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September 5, 1949
In Camden, New Jersey, 28-year-old Howard Unruh, a veteran of World War II, shoots and kills 13 of his neighbors. He is found insane and is committed to a state mental institution.
August 1, 1966
At the University of Texas in Austin, Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, kills 16 and wounds at least 30 from a university tower. Police officers shoot and kill Whitman in the tower. Whitman also killed his mother and wife earlier in the day.
September 25, 1982
In Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 40-year-old prison guard George Banks kills 13 people, including five of his children. His death sentence is overturned in 2012.
July 18, 1984
In San Ysidro, California, 41-year-old James Huberty shoots and kills 21 adults and children at a local McDonald's. A police sharpshooter kills Huberty an hour after the rampage begins.
October 16, 1991
In Killeen, Texas, 35-year-old George Hennard crashes his pickup through the wall of a Luby's Cafeteria. Hennard shoots and kills 23 people before committing suicide.
April 20, 1999
Two students, Dylan Kleboid, 17, and Eric Harris, 18, carrying guns and bombs, open fire inside Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. They kill 13 and wound 23 others before killing themselves.
April 16, 2007
On the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, 23-year0old student Seung-Hui Cho goes on a shooting spree, killing 32 people in two locations and wounds an undetermined number of others. He then commits suicide.
March 10, 2009
In Alabama, 28-year-old Michael McLendon of Kinston kills 10 and himself. The dead include his mother, grandparents, aunt and uncle.
April 3, 2009
In Binghamton, New York, Jiverly Wong, 41, kills 13 people and injures four during a shooting at an immigrant community center. He then kills himself.
November 5, 2009]
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, allegedly kills 13 people and injuries 32 at Fort Hood, Texas, during a shooting rampage. He is charged with 13 counts of per-meditated murder and 32 counts of attempts murder and is awaiting trial.
July 20, 2012
A heavily armed gunman opens fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing at least 12 and wounding dozens more. Police arrested a suspect, James Holmes, in the theater parking lot.