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. KennedyDallasNovember 22, 19632While 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 OswaldDallasNovember 24, 19631As 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 shootingAustinAugust 1, 196618A 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 shootingDaingerfieldJune 22, 19805Religious hate crime
Grand Prairie shootingGrand PrairieAugust 9, 19826Workplace violence
1984 Dallas nightclub shootingDallasJune 29, 19846Mass shooting
Luby's shootingKilleenOctober 16, 199124Misogynistic attack
Waco siegeAxtellFebruary 28, 199322Botched police warrant search
Murder of SelenaCorpus ChristiMarch 31, 19951
Wedgwood Baptist Church shootingFort WorthSeptember 15, 19998Religious hate crime
2009 Fort Hood shootingFort HoodNovember 5, 200914Terrorist attack
University of Texas Library shootingAustinSeptember 28, 20101A student, Colton Tooley, fired shots from an AK-47 before killing himself in the Perry–Castañeda Library.[1]
2012 College Station shootingCollege StationAugust 13, 20123Shootout with the police
2014 Fort Hood shootingsFort HoodApril 2, 20144Workplace violence
2014 Harris County shootingSpringJuly 9, 20146Domestic violence
Curtis Culwell Center attackGarlandMay 3, 20152Two attackers were the only fatalities
2015 Waco shootoutWacoMay 17, 20159Large, confused shootout with Bandidos, Cossacks, and allies
2015 attack on Dallas policeDallas/HutchinsJune 13, 20151Attack on police headquarters, followed by a chase that resulted in the attacker being killed.
2015 Harris County shootingnear HoustonAugust 8, 20158Domestic violence
2016 shooting of Dallas police officersDallasJuly 7, 20166A single attacker ambushed a group of policemen.
2017 Plano shootingPlanoSeptember 10, 20179Domestic violence
Sutherland Springs church shootingSutherland SpringsNovember 5, 201727Deadliest mass shooting in Texas history. Deadliest shooting in an American place of worship in modern history.
2018 Santa Fe High School shootingSanta FeMay 18, 201810School shooting
2019 El Paso shootingEl PasoAugust 3, 201923Shooting 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 shootingsOdessa and MidlandAugust 31, 20198Spree shooting at multiple locations in the Midland–Odessa area
West Freeway Church of Christ shootingWhite SettlementDecember 29, 20193Gunman opened fire during Sunday morning church service, killing two, before being killed by an armed member of the congregation.
Robb Elementary School shootingUvaldeMay 24, 202222Gunman shot grandmother at home, then drove to an elementary school and opened fire, killing 21 people, before being killed by police.
2023 Cleveland, Texas shootingClevelandApril 28, 20235Gunman shot neighbors, killing 5 people, before fleeing into a wooded area.
2023 Allen, Texas outlet mall shootingAllenMay 6, 20239Gunman shot eight people before being shot by police.

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References

  1. ↑ "Shooter at University of Texas was a student - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
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