Item 1 of 2 Law enforcement walk past a row of ambulances, after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. REUTERS/Tim Evans

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Aug 27 (Reuters) – Two children were killed and 17 other people were injured on Wednesday after a gunman opened fire on schoolchildren and others at a Mass in a Minneapolis Catholic church, authorities said. The gunman took his own life at the scene.

Below are some of the deadliest and most notable multiple shootings in U.S. schools and colleges, ranked by death toll:

VIRGINIA TECH: April 16, 2007 – A gunman kills 32 students and faculty before killing himself at Virginia Tech, a university in Blacksburg, Virginia.

SANDY HOOK: December 14, 2012 – A man fatally shoots his mother, then kills 20 children and six adults before killing himself at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

UVALDE: May 24, 2022 – A man fatally shoots 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, before he was shot dead by Border Patrol agents.

PARKLAND: February 14, 2018 – A former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, opens fire with an assault-style rifle, killing 17 students and educators. Authorities arrest the gunman.

AUSTIN: August 1, 1966 – A sniper perched in a University of Texas clock tower shoots and kills 15 people, and wounds more than 30 others in what is regarded as the first U.S. mass shooting in a public space. The gunman is fatally shot by police.

COLUMBINE: April 20, 1999 – Two teenagers at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, fatally shoot 13 students and a teacher and wound more than 20 others before killing themselves.

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