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1990 DETROIT PISTONS WON THE NBA FINALS
One of the worst incidents of violence in the US in 1990 was the 1990 Detroit riot. This riot occurred after the Detroit Pistons won the NBA Finals and a riot resulted in 8 deaths. -
WORLD CENTER TRADE BOMBING
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack carried out by Ramzi Yousef and associates against the United States on February 26, 1993, when a van bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City. -
OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING
The worst act of violence in 1995 was the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19th, which killed 168 people and injured hundreds more. It is considered the nation's worst single act of domestic terrorism -
NORTH HOLLYWOOD SHOOTING
A dramatic and heavily televised gun battle between two heavily armed bank robbers and Los Angeles police. It led to discussions on police armament and tactics. -
ATTACK ON THE TWIN TOWERS
On September 11, 2001, four coordinated terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda against the United States resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people. Two planes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City -
RED LAKE MASSACRE
The Red Lake Shootings was a spree killing that occurred on March 21, 2005, at two locations on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Red Lake, Minnesota, United States. That afternoon at 16-year-old Jeff Weise killed his grandfather and his grandfather's girlfriend at their lakeside home. -
VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING
The Virginia Tech shooting, a spree shooting that occurred on April 16, 2007, resulted in 32 deaths and 17 injuries at Virginia Tech University. The perpetrator, Seung-Hui Cho, an undergraduate student, used two semi-automatic pistols to carry out the attacks on two different locations on campus. He then committed suicide -
MOVIE THEATER SHOOTING
Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting, where 12 people were killed and 58 injured. Other significant incidents -
SANDY HOOK SHOOTING
On December 14, 2012, a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, resulting in 27 fatalities, including 20 children. This devastating incident reignited debates on gun control and mental health policies across the U.S. -
ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING
Orlando nightclub shooting, which resulted in 49 deaths and 53 injuries -
NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA SHOOTING
On the morning of December 6, 2019, a terrorist attack occurred at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida. The assailant killed three men and injured eight others. The shooter was killed by Escambia County sheriff deputies after they arrived at the scene. -
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD
In 2020, the United States experienced a significant surge in gun violence. This period was marked by a dramatic increase in murder rates, with some cities experiencing the highest weekly murder counts in decades. The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020 -
ATTACK ON US SHIPS
Houthi rebels in Yemen launched a series of missile and drone attacks on commercial and U.S. Navy ships in the Red Sea. These attacks, which began in late November, were part of a larger campaign targeting ships they claimed were connected to Israel or heading to or from Israel. -
NEW ORLEANS ATTACK
The worst act of violence in 2025 in the US, New Orleans New Year's Day attack, where a man drove a truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing 14 and injuring 35. This incident was described as an act of terrorism by the FBI. -
TRACK MEET STABBING
A student at Frisco Memorial High School was stabbed during an altercation at the track meet. By another member of a track team from a different team and died.