People comfort each other as they sit near the scene in Thousand Oaks, Calif, where a gunman opened fire inside a country dance bar. —AP

Timeline of deadliest shooting incidents in United States in recent years

America's epidemic of gun violence.
Published November 8, 2018

A 28-year-old former Marine opened fire in a California country music bar packed with college students, killing 12 people including a police officer as dozens of terrified youngsters stampeded towards the door, authorities said on Thursday.

Here are some of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in the past 10 years.