these violent tragedies are a sobering
reminder of how quickly life can change
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down 10 of the most infamous
mass shootings in United States history
number 10 the Geneva County massacre
Michael Kenneth McClendon began his
rampage by killing his mother and
burning her home
he then murdered more family members and
took off in his car killing
indiscriminately as he went following a
police chase and shootout he committed
suicide and while he left behind a list
of people who had done him wrong his
reason for killing was never established
number 9 the 2011 Tucson shooting US
Representative Gabrielle Giffords and
some constituents were gathered in a
grocery store parking lot when Jared Lee
Loughner pulled out his gun among those
killed were a federal judge one of
Giffords employees and a nine-year-old
girl Giffords herself was also shot at
point-blank range and while she was
initially listed as critical she pulled
through and made a truly inspiring
recovery number 8 the Beltway sniper
attacks John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd
Malvo taunted police and held Washington
DC Maryland and Virginia hostage by
randomly shooting unsuspecting citizens
from long distances nothing like this
has ever happened in Montgomery County
this is a very safe community our
homicide rate just increased by 25
percent in one day the pair was finally
caught after intense news coverage three
weeks later and the rumoured motive was
Muhammad’s anger at his ex-wife while
that was not proven Muhammad was
executed in 2009 and Malvo is serving
six life sentences without the
possibility of parole number seven the
Fort Hood shooting
this Texas spree was the worst shooting
ever on an American military base the
accused was Army psychiatrist Major
Nidal Malik Hasan whose apparent belief
in radical Islam suspected al Qaeda ties
and alleged anger at the supposed war
crimes of recently deployed soldiers he
treated were tapped as possible motives
while he was paralyzed in the event his
trial was repeatedly delayed by his
refusal to shave his beard based on
religious beliefs number six
tower shooting at the University of
Texas at Austin after killing his wife
and mother
former Marine Charles Whitman climbed
the university’s clock tower and
inflicted almost two hours of panic upon
the area by randomly shooting passers-by
this is akrn news bulletin a sniper with
a high-powered rifle has taken up a
position on the observation deck of the
tower on the campus of the University of
Texas his reign of terror ended when he
was shot by a cop and during his autopsy
he was found to have a fatal brain tumor
that might have been the cause of his
rage number 5 san ysidro mcdonald’s
massacre police procedure was never the
same
once this Mexico border town was hit by
the bloody rampage of a man who said he
was hunting humans James Oliver Hubert
II killed 22 people ranging from eight
months to 74 years old before he was
downed by a sniper’s bullet inside a
McDonald’s Hubert E’s wife later
unsuccessfully attempted to sue the
restaurant chain by claiming their
chicken McNuggets led to her husband’s
psychosis number four 2012 Aurora
shooting
during a midnight premiere of The Dark
Knight Rises
James Egan homes caused panic with tear
gas and guns killing 12 and injuring 58
cops were on site within a minute and a
half and Holmes was apprehended soon
after but the damage was done
a gag order prevented his motive from
being immediately made public but rumors
swirled that he referred to himself as
the Joker number 3 loubies massacre in
the deadliest US shooting before 2007
George hen R drove through the window of
a Killeen Texas diner and opened fire
anger towards women and frustration over
losing his job might have been
contributing factors though his motive
was never established survivor Susannah
Hub later lobbied heavily for concealed
weapons laws as a member of the Texas
House of Representatives based on her
experience that day I’m I’ve been
sitting here getting more and more fed
up with all of this talk about these
pieces of machinery having no legitimate
sporting purpose no legitimate hunting
purpose people that is not the point of
the second amendment number two the
Virginia Tech massacre Virginia Tech was
a gun-free zone when South Korean
national soon he’d show began targeting
what he called rich kids debauchery and
deceitful charlatans with gunfire
despite tales of teachers and students
sacrificing themselves for others this
was still the deadliest shooting by a
lone gunman in US history and it ended
when the shooter took his own life in
the wake of this tragedy school security
countrywide increased number one the
Columbine High School massacre
Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris planned to
use guns and homemade bombs to cause
anarchy at their Littleton Colorado
School the bombing failed but Columbine
was still one of the deadliest ever
American school shootings images from
that day continue to haunt us and the
massacre was blamed on bullying violent
movies and video games goth culture and
even Marilyn Manson but the shooter
suicides make the motive even tougher to
decipher these tragic massacres improve
law enforcement’s responses to similar
circumstances and reminded us that
without acknowledging our past we are
destined to repeat it check out more
historical top 10s by subscribing to
watchmojo.com if you were to talk
directly to the to the kids at Columbine
of the people in that community what
would what would you say to them if they
were here right now I wouldn’t say
saying word to them I would listen to
what they have to say and that’s what no
one did
reminder of how quickly life can change
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down 10 of the most infamous
mass shootings in United States history
number 10 the Geneva County massacre
Michael Kenneth McClendon began his
rampage by killing his mother and
burning her home
he then murdered more family members and
took off in his car killing
indiscriminately as he went following a
police chase and shootout he committed
suicide and while he left behind a list
of people who had done him wrong his
reason for killing was never established
number 9 the 2011 Tucson shooting US
Representative Gabrielle Giffords and
some constituents were gathered in a
grocery store parking lot when Jared Lee
Loughner pulled out his gun among those
killed were a federal judge one of
Giffords employees and a nine-year-old
girl Giffords herself was also shot at
point-blank range and while she was
initially listed as critical she pulled
through and made a truly inspiring
recovery number 8 the Beltway sniper
attacks John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd
Malvo taunted police and held Washington
DC Maryland and Virginia hostage by
randomly shooting unsuspecting citizens
from long distances nothing like this
has ever happened in Montgomery County
this is a very safe community our
homicide rate just increased by 25
percent in one day the pair was finally
caught after intense news coverage three
weeks later and the rumoured motive was
Muhammad’s anger at his ex-wife while
that was not proven Muhammad was
executed in 2009 and Malvo is serving
six life sentences without the
possibility of parole number seven the
Fort Hood shooting
this Texas spree was the worst shooting
ever on an American military base the
accused was Army psychiatrist Major
Nidal Malik Hasan whose apparent belief
in radical Islam suspected al Qaeda ties
and alleged anger at the supposed war
crimes of recently deployed soldiers he
treated were tapped as possible motives
while he was paralyzed in the event his
trial was repeatedly delayed by his
refusal to shave his beard based on
religious beliefs number six
tower shooting at the University of
Texas at Austin after killing his wife
and mother
former Marine Charles Whitman climbed
the university’s clock tower and
inflicted almost two hours of panic upon
the area by randomly shooting passers-by
this is akrn news bulletin a sniper with
a high-powered rifle has taken up a
position on the observation deck of the
tower on the campus of the University of
Texas his reign of terror ended when he
was shot by a cop and during his autopsy
he was found to have a fatal brain tumor
that might have been the cause of his
rage number 5 san ysidro mcdonald’s
massacre police procedure was never the
same
once this Mexico border town was hit by
the bloody rampage of a man who said he
was hunting humans James Oliver Hubert
II killed 22 people ranging from eight
months to 74 years old before he was
downed by a sniper’s bullet inside a
McDonald’s Hubert E’s wife later
unsuccessfully attempted to sue the
restaurant chain by claiming their
chicken McNuggets led to her husband’s
psychosis number four 2012 Aurora
shooting
during a midnight premiere of The Dark
Knight Rises
James Egan homes caused panic with tear
gas and guns killing 12 and injuring 58
cops were on site within a minute and a
half and Holmes was apprehended soon
after but the damage was done
a gag order prevented his motive from
being immediately made public but rumors
swirled that he referred to himself as
the Joker number 3 loubies massacre in
the deadliest US shooting before 2007
George hen R drove through the window of
a Killeen Texas diner and opened fire
anger towards women and frustration over
losing his job might have been
contributing factors though his motive
was never established survivor Susannah
Hub later lobbied heavily for concealed
weapons laws as a member of the Texas
House of Representatives based on her
experience that day I’m I’ve been
sitting here getting more and more fed
up with all of this talk about these
pieces of machinery having no legitimate
sporting purpose no legitimate hunting
purpose people that is not the point of
the second amendment number two the
Virginia Tech massacre Virginia Tech was
a gun-free zone when South Korean
national soon he’d show began targeting
what he called rich kids debauchery and
deceitful charlatans with gunfire
despite tales of teachers and students
sacrificing themselves for others this
was still the deadliest shooting by a
lone gunman in US history and it ended
when the shooter took his own life in
the wake of this tragedy school security
countrywide increased number one the
Columbine High School massacre
Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris planned to
use guns and homemade bombs to cause
anarchy at their Littleton Colorado
School the bombing failed but Columbine
was still one of the deadliest ever
American school shootings images from
that day continue to haunt us and the
massacre was blamed on bullying violent
movies and video games goth culture and
even Marilyn Manson but the shooter
suicides make the motive even tougher to
decipher these tragic massacres improve
law enforcement’s responses to similar
circumstances and reminded us that
without acknowledging our past we are
destined to repeat it check out more
historical top 10s by subscribing to
watchmojo.com if you were to talk
directly to the to the kids at Columbine
of the people in that community what
would what would you say to them if they
were here right now I wouldn’t say
saying word to them I would listen to
what they have to say and that’s what no
one did
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