A look at US shooting in Times

The gun massacre Sunday morning at an Orlando nightclub is the worst in the history of the United States, where mass shootings are frighteningly common.

It was the deadliest shooting since February, when a man named Cedric Ford killed three people and wounded four others at a lawnmower factory in
Kansas.

Days earlier, an Uber driver in Kalamazoo, Mich. randomly shot and killed six people and severely wounded two others — and neither of those rank anywhere near the top of high body counts that have plagued the country more and more in the last 60 years.
Terror attack at Orlando gay club leaves at least 50 people dead

2016, Orlando, FL. — Twisted madman Omar Mateen opened fire in a crowded gay club near closing time, leaving at least 50 dead and 53 injured. Mateen was killed by SWAT officers who responded to the scene.

2007, Blacksburg, Va. — Seung-Hui Cho, a senior at Virginia Tech, shot and killed 32 people and wounded 17 others during two attacks on campus before killing himself.
Orlando gunman Omar Mateen pledged allegiance to ISIS

2012, Newtown, Ct. — Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School and used a semi-automatic rifle to kill 20 first graders and six adult school staff members. He then killed himself.

1991, Killeen, Texas — George Hennard opened fire at a Luby’s Cafeteria, killing 23 people and wounding 20 others before taking his own life.

1984, San Ysidro, Calif. — James Oliver Huberty, an out-of-work security guard, kills 21 people in a McDonald’s restaurant. A police sharpshooter kills Huberty.
Orlando club shooter used AR-15 — the same rifle used in Newtown

1966, Austin, Texas — Charles Joseph Whitman, a student at the University of Texas and a former U.S. Marine, killed his wife and mother before gunning down 16 people from a tower on campus and wounding another 31. He was shot by police.
2015, San Bernardino, Calif.

— Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and wife Tashfeen Malik, 27, opened fire at a social services center, killing 14 people and wounding more than 20. They fled the scene but died hours later in a shootout with police.

1986, Edmond, Okla. — Pat Sherrill, 44, a postal worker who was about to be fired, shoots 14 people at a post office. He then kills himself.

2009, Ft. Hood, Texas — Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, opened fire on the Fort Hood base, killing 13 people and injuring more than 30. Hasan — who admitted a jihad motive in the massacre — was convicted by a military court and sentenced to death.
2009, Binghamton, N.Y. — Jiverly Wong, a 41-year-old Vietnamese immigrant, wore body armor as he gunned down 13 people inside the American Civic Association. He then killed himself as three wounded victims looked on.

2012, Aurora, Colo. — James Holmes, 27, fatally shot 12 people and injured 70 in a movie theater. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

2013, Washington, D.C. — Aaron Alexis, a mentally disturbed civilian contractor, shot 12 people to death at the Washington Navy Yard before he was killed in a police shootout.

1999, Littleton, Colo. — Students Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, opened fire at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killing 12 classmates and a teacher and wounding 26 others before killing themselves in the school's library.