White Supremacist Suspect Arrested After Rifle Malfunction Foils Mass Shooting Attempt at Aurora Hindu Temple
A 19-year-old Palatine man with white supremacist views was arrested on October 11 after his rifle malfunctioned during an apparent attempt to shoot up a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois during Navaratri; police found an AR rifle, body armor, and a white supremacist manifesto at his home.
Active Shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School Kills Three Children and One Adult in Bend, Oregon
A gunman killed three children and one adult at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon on October 15; the suspect, believed to be a teenager, was shot and killed at the scene by a bystander.
Mass Shooting at Vienna Georgia Block Party Kills Two, Injures Thirty-Five
Two men were shot dead and 35 others injured when more than 50 rounds were fired from multiple positions at a homecoming block party in Vienna, Georgia drawing more than 1,000 attendees; the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over from Dooly County sheriffs who were on scene when shooting began.
Gunman Shoots Officer Outside Ontario Synagogue on Yom Kippur, Suspect Dead
Sean Ward shot and critically wounded a Belleville police officer outside a synagogue during Yom Kippur on September 21 before dying of his own wounds the next day, in an attack Canadian officials and the Jewish community characterized as terrorism.
Downtown Minneapolis Mass Shooting Kills Two and Wounds Three Officers
Two civilians died and three Minneapolis officers were wounded after a gunman opened fire in a downtown apartment tower on September 2; the shooter, evicted from the building that afternoon, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Two Masked Gunmen Kill One, Wound Fourteen at South Side Chicago Park
Washington Park on Chicago's South Side was the scene of a mass shooting late August 30 that left one dead and 14 wounded, the largest mass casualty shooting in Chicago this year, with no suspects identified by the following morning.