The Sandy Hook Massacre

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On sunday October 1st, 2017 a gunman opened fire and killed 59 people. These people were at a country concert. The concert was being held at the Mandalay Hotel and Casino. The gunman's name was craig paddock. He checked in a room on the 32nd floor and once he was in a few minutes later he opened fire and killed innocent people. Then he shot himself therefore the nightmare was over but once he shot himself they searched his room and found 10 rifles.

On friday june 12, 2016 a security guard opened fired and killed killed 49 people and wounded 58 others. The whole reason this happened was because of a hate crime/ terrorist attack. This all happened in in Orlando Florida in a gay nightclub but thankfully he was shot and killed by a police officer.This was the
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The shooters name was cho he had a anxiety disorder. Cho then shot 32 students and teachers when they were gunned down and killed. Then another six were killed trying to escape from a classroom window. Then cho committed suicide and gave himself a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

On December 14,2012 a massacre took place in an elementary school called sandy hooks.The shooter was named Adam Lanza had a syndrome called asperger's syndrome and when he was a teenager he suffered from depression, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder. Then he killed his mother in her home. After he killed his mother he killed 20 students from around six and seven. After the police came they found him dead from a self- inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

On august 1, 1966 there was a tower shooting in Austin Texas. And the shooters name was Charles Whitman he had killed his mother and wife in their proper homes. Then he went to the University at Texas in Austin where he shot three students in the university tower. He then went to the towers 28th floor and he was randomly shooting. He killed eleven people and wounded 30 before being shot by the

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