started his rampage in another building around 0940. It lasted 9 minutes until the police broke into the building and found that him committed suicide, and 32 people was killed

The suspect in question later identified as Michael got into an altercation with a next door neighbor around 7:40 a.m. Michael had an AR-15 and shot his neighbor to death outside in the parking lot. Michael then went inside his home where he barricaded himself, his wife and two children inside. According to City News, (2015):