List of the Worst US Mass Shootings in Last 25 Years

The death toll of 50 people in the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida on Sunday has surpassed the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech which left 32 people dead. This nightclub attack is the worst mass shooting in recent US history.

Apart from the 50 dead, another 53 people were injured in the shooting.

Here is a list of the worst US mass shootings in last 25 years:

At least 50 dead, 2016 – Omar Mateen opens fire on revellers at gay club in Orlando, Florida

32 dead, 2007 – Student Seung-Hui Cho massacres students at Virginia Tech university before killing himself

27 dead, 2012 – Adam Lanza kills 20 six- and seven-year-old children and six adults before killing himself at Sandy Hook, Connecticut

23 dead, 1991 – George Hennard drives through the wall of a cafe in Killeen, Texas, before opening fire and committing suicide

14 dead, 2015 – Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik open fire at a staff gathering in San Bernardino

13 dead, 2009 – Maj Nidal Malik Hasan opens fire at army base in Fort Hood, Texas

13 dead, 2009 – Jiverly Wong shoots people at New York immigrant centre before killing himself

13 dead, 1999 – Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill fellow students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado