A major shooting this year

Major shootings have emerged one after another this year (Alberta Times) A fatal shooting occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on the 14th, the latest case in the United States this year...

Major shootings have emerged one after another this year (Alberta Times) The fatal shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on the 14th was the latest major indiscriminate shooting in the United States this year. The following are the deadliest shooting incidents in recent years: April 1999 - Two armed teenagers broke into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, shot 13 students and staff before committing suicide. October 2002─Two men killed at least 10 people in a sniper attack in Washington, causing panic. November 21, 2004 - A man shot eight people while hunting deer in northern Wisconsin, killing six. March 12, 2005 - A man opened fire at a church event at the Sheraton Hotel in Brookfield, Wisconsin, killing seven and injuring four before committing suicide. April 16, 2007 - A gunman killed 32 people at Virginia Tech and then committed suicide. October 7, 2007 - A Crandon, Wis., deputy sheriff shot six people in his ex-girlfriend's apartment, killing six and injuring one before committing suicide. April 3, 2009 - A Vietnamese immigrant opened fire at an immigration services center in Binghamton, New York, killing 13 people before committing suicide. November 5, 2009 - A gunman opened fire at the US military base in Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 and injuring 32. The suspect was an Army major. January 8, 2011 - Then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was assassinated in Tucson. The shooting killed six and injured 13. Giffords was also among the injured. April 2, 2012─A gunman committed a crime at a Christian university in Oakland, California, killing seven and injuring three. July 20, 2012 - During a screening of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" at a theater in Aurora, a suburb of Denver, a masked man with a gun opened fire indiscriminately inside the theater, killing 12 and injuring 58. August 5, 2012 - During a Sunday ceremony at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, a gunman shot and killed six people before being shot dead by police. December 11, 2012─A gunman opened fire at an Oregon shopping mall, killing two and injuring one before committing suicide. December 14, 2012 - A heavily armed gunman killed at least 20 children and 6 adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. One body was found in another part of Newtown. The man with the gun also died.