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 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. Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald Dallas 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 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. San Antonio parade shooting San Antonio 3 64-year-old Ira Attebury opened fire on the spectator crowd at the Battle of Flowers parade in San Antonio. Daingerfield church shooting Daingerfield 5 Religious hate crime Grand Prairie shooting Grand Prairie 6 Workplace violence 1984 Dallas nightclub shooting Dallas 6 Mass shooting Luby's shooting Killeen 24 Inconclusive (predominant theory is misogyny but others include misanthropy, rejection and isolation) Waco siege Axtell 10 Suspected weapons violations by religious cult, botched police warrant search Murder of Selena Corpus Christi 1 Entertainer murdered by her fan club president Corpus Christi shooting Corpus Christi 6 Workplace violence Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting Fort Worth 8 Religious hate crime 2007 NASA Johnson Space Center Houston 2 Workplace violence triggered by unsatisfactory job review. Hostage taking, with eventual suicide by perpetrator 2009 Fort Hood shooting Fort Hood 14 Terrorist attack perpetrated by on-base US Army major University of Texas Library shooting Austin 1 A student, Colton Tooley, fired shots from an AK-47 before killing himself in the Perry–Castañeda Library. 2012 College Station shooting College Station 3 Shootout with the police, when served with a summons to appear in court over unpaid back rent 2014 Fort Hood shootings Fort Hood 4 Workplace violence 2014 Harris County shooting Spring 6 Domestic violence Curtis Culwell Center attack Garland 2 Two attackers were the only fatalities 2015 Waco shootout Waco 9 Large, confused shootout with Bandidos, Cossacks, and allies 2015 attack on Dallas police Dallas/Hutchins 1 Attack on police headquarters, followed by a chase that resulted in the attacker being killed. 2015 Harris County shooting near Houston 8 Domestic violence 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers Dallas 6 A single attacker ambushed a group of policemen. 2017 Plano shooting Plano 9 Domestic violence Sutherland Springs church shooting Sutherland Springs 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 10 School shooting 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting El Paso 23 Mass 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 8 Spree shooting at multiple locations in the Midland–Odessa area West Freeway Church of Christ shooting White Settlement 3 Gunman opened fire during Sunday morning church service, killing two, before being killed by an armed member of the congregation. 2021 Garland shooting Garland 3 A mass shooting took place at a Texaco convenience store in Garland, Texas, United States. Three teenage boys were killed and another was seriously injured before the perpetrator, 14-year-old Abel Acosta, fled the scene Robb Elementary School shooting Uvalde 22 A gunman shot his grandmother at their home, then drove to an elementary school and opened fire, killing 21 people, before being killed by police. 2023 Cleveland, Texas shooting Cleveland 5 A gunman shot neighbors, killing 5 people, before fleeing into a wooded area. 2023 Allen, Texas outlet mall shooting Allen 9 A gunman shot and killed eight people before being shot by police. 2023 Austin shootings Austin –5, 2023 6 A gunman killed six people in a spree shooting before being arrested. 2026 Austin bar shooting Austin 4 A gunman shot 18 people, killing three, before being killed by police.
April 2024, Bowie High School, Arlington Texas https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-county/bowie-high-school-shooting-julian-howard-sentence-guilty-plea/287-67d71ee1-3d4f-4789-ad33-fd335538219e March 2023 Lamar High School, Arlington Texas https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2023-09-21/lamar-high-school-shooter-sentenced-murder-arlington October 2021 Timberview High School, Arlington Texas https://www.keranews.org/criminal-justice/2024-05-16/timberview-high-school-shooting-arlington-mansfield-isd-new-assault-charges
See also
Crime in Texas
References