This is a list of shootings in Texas resulted in death. This list contains notable homicides committed with firearms and alike within the U.S. state of Texas that have a Wikipedia article for the killing, the killer, or a related subject.
Incident
Location
Date
Deaths
Description
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Dallas
November 22, 1963
2
While traveling in an open car, President John F. Kennedy was killed by a lone sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald, who then murdered J. D. Tippit, a Dallas police officer who had spotted him in a local neighborhood.
Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
November 24, 1963
1
As Oswald was being escorted by police through the Dallas Police Headquarters basement to a waiting armored car that was to take him to the county jail, he was fatally shot in the abdomen, at close range, by Dallas nightclub operator Jack Ruby. The shooting was broadcast live on network television.
University of Texas tower shooting
Austin
August 1, 1966
18
A student, sniper, Charles Whitman, barricaded himself atop a campus tower, shooting at the people down below before being shot by Austin police officers.
Daingerfield church shooting
Daingerfield
June 22, 1980
5
Religious hate crime
Grand Prairie shooting
Grand Prairie
August 9, 1982
6
Workplace violence
1984 Dallas nightclub shooting
Dallas
June 29, 1984
6
Mass shooting
Luby's shooting
Killeen
October 16, 1991
24
Misogynistic attack
Waco siege
Axtell
February 28, 1993
22
Botched police warrant search
Murder of Selena
Corpus Christi
March 31, 1995
1
Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting
Fort Worth
September 15, 1999
8
Religious hate crime
2009 Fort Hood shooting
Fort Hood
November 5, 2009
14
Terrorist attack
University of Texas Library shooting
Austin
September 28, 2010
1
A student, Colton Tooley, fired shots from an AK-47 before killing himself in the Perry–Castañeda Library.[1]
2012 College Station shooting
College Station
August 13, 2012
3
Shootout with the police
2014 Fort Hood shootings
Fort Hood
April 2, 2014
4
Workplace violence
2014 Harris County shooting
Spring
July 9, 2014
6
Domestic violence
Curtis Culwell Center attack
Garland
May 3, 2015
2
Two attackers were the only fatalities
2015 Waco shootout
Waco
May 17, 2015
9
Large, confused shootout with Bandidos, Cossacks, and allies
2015 attack on Dallas police
Dallas/Hutchins
June 13, 2015
1
Attack on police headquarters, followed by a chase that resulted in the attacker being killed.
2015 Harris County shooting
near Houston
August 8, 2015
8
Domestic violence
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
Dallas
July 7, 2016
6
A single attacker ambushed a group of policemen.
2017 Plano shooting
Plano
September 10, 2017
9
Domestic violence
Sutherland Springs church shooting
Sutherland Springs
November 5, 2017
27
Deadliest mass shooting in Texas history. Deadliest shooting in an American place of worship in modern history.
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting
Santa Fe
May 18, 2018
10
School shooting
2019 El Paso shooting
El Paso
August 3, 2019
23
Shooting inside a Walmart and its surrounding area. The shooter, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, was arrested by the police. 22 others were injured.
Midland–Odessa shootings
Odessa and Midland
August 31, 2019
8
Spree shooting at multiple locations in the Midland–Odessa area
West Freeway Church of Christ shooting
White Settlement
December 29, 2019
3
Gunman opened fire during Sunday morning church service, killing two, before being killed by an armed member of the congregation.
Robb Elementary School shooting
Uvalde
May 24, 2022
22
Gunman shot grandmother at home, then drove to an elementary school and opened fire, killing 21 people, before being killed by police.
2023 Cleveland, Texas shooting
Cleveland
April 28, 2023
5
Gunman shot neighbors, killing 5 people, before fleeing into a wooded area.
2023 Allen, Texas outlet mall shooting
Allen
May 6, 2023
9
Gunman shot eight people before being shot by police.
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