AT LEAST 27 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A MASS SHOOTING AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES.

HERE ARE THE TEN W ORST SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY SHOOTINGS IN THE US:CONNECTICUT STATE POLICE LEAD CHILDREN FROM THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE S HOOTING P HOTO: AP PHOTO/NEW T OW N BEE, S HA NNON HIC K

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AUG 1, 1966: CHARLES W HITMAN, 25, A STUDENT AND FORMER MARINE, KILLED HIS W IFE AND MOTHE R BEFORE CA RRYING A RIFLE TO THE TOW ER ON T HE CA M PUS OF T HE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN. IN A 96 -MINUTE RAMPAGE HE FATALLY SHOT 14 OTHERS BEFORE POLICE SHOT AND KILLED HIM.

JUL Y 12, 1976: EDW ARD CHARLES ALLAW AY, 37 , A CUSTODIAN AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON KILLED SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE LIBRARY W ITH A GUN PURCHASED AT KMART. HE W AS FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF

J A N . 1 7 , 1 9 8 9 : P A T R I C K E DW A R D P U R D Y , A 2 4 - Y E A R - O L D DRIFTER, OPENED FIRE W ITH A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA PLAYGROUND, KILLING FIVE CHILDREN AND WOUNDING ONE TEACHER AND 29 OTHER CHILDREN. HE KILLED HIMSELF.

DEC 1, 1997: 14-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL CARNEAL FIRES ON STUDENTS ATTENDING A PRAYER CIRCLE AT A SCHOOL IN WEST PADUCAH, KENTUC KY. HE KILLS THREE STUDENTS AND WOUNDS FIVE.

MARCH 24, 1 998: MIT CHELL JOHNSON, 13 , AND ANDREW GOLDEN, 11, PULLED A FIRE ALARM AND BEGAN SHOOTING AS EVERYONE EXITED A SCHOOL IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, KILLING FOUR STUDENTS AND ONE TEACHER AND INJURING NINE OTHERS. APRIL 20, 1999: ERIC HARRIS, 18, AND DYLAN KLEBOLD, 17, WALKED INTO COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL IN COLORADO AND IN A RAMPAGE OF GUNFIRE AND HOMEMADE BOMBS KILLED 12 STUDENTS AND A TEACHER AND THEN THEMSELVES.

MARCH 21, 2005: JEFFREY W EISE, 17, W ENT ON A SHOOTING SPREE AT RED LAKE HIGH SCHOOL ON THE RED LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION IN MINNESOTA. HE KILLED NINE PEOPLE, INCLUDING HIS GRANDFATHER, AND W OUNDED FIVE OTHERS BEFORE KILLING HIMSELF. OCT 2, 2006: CHARLES CARL ROBERTS IV, 32, A MILK-VAN DRIVER, KILLED FIVE GIRLS AGES 7 TO 13 E XECUTION-STYLE, THEN TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF, IN A ONE-ROOM AMISH SCHOOLHOUSE IN NICKEL MINES, PENNSYLVANIA. APRIL 16, 2007: SEUNG-HUI CHO, 23, A STUDENT AT VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY IN BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA., SHOT AND KILLED 32 PEOPLE IN ATTACKS TW O HOURS AP ART IN TW O CAMPUS BUILDINGS. CHO, W HO WAS DIAGNOSED W ITH MENTAL ILLNESS, KILL ED HIMSELF. APRIL 2: ONE L GOH, 43, A FORMER NURSING STUDENT AT PRIVATE OIKOS UNIVERSITY IN CALIFORNIA, SPRAYED GUNFIRE AROUND A CLASSROOM, KILLING SEVEN PEOPLE.