2017 Mass Killings in the United States

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
21

Less than 2% of the murders that happen in the US are from mass shootings. There are about 15x more people that accidently drown each year in the US than are killed in mass shootings. Perspective sometimes sheds light on priorities. Sometimes it doesn’t.

Encourage others to learn to swim!

22

I think most adults who drown do know how to swim, but overestimate their ability. People who can’t swim stay our of the water.

An old adage that sailors and fishermen never learn to swim – it takes too long to die.

23

So, if you are ever in a shipwreck, shoot the survivors.

Regards,
Shodan

24

Well, you might get yourself on Paul’s list, if nothing else.

25

depends if it’s in international waters or not.

26

#7 is now reported as a shooting, adding #8

  1. 1 January 2017, Lexington County, SC 4 killed (shot) (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/authorities-killed-home-apparent-murder-suicide-44509341)

  2. 5 January 2017, Hubbard, OR 5 killed (multiple) (Sheriff: Four bodies found in burned Hubbard home died of gunshot wounds to the head | KATU)

  3. 6 January 2017 Fort Lauderdale. FL 5 killed (shot) (BSO: 5 dead, 6 hurt after shooting at FLL – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale)

  4. 10 January 2017 Colorado Springs, CO 4 killed (shot) (Colorado Springs police find man, woman and 2 children dead in murder-suicide – The Denver Post)

  5. 28 January 2017 Kitsnap County, WA 4 killed (Not reported) (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article130005409.html)

  6. 6 February 2017 Yazoo City MS 4 killed (Shot) (http://wjtv.com/2017/02/06/breaking-4-people-shot-and-killed-in-yazoo-city/)

  7. 7 February 2017 Morris OK 4 killed (Shot) (Okmulgee Co. sheriff suspects murder-suicide after Morris family of 4 found dead)

  8. 19 February 2017 Preston ID 4 killed (shot) (Police: Idaho father shot, killed 3 kids before turning gun on himself | KSL.com)

Events 8
Killed 40

27
  1. 22 February 2017 Toomsuba MS4 dead (shot) (3 women, 5-year-old boy shot to death in Mississippi - al.com)

Events 9
Killed 38

28

Hi, Paul,

I appreciate that you do this. It really brings the point home about spontaneous gun violence in our country.

Just wanted to point out I’m confused by the math between post numbers 26 and 27. If there were 8 events with a total of 40 deaths, wouldn’t the total after 9 events with 4 deaths be 44 deaths total, not 38? Or have I missed something?

29

I kind of think it’s disingenuous to count “targeted” actions like the one posted today, and the father who killed his family as “spontaneous” gun violence equivalent to Sandy Hook.

30

Yeah, the victims are dead in a whole different way.

Paul did not claim that the list he is making is about “spontaneous”, and aspen glow did not claim that all the examples were “spontaneous”, just that it highlights how much there are.

Also, do you have more info on the one from today? I don’t know that it was spontaneous, but it seems to early to tell that it was targeted from that article.

31

Yeah, these things just happen. Right out of the blue here, all the time; one minute a family is playing, chatting, going about their business: then Bamm ! All dead.

32

I’m obviously not speaking for Paul in Qatar, and he has defined his own methodology above. I used the word, ‘spontaneous,’ because so many of these types of killings occur as a result of little or no planning. But by no means all. Either way, I was simply trying to get the correct number of dead to date.

What is disingenuous, perhaps, is seizing on a word I used in order to define what Paul himself has well defined in his own words.

33

  1. 1 January 2017, Lexington County, SC 4 killed (shot) (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/authorities-killed-home-apparent-murder-suicide-44509341)

  2. 5 January 2017, Hubbard, OR 5 killed (multiple) (Sheriff: Four bodies found in burned Hubbard home died of gunshot wounds to the head | KATU)

  3. 6 January 2017 Fort Lauderdale. FL 5 killed (shot) (BSO: 5 dead, 6 hurt after shooting at FLL – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale)

  4. 10 January 2017 Colorado Springs, CO 4 killed (shot) (Colorado Springs police find man, woman and 2 children dead in murder-suicide – The Denver Post)

  5. 28 January 2017 Kitsnap County, WA 4 killed (not reported) (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article130005409.html)

  6. 6 February 2017 Yazoo City MS 4 killed (shot) (http://wjtv.com/2017/02/06/breaking-4-people-shot-and-killed-in-yazoo-city/)

  7. 7 February 2017 Morris OK 4 killed (shot) (Okmulgee Co. sheriff suspects murder-suicide after Morris family of 4 found dead)

  8. 19 February 2017 Preston ID 4 killed (shot) (Police: Idaho father shot, killed 3 kids before turning gun on himself | KSL.com)

  9. 22 February 2017 Toomsuba MS 4 dead (shot) (3 women, 5-year-old boy shot to death in Mississippi - al.com)

  10. 6 March 2017 El Centro CA 4 dead (shot) (http://www.kyma.com/news/three-people-found-dead-inside-a-home/380196896)
    Events 10
    Killed 38

34
  1. 8 March 2017 Detroit MI 5 killed (arson) (http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/240302465-story)

Events 11
Killed 48

35

Article title: “We as a nation have an official bacon reserve and it’s at a 50-year low”

“Person of interest questioned … It’s not known yet what caused the fire, or if the cause may be weather related.”

38 + 5 = 48 ???

36

In such a complex project, I have consistently had trouble with… the flipping addition. I have found mistakes in all ten of the lists. It really makes me feel dumb.

Thank you so much for noticing. Anyone who back-checks my work on this has my thanks.

37
  1. 15 March 2017 Metairie LA 4 killed (shot) (http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/local-news/four-dead-in-south-louisiana-shooting/672446842)

Events 12
Killed 52

38

  1. 1 January 2017, Lexington County, SC 4 killed (shot) (http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/authorities-killed-home-apparent-murder-suicide-44509341)

  2. 5 January 2017, Hubbard, OR 5 killed (multiple) (http://katu.com/news/local/sheriff-...bbard-home-died-of-gunshot-wounds-to-the-head)

  3. 6 January 2017 Fort Lauderdale. FL 5 killed (shot) (BSO: 5 dead, 6 hurt after shooting at FLL – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale)

  4. 10 January 2017 Colorado Springs, CO 4 killed (shot) (Colorado Springs police find man, woman and 2 children dead in murder-suicide – The Denver Post)

  5. 28 January 2017 Kitsnap County, WA 4 killed (not reported) (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article130005409.html)

  6. 6 February 2017 Yazoo City MS 4 killed (shot) (http://wjtv.com/2017/02/06/breaking-4-people-shot-and-killed-in-yazoo-city/)

  7. 7 February 2017 Morris OK 4 killed (shot) (http://ktul.com/news/local/okmulgee...r-suicide-after-morris-family-of-4-found-dead)

  8. 19 February 2017 Preston ID 4 killed (shot) (Police: Idaho father shot, killed 3 kids before turning gun on himself | KSL.com)

  9. 22 February 2017 Toomsuba MS 4 dead (shot) (3 women, 5-year-old boy shot to death in Mississippi - al.com)

  10. 6 March 2017 El Centro CA 4 dead (shot) (http://www.kyma.com/news/three-people-found-dead-inside-a-home/380196896)

  11. 8 March 2017 Detroit MI 5 killed (arson) (http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/240302465-story)

  12. 15 March 2017 Metairie LA 4 killed (shot) (http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/local-news/four-dead-in-south-louisiana-shooting/672446842)

  13. 22 March 2017 Weston WI 4 killed (shot) (Police officer, three others killed in 'tragic' Wisconsin town shooting spree – New York Daily News

Events 13
Killed 56

39
  1. 23 March 2017 Sacramento CA 4 killed (not reported) (http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/6814297-181/4-dead-in-sacramento-home?artslide=0)

Events 14
Killed 60

40

First mass killing in Chicago in quite some time.

  1. 31 March 2017 Chicago IL 5 killed (shot) (4 dead in restaurant shooting: 'It is not OK. It is not OK when we lose a child like this' – Chicago Tribune)

Events 15
Killed 65