Worst Shootings in US History

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The deaths of 32 victims plus the alleged shooter makes today's shootings.

23 killed on Oct. 16, 1991: George Hennard crashes his pickup into a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, and then opens fire on the people inside before killing himself.


21 killed on July 18, 1984: James Oliver Huberty opens fire at a San Ysidro, Calif., McDonald's restaurant before a police sniper kills him. His victims include five children and six teenagers.

15 killed on Aug. 1, 1966: Charles Whitman shoots from the top of the tower on the University of Texas campus before being brought down by law enforcement. Before the shooting, Whitman had killed his wife and mother.

14 killed on Aug. 20, 1986: Patrick Henry Sherrill shoots co-workers at an Edmond Oklahoma post office and then kills himself.

13 killed on April 20, 1999: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold begin shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado. Of the victims, 12 were students and one was a teacher. Both gunmen killed themselves.

Source: Tribune research and wire services.

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