The worst school shootings in America
According to Education Week, the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, USA on May 24 that left at least 21 people dead marked the 27th school shooting in the country this year.
A caseshootingThe shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, USA at noon on May 24 (local time) killed 18 students and 3 adults.
According to Reuters, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the suspect, Salvador Ramos, 18, was also killed at the scene. Authorities have not revealed the killer's motive but said he acted alone.
The incident occurred just 10 days after a shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, that claimed the lives of 10 people.
After the shooting, US President Joe Biden asked people to stand up against gun violence and pressure members of Congress to pass gun control laws.
“I hoped that when I became president, I would not have to do this again. Today’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is another massacre in America,” Mr. Biden said.
ABC News said this was the deadliest school shooting in Texas history.
Here are the worst school shootings in America in the past two decades.
Columbine High School Massacre (1999)
The Columbine High School massacre occurred on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado.
The shooting, carried out by two male students, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, left 12 students and a teacher dead and 24 others injured. The two perpetrators later committed suicide.
This was the fifth deadliest school shooting in US history. The incident sparked a debate about gun ownership and violence. However, many years have passed and there is still no solution to this problem.
Virginia Tech Massacre (2007)
The Virginia Tech massacre, also known as the Virginia Tech massacre, was a horrific shooting that occurred on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States on April 16, 2007.
In two separate attacks, each nearly two hours apart, South Korean gunman Seung Hui Cho killed 32 people and injured 33 others. He then committed suicide.
Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting (2012)
The incident occurred on the morning of December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in the southern United States. The perpetrator, Adam Lanza, shot dead 20 students and 6 adults before committing suicide.
Earlier that day, the perpetrator murdered his mother at the house where they lived.
This is the second deadliest school shooting in US school history, after the massacre at Virginia Tech University in 2007.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting (2018)
At around 2:00 p.m. on February 14, 2018 (local time), a young man named Nicolas de Jesus Cruz, 19 years old, a former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, USA, brought a rifle and opened fire from outside, then entered the school.
The horrific shooting left 17 people dead and dozens more injured.
Santa Fe High School Shooting (2018)
Ten people, including eight students, were killed in a shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas on May 18, 2018.
According to a witness, the attacker brought a weapon, a handgun, into an art classroom and started shooting.
Following the tragedy, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued 40 recommendations, most of which focused on increasing armed security on school campuses and stepping up mental health screenings for students./.