Two of the worst mass shootings shook the nation in May. On May 14, an 18-year-old white man shot 13 people, killing 10, at a local grocery store in Buffalo, New York. Police say it was racially motivated. On May 24, an 18-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. At least 19 children and 2 adults were killed. There have been 27 school shooting this year. Both incidents bear the unfortunate distinction of joining the ranks of the deadliest mass shootings in US history. There have been at least 214 mass shootings in the US so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The organization defines a mass shooting as a single incident in which at least four people are shot, not including the shooter. The details of 30 of the deadliest mass shootings in US history are here. The American Civic Association Center in New York was the site of a shooting in 2009. The man who took classes at the center shot 13 people before killing himself. According to the report, authorities learned that the shooter had recently lost his job. The American Civic Association said in a statement that the tragedy should have happened in our community to our friends who wanted to advance their knowledge and love of America. In 1949, 13 people were shot to death by a man in his own neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey. According to NJ.com, the shooter confessed to the crime. Novell said that her grandfather survived the shooting in Camden decades before. When he was a child, he hid in a closet from a murderer. These events should not be repeated. Something has to change. An armed man walked into an apartment in East New York, Brooklyn, in 1984 and killed ten people, including a pregnant woman. The incident became notoriously known as the Palm Massacre Sunday. According to the New York Post, officials who worked on the investigation slammed his release. He doesn't deserve to be on the street. Herbert Hohmann, who worked on the case, previously told The Post that he killed poor, innocent children. Keep reading.
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