Title: The Deadliest Mass Killings in American History by a Lone Shooter | History News  Network
Headings: 
The Deadliest Mass Killings in American History by a Lone Shooter
Related Links

Content: The Bath School disaster remains the deadliest mass killing in American history. On May 18, 1927, Andrew Philip Kehoe, a farmer, engineer, and sometime elected official in Bath Township, Michigan, murdered his wife, fire bombed his own house, bombed the Bath Consolidated School – killing thirty-eight people in one fell swoop – then drove to the school in his truck and detonated a hidden bomb in the vehicle, killing himself and several others. A total of 45 people (including Kehoe) were killed. The motive was evidently revenge for losing an election for the position of township clerk. Seung-Hui Cho's rampage across the Virginia Tech campus remains the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. Armed with two pistols, Cho, a student at the school, shot and killed 33 people  (including himself) and wounded 23 others. Plagued by a history of mental illness, he was earlier accused of stalking his fellow students and was encouraged by his English professor to seek counseling. Cho's motive remains unknown. After murdering his mother and taking her Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle, based on the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle (the M-16 rifle issued to U.S. soldiers is a variant) Adam Lanza stormed into Sandy Hook Elementary School, gunning down 26 people before turning his weapon on himself. Most of the dead were first-grade students.