Faces Of Death: The Mugs Behind Some Of America’s Deadliest Shootings [Photos]
Written by
Cecil Lennox
Published on
June 18, 2015
Too often are we forced as a nation to grieve and “band together” after heinous and unthinkable acts of violence. The Charleston Emanuel AME Church shooting and apprehension of Dylan Roof simply tells us we’re still amongst a filthy, plagued society where racial hatred and mental illness continues to be ignored on a grander scale.
While we’ll never forget the victims, take a look at the faces of evil. The men behind a handful of America’s deadliest shootings.
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Jacob Tyler Roberts of the Clackamas Town Center Shooting
Deaths: 3 (including shooter)
Injuries: 1
On December 11, 2012, Roberts gunned down Christmas shoppers for no apparent reason before committing suicide after being cornered by police.
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Photo: South Carolina Police Department
Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold of the Columbine High School Massacre
Deaths: 15 (including shooter)
Injuries: 24
The so-called “Trenchcoat Mafia” killed 12 of their classmates and one teacher before taking the coward’s way out on April 20, 1999.
Seung-Hui Cho of the Virginia Tech Massacre
Deaths: 33 (including shooter)
Injuries: 23
Cho evaded mental illness isolation to commit the deadliest shooting incident by a single gunman of all-time on April 16, 2007.
Photo: Family Handout
Timothy Hendron of the ABB Plant Shootings
Deaths: 4 (including shooter)
Injuries: 5
Hendron went “postal” on January 7, 2010 at a St. Louis power plant and killed himself before the cops came.
Photo: Texas Department of Public Safety
Ivan Lopez of the 2014 Fort Hood Shooting
Deaths: 4 (including shooter)
Injuries: 14
On April 2, 2014, the 34-year-old Army Specialist opened fire on the military installation in a murder-suicide spree after it was said he was denied from taking leave.
Nidal Malik Hasan of the 2009 Fort Hood Shooting
Deaths: 13
Injuries: 32
Five years prior on November 5, 2009, the Army major doctor committed an unspeakable act of terror, sealing his fate when he was sentenced to death in August 2013.
Photo: YouTube
Elliot Rodger of the Isla Vista Killings
Deaths: 7 (including shooter)
Injuries: 14
The spoiled rich kid of a Hunger Games director shot up the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara area, before committing suicide because he had never been kissed.
The day after Christmas 2000, McDermott killed seven of his co-workers and earned seven life sentences (without the possibility of parole) for his troubles.
