About 18 incidents of mass shooting so far occurred this year in the United States, including the two in Texas and Ohio on Sunday, killing 30 people. The two shootings, first in El Paso, Texas, and then in Dayton, Ohio, are the latest instances of deadly mass shootings in 2019, bringing the total number of such victims up to 106.
Of the 18 deadly mass shootings that occurred so far in 2019, the first 10 took place through May. At that point, even though there had been more such incidents in the first five months of 2019 than in the same period in 2018, the number of fatalities was exactly the same: 51 victims killed. Here is the list of mass shootings in the U.S. so far in 2019.
1. Jan 23: Shooting at a Florida bank, 5 victims
The SunTrust Bank branch is seen as law enforcement officials continue to investigate the scene, Jan. 24, 2019, in Sebring, Fla. Five people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a SunTrust Bank in Sebring, Florida, police said.
2. Jan 24: Shooting in Georgia before suspect flees the state, 4 victims After allegedly shooting three people at two scenes in Rockmart, Georgia, a suspect was later found and taken into custody in Indiana. At the first scene, 27-year-old suspect Daylon Delon Gamble allegedly shot three people, two of whom died, and then went to another scene and shot and killed two others, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations.
3. Jan 26: Domestic violence incident in Louisiana, 5 victims
An "armed and dangerous" 21-year-old man from Louisiana who allegedly fatally shot his parents, girlfriend, her father and her brother, was captured outside his grandmother's house in Virginia, authorities said. Dakota Theriot was wanted on multiple counts of first-degree murder, home invasion and weapons charges stemming from a killing spree that began in Livingston Parish, Louisiana -- just east of the state capital, Baton Rouge -- and continued at his parents' trailer in Ascension Parish.
"He was very sleep deprived," Richmond County Sheriff Steve Smith told ABC News. "Once put in our booking room, he went straight to sleep... he seemed a little disoriented."
4. Feb 3: Palm Springs, California: 4 victims
A suspect was apprehended days after the shooting deaths of three teenagers and a man in the Palm Springs area. The Desert Sun newspaper published a timeline surrounding the shootings, which states that at least two of the victims had been talking about a robbery plot earlier in the day of the shooting, and then they and a friend were found dead later at a trail, with the 4th victim found later on that day.
5. Feb 11: Domestic incident involving a child victim in Texas, 4 victims
A 15-month-old girl, the child’s parents and the child’s grandparents were all found dead on a property in Polk County. “This is a horrible, horrific scene – a horrible, horrific crime,” Polk County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Byron Lyons said in a news conference at the time, as ABC affiliate KTRK reported. The toddler, Ranley Horn, was found outside near her mother Ashley Horn, 27, and Ashley’s grandmother, Linda Delaney, 72.
6. Feb 15: Shooting at a manufacturing plant in Illinois: 5 victims
Five victims were killed and five police officers were injured by gunfire in Aurora, Illinois, when an apparently disgruntled employee at an industrial warehouse opened fire after being told he was being fired from the job where he had worked for 15 years, according to authorities. The gunman, identified as Gary Martin, 45, was killed by responding police officers, according to Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman.
7. Feb 16: Mississippi hostage situation turns deadly, 4 victims
Police used a battering ram to force themselves into a home in Clinton, Mississippi, after responding to a call about a domestic disturbance, The Associated Press reported. When they entered the home, police found four dead victims and the suspect, Nam Le, wounded. The suspect later died after being transported to a local hospital. Le fired upon officers when they arrived at the home, leading to a standoff.
8. April 28: Shooting in Ohio, 4 victims
Four relatives were found shot dead inside an apartment in West Chester, Ohio. The investigation into the shooting is ongoing, but police have told local reporters that it is being classified as a homicide. The victims were identified by police as the apartment owners Hakiakat Singh Pannag, 59, his wife Parmjit Kaur, 62, their daughter Shalinderkit Kaur, 39, and Parmjit Kaur’s sister Amarjit Kaur, 58, according to The Journal-News.
9. May 13: Shooting in Missouri, 4 victims
A brawl inside a St. Louis home reportedly led to a gun battle where five victims in their 20s and 30s were shot, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Of those, three victims were found dead at the scene and the fourth died later as a result of their injuries, the newspaper reported.
Initial reports suggested that the four deceased men were related.
10. May 31: Workplace shooting in Virginia Beach, 12 victims
The shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach was the deadliest of the year in 2019, with 12 victims meeting their end. The specific motive of the suspect, who was believed to be a disgruntled employee, remains unknown at this time as police continue to investigate the shooting.
11. June 8: Apparent robbery turned deadly on tribal lands in Washington, 5 victims
The shooting took place on the Native American Yakama Indian Reservation in central Washington and a motive was not immediately clear, according to local newspaper The Spokesman-Review. Two suspects, both of whom were members of the Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakama Nation, were named and charged in the shootings.
12. June 23: Man fatally shoots relatives and others in San Jose, 4 victims
Police investigated a quadruple murder-suicide in San Jose after a man fatally shot three women and a man before killing himself. The San Jose Mercury News reported that police believed the shooting was tied to a family conflicts.
13. July 6: Shooting at an apartment building in St Louis, 5 victims
Five people were found shot dead in a St. Louis apartment building and the motive and suspect were not immediately clear. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that a sixth person was with the group on Friday night before leaving, and when that person returned at around noon on Saturday, they found the group fatally shot.
14. July 25, Los Angeles shooting spree: 4 victims
A man was apprehended in connection to a shooting spree that left four dead over the course of a day in California's San Fernando Valley. The shooter allegedly fatally shot his father and brother and injured his mother, before going to a nearby gas station where he fatally shot a female acquaintance and injured a man.
15. July 28, shooting at California's Gilroy Garlic Festival: 3 victims
Suspected gunman Santino William Legan, 19, killed three people and injured more than a dozen others at the annual garlic fair about 80 miles southeast of San Francisco. An assault-type rifle legally purchased in Nevada on July 9 and believed to have been bought by Legan was used in the attack, authorities said.
16. July 28, shooting incident with two scenes in Wisconsin: 4 victims
A 911 call led officials from the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department to a residence where they found two dead adults who had been killed as a result of gunshot wounds.
Officials then went to the residence of one of those two victims, where they found three other victims. Law enforcement officials have ruled that the scene with three vicitms was a homicide scene, and the other scene was a murder-homicide. There was a total of five fatalities, but authorities believe that one was that of the perpetrator, though they did not immediately release the names or ages of those involved.
17. Aug 3, shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas: 20 victims
The suspect who opened fire at an El Paso Walmart was identified by authorities as Patrick Crusius, 21, of Allen, Texas, and he was "taken into custody without incident" and without any law enforcement officers firing their weapons, according to El Paso Police Department Sgt. Robert Gomez. He later told investigators he wanted to shoot as many Mexicans as possible, two law enforcement officials told ABC News. Wounded victims ranged in age from 2 to 82.
18. Aug 4, Dayton shooting: 9 victims
The second mass shooting in a span of less than 14 hours, at least nine people were killed and more than two dozen were wounded early on Sunday after a suspect opened fire in downtown Dayton, Ohio, according to police. The suspected shooter was shot and killed by responding officers "in less than a minute" after opening fire, Mayor Nan Whaley said at a Sunday morning press conference. Police said they were only aware of one shooter. Authorities responded quickly to the shooting, first reported at 1 a.m., and said police are regularly present in the crowded district popular with tourists and locals.
