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| Mass shootings at schools and universities in the US – timeline | Mass shootings at schools and universities in the US – timeline |
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| Virginia Tech 16 April 2007 | Virginia Tech 16 April 2007 |
| Seung-Hui Cho, a student of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, killed 32 people in a shooting rampage, before killing himself. | Seung-Hui Cho, a student of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, killed 32 people in a shooting rampage, before killing himself. |
| Nickel Mines 2 October 2006 | Nickel Mines 2 October 2006 |
| Charles Carl Roberts IV, a milk-truck driver, shot dead five girls in a one-room Amish schoolhouse before killing himself. Five other girls were critically injured by Roberts, who was not Amish. He had just finished a shift at work and had dropped his children off at a bus stop. | Charles Carl Roberts IV, a milk-truck driver, shot dead five girls in a one-room Amish schoolhouse before killing himself. Five other girls were critically injured by Roberts, who was not Amish. He had just finished a shift at work and had dropped his children off at a bus stop. |
| Red Lake high school 21 March 2005 | Red Lake high school 21 March 2005 |
| After shooting dead his grandfather and partner, Jeffrey Weise went on to kill a teacher, a security guard, five fellow students and then himself at a high school on a Native American reservation in Minnesota. | After shooting dead his grandfather and partner, Jeffrey Weise went on to kill a teacher, a security guard, five fellow students and then himself at a high school on a Native American reservation in Minnesota. |
| Columbine high school 20 April 1999 | Columbine high school 20 April 1999 |
| Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, murdered twelve students and a teacher and injured 24 at their former high school in Columbine, Colorado. The pair killed themselves at the scene. | Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, murdered twelve students and a teacher and injured 24 at their former high school in Columbine, Colorado. The pair killed themselves at the scene. |
| Westside middle school 24 March 1998 | Westside middle school 24 March 1998 |
| Mitchell Johnson, 13, and Andrew Golden, 11, shot dead four students and a teacher at a school near Jonesboro, Arkansas. Nine other people were injured by the pair, who were released from a juvenile detention centre in 2005. | Mitchell Johnson, 13, and Andrew Golden, 11, shot dead four students and a teacher at a school near Jonesboro, Arkansas. Nine other people were injured by the pair, who were released from a juvenile detention centre in 2005. |
| University of Iowa 1 November 1991 | University of Iowa 1 November 1991 |
| Gang Lu, 27, a graduate student from China, went on a shooting rampage in two buildings on the University of Iowa campus, killing four members of his department and another university employee. Lu, who was said to have been infuriated because his doctoral dissertation was not nominated for an academic award, committed suicide at the scene. | Gang Lu, 27, a graduate student from China, went on a shooting rampage in two buildings on the University of Iowa campus, killing four members of his department and another university employee. Lu, who was said to have been infuriated because his doctoral dissertation was not nominated for an academic award, committed suicide at the scene. |
| Cleveland elementary school 17 January 1989 | Cleveland elementary school 17 January 1989 |
| Patrick Edward Purdy used a semi-automatic rifle to kill five school children and dozens of others at a school in Stockton, California, before killing himself. The case led to a ban on assault weapons in California. | Patrick Edward Purdy used a semi-automatic rifle to kill five school children and dozens of others at a school in Stockton, California, before killing himself. The case led to a ban on assault weapons in California. |
| California State University 12 July 1976 | California State University 12 July 1976 |
| Edward Charles Allaway, 37, bought a semi-automatic rifle at a Kmart store and used it to kill seven people in the library where he worked as a custodian. He was subsequently found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a mental hospital. | Edward Charles Allaway, 37, bought a semi-automatic rifle at a Kmart store and used it to kill seven people in the library where he worked as a custodian. He was subsequently found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a mental hospital. |
| University of Texas 1 August 1966 | University of Texas 1 August 1966 |
| After murdering his wife and mother, Charles Whitman killed 14 people and wounded nearly three dozen from the 28th floor of the university clock tower, before being killed by police. | After murdering his wife and mother, Charles Whitman killed 14 people and wounded nearly three dozen from the 28th floor of the university clock tower, before being killed by police. |
| The former marine entered the university's mechanical engineering programme after leaving the army, where he had earned a badge for sharpshooting. | The former marine entered the university's mechanical engineering programme after leaving the army, where he had earned a badge for sharpshooting. |
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