List of shootings in Colorado

There have been at least six shootings at schools or public places in Colorado in the past 50 years. Four of these shootings took place at a school, of which one is detailed below. All resulted in a death or more.

List

In the past 15 years, there have been two notable massacres in Colorado - the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, which resulted in 15 deaths, and the Aurora Shooting on July 20, 2012, with 12 killed and an estimated 59 injured (as of July 20, 2012).^[1] In both instances, the shooter(s) were armed with semi-automatic weapons.

Events	Location	Date	Number of persons killed	Description
November 2015 Colorado Springs shooting	Colorado Springs	November 27, 2015	3	A shooting and five-hour standoff with police occurred at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.[2] A University of Colorado Colorado Springs police officer and two civilians were killed in the shooting, one was a mother of two and the other was an Iraqi war vet.[3][4] The suspected shooter, identified as Robert Lewis Dear,[5] was captured alive after police convinced him to surrender.[2] During his arrest, he gave a "rambling" interview[6] in which, at one point he said, "No more baby parts".[7][8][9] Nine other victims, comprising five police officers and four civilians, were also reportedly shot.
October 2015 Colorado Springs shooting	Colorado Springs	October 31, 2015	4	Noah Harpham killed three. Harpham was open carrying, and some open carry opponents would assert this allowed such a delay before response that he was able to kill more individuals than in a case where a police response would have been warranted by his presence with a rifle.[10] Among those killed was a U.S. Army veteran.
2012 Aurora shooting	Aurora	July 20, 2012	12	James Holmes opened fire during a midnight showing of the film "The Dark Knight Rises". In addition to 12 dead, 59 people were injured.[1][11]
2007 Colorado YWAM and New Life shootings	Arvada/Colorado Springs	December 9, 2007	5	Matthew Murray opened fire at two church organizations in separate cities, killing four and wounding five others before committing suicide.
1999 Columbine High School massacre	Unincorporated area of Jefferson County	April 20, 1999	15	Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a shooting spree in which a total of 12 students and 1 teacher were murdered. They also injured 21 other students directly, with three further people being injured while attempting to escape the school. The pair then committed suicide. It is the fifth-deadliest school massacre in United States history, after the 1927 Bath School disaster, the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre, the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary massacre and the 1966 University of Texas massacre, and remains the deadliest for an American high school.
1993 Aurora shooting	Aurora	December 13, 1993	4	Nathan Dunlap, 18, who was fired from a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant as a cook, opened fire, killing four employees and wounding another. He was convicted of first degree murder and attempted murder charges and was sentenced to death.[12]

References

1. Carter, Chelsea, J.; Pearson, Michael (20 July 2012). "Gunman kills 12 in Colorado movie theater". CNN. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
2. Turkewitz, Julie; Healy, Jack (November 27, 2015). "3 Are Dead in Colorado Springs Shootout at Planned Parenthood Center". The New York Times. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
3. "Death of UCCS police officer in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting confirmed". Colorado Springs Gazette. November 28, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
4. Shoichet, Catherine E.; Stapleton, AnneClaire; Botelho, Greg (November 27, 2015). "Colorado Planned Parenthood shooting: 3 dead, suspect captured (updated)". CNN. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
5. Paul, Jesse; Steffen, Jordan; Ingold, John (November 27, 2015). "Planned Parenthood shooting: 3 killed, including 1 police officer in Colorado Springs". The Denver Post. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
6. Turkewitz, Julie (2015-11-28). "Robert Dear, Suspect in Colorado Killings, ‘Preferred to Be Left Alone’". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
7. "Colorado shooting suspect said 'no more baby parts': reports". Reuters.
8. "Planned Parenthood shooting: Suspect said 'no more baby parts'". BBC News.
9. Wesley Lowery (November 28, 2015). "‘No more baby parts,’ suspect in attack at Colo. Planned Parenthood clinic told official". Washington Post.
10. "Did Colorado's Open Carry Law Delay Police Response to a Mass Shooter?". Mother Jones. 2015-11-02. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
11. "13 Dead After Shooting During ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Movie". July 20, 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
12. Nathan Dunlap on death row for Chuck E. Cheese shooting, CNN