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This is a list of notable shootings that have occurred in places of worship in the United States.
| Date
|
Location
|
Dead
|
Injured
|
Total
|
Motive
|
Description
|
| December 16, 2024
|
Madison, Wisconsin
|
3[n 1]
|
6
|
9
|
Under investigation
|
|
| February 11, 2024
|
Houston, Texas
|
1[n 1]
|
2
|
3
|
Under investigation
|
|
| January 3, 2024
|
Newark, New Jersey
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
Unknown
|
|
| March 27, 2023
|
Nashville, Tennessee
|
7[n 1]
|
1
|
8
|
Under investigation
|
|
| June 16, 2022
|
Vestavia Hills, Alabama
|
3
|
1[n 1]
|
4
|
Unknown
|
|
| May 15, 2022
|
Laguna Woods, California
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
Anti-Taiwanese Sentiment
|
|
| February 28, 2022
|
Sacramento, California
|
5[n 1]
|
1
|
6
|
Domestic Dispute
|
|
| January 3, 2021
|
Winona, Texas
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
Unknown
|
|
| December 29, 2019
|
White Settlement, Texas
|
3[n 1]
|
0
|
3
|
Unknown
|
|
| April 27, 2019
|
Poway, California
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
Anti-semitism
|
|
| October 27, 2018
|
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
11
|
6
|
17
|
Anti-semtism
|
|
| November 5, 2017
|
Sutherland Springs, Texas
|
27[n 1][n 2]
|
22
|
49
|
Disputed
|
|
| September 24, 2017
|
Antioch, Tennessee
|
1
|
8[n 1]
|
9
|
Black Supremacy
|
|
| June 17, 2015
|
Charleston, South Carolina
|
9
|
1
|
10
|
White Supremacy
|
|
| August 5, 2012
|
Oak Creek, Wisconsin
|
8[n 1]
|
3
|
11
|
White Supremacy
|
|
| November 23, 2008
|
Clifton, New Jersey
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
Domestic Dispute
|
|
| July 27, 2008
|
Knoxville, Tennessee
|
2
|
6
|
8
|
Anti-liberal sentiment
|
|
| May 31, 2009
|
Wichita, Kansas
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
Anti-abortion extremism
|
|
| December 9, 2007
|
Arvada and Colorado Springs, Colorado
|
5[n 1]
|
5
|
10
|
Anti-Christian sentiment
|
|
| August 12, 2007
|
Neosho, Missouri
|
3
|
5
|
8
|
Unclear, targeted church leaders
|
|
| August 28, 2005
|
Sash, Texas
|
5[n 1]
|
0
|
5
|
Perceived persecution
|
|
| March 12, 2005
|
Brookfield, Wisconsin
|
8[n 1]
|
4
|
12
|
Anti-Christian Sentiment
|
|
| June 10, 2002
|
Conception, Missouri
|
3[n 1]
|
2
|
5
|
Resentment of Roman Catholics
|
|
| March 12, 2002
|
Lynbrook, New York
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
|
|
| September 15, 1999
|
Fort Worth, Texas
|
8[n 1]
|
7
|
15
|
Anti-Christian sentiment
|
|
| April 15, 1999
|
Salt Lake City, Utah
|
3[n 1]
|
4
|
7
|
|
|
| August 9–10, 1991
|
Waddell, Arizona
|
9
|
0
|
9
|
Robbery
|
|
| March 6, 1988
|
Emporia, Kansas
|
1
|
4
|
6
|
|
|
| June 22, 1980
|
Daingerfield, Texas
|
5
|
11[n 1]
|
16
|
|
|
| August 10, 1884
|
Lewis County, Tennessee
|
5[1]
|
0
|
5
|
|
|
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- ^ Including one of the perpetrators
