List of shootings in Texas
Updated: 11/4/2025, 9:50:06 PM Wikipedia source
This is a list of shootings in Texas resulted in death. This list contains notable homicides committed with firearms and alike within the U.S. state of Texas that have a Wikipedia article for the killing, the killer, or a related subject.
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Incident
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Location
Dallas
Date
November 22, 1963
Deaths
2
Description
While traveling in an open car, President John F. Kennedy was killed by a lone sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald, who then murdered J. D. Tippit, a Dallas police officer who had spotted him in a local neighborhood.
Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald
Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald
Incident
Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald
Location
Dallas
Date
November 24, 1963
Deaths
1
Description
As Oswald was being escorted by police through the Dallas Police Headquarters basement to a waiting armored car that was to take him to the county jail, he was fatally shot in the abdomen, at close range, by Dallas nightclub operator Jack Ruby. The shooting was broadcast live on network television.
University of Texas tower shooting
University of Texas tower shooting
Incident
University of Texas tower shooting
Location
Austin
Date
August 1, 1966
Deaths
18
Description
A student, sniper, Charles Whitman, barricaded himself atop a campus tower, shooting at the people down below before being shot by Austin police officers.
San Antonio parade shooting
San Antonio parade shooting
Incident
San Antonio parade shooting
Location
San Antonio
Date
April 27, 1979
Deaths
3
Description
64-year-old Ira Attebury opened fire on the spectator crowd at the Battle of Flowers parade in San Antonio
Daingerfield church shooting
Daingerfield church shooting
Incident
Daingerfield church shooting
Location
Daingerfield
Date
June 22, 1980
Deaths
5
Description
Religious hate crime
Grand Prairie shooting
Grand Prairie shooting
Incident
Grand Prairie shooting
Location
Grand Prairie
Date
August 9, 1982
Deaths
6
Description
Workplace violence
1984 Dallas nightclub shooting
1984 Dallas nightclub shooting
Incident
1984 Dallas nightclub shooting
Location
Dallas
Date
June 29, 1984
Deaths
6
Description
Mass shooting
Luby's shooting
Luby's shooting
Incident
Luby's shooting
Location
Killeen
Date
October 16, 1991
Deaths
24
Description
Inconclusive (predominant theory is misogyny but others include misanthropy, rejection and isolation)
Waco siege
Waco siege
Incident
Waco siege
Location
Axtell
Date
February 28, 1993
Deaths
10
Description
Suspected weapons violations by religious cult, botched police warrant search
Murder of Selena
Murder of Selena
Incident
Murder of Selena
Location
Corpus Christi
Date
March 31, 1995
Deaths
1
Description
Entertainer murdered by her fan club president
Corpus Christi shooting
Corpus Christi shooting
Incident
Corpus Christi shooting
Location
Corpus Christi
Date
April 3, 1995
Deaths
6
Description
Workplace violence
Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting
Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting
Incident
Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting
Location
Fort Worth
Date
September 15, 1999
Deaths
8
Description
Religious hate crime
2007 NASA Johnson Space Center
2007 NASA Johnson Space Center
Incident
2007 NASA Johnson Space Center
Location
Houston
Date
April 20, 2007
Deaths
2
Description
Work Place Violence triggered by unsatisfactory job review. Hostage taking, with eventual suicide by perpetrator
2009 Fort Hood shooting
2009 Fort Hood shooting
Incident
2009 Fort Hood shooting
Location
Fort Hood
Date
November 5, 2009
Deaths
14
Description
Terrorist attack perpetrated by on-base US Army major
University of Texas Library shooting
University of Texas Library shooting
Incident
University of Texas Library shooting
Location
Austin
Date
September 28, 2010
Deaths
1
Description
A student, Colton Tooley, fired shots from an AK-47 before killing himself in the Perry–Castañeda Library.
2012 College Station shooting
2012 College Station shooting
Incident
2012 College Station shooting
Location
College Station
Date
August 13, 2012
Deaths
3
Description
Shootout with the police, when served with a summons to appear in court over unpaid back rent
2014 Fort Hood shootings
2014 Fort Hood shootings
Incident
2014 Fort Hood shootings
Location
Fort Hood
Date
April 2, 2014
Deaths
4
Description
Workplace violence
2014 Harris County shooting
2014 Harris County shooting
Incident
2014 Harris County shooting
Location
Spring
Date
July 9, 2014
Deaths
6
Description
Domestic violence
Curtis Culwell Center attack
Curtis Culwell Center attack
Incident
Curtis Culwell Center attack
Location
Garland
Date
May 3, 2015
Deaths
2
Description
Two attackers were the only fatalities
2015 Waco shootout
2015 Waco shootout
Incident
2015 Waco shootout
Location
Waco
Date
May 17, 2015
Deaths
9
Description
Large, confused shootout with Bandidos, Cossacks, and allies
2015 attack on Dallas police
2015 attack on Dallas police
Incident
2015 attack on Dallas police
Location
Dallas/Hutchins
Date
June 13, 2015
Deaths
1
Description
Attack on police headquarters, followed by a chase that resulted in the attacker being killed.
2015 Harris County shooting
2015 Harris County shooting
Incident
2015 Harris County shooting
Location
near Houston
Date
August 8, 2015
Deaths
8
Description
Domestic violence
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
Incident
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
Location
Dallas
Date
July 7, 2016
Deaths
6
Description
A single attacker ambushed a group of policemen.
2017 Plano shooting
2017 Plano shooting
Incident
2017 Plano shooting
Location
Plano
Date
September 10, 2017
Deaths
9
Description
Domestic violence
Sutherland Springs church shooting
Sutherland Springs church shooting
Incident
Sutherland Springs church shooting
Location
Sutherland Springs
Date
November 5, 2017
Deaths
27
Description
Deadliest mass shooting in Texas history. Deadliest shooting in an American place of worship in modern history.
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting
Incident
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting
Location
Santa Fe
Date
May 18, 2018
Deaths
10
Description
School shooting
2019 El Paso shooting
2019 El Paso shooting
Incident
2019 El Paso shooting
Location
El Paso
Date
August 3, 2019
Deaths
23
Description
Shooting inside a Walmart and its surrounding area. The shooter, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, was arrested by the police. 22 others were injured.
Midland–Odessa shootings
Midland–Odessa shootings
Incident
Midland–Odessa shootings
Location
Odessa and Midland
Date
August 31, 2019
Deaths
8
Description
Spree shooting at multiple locations in the Midland–Odessa area
West Freeway Church of Christ shooting
West Freeway Church of Christ shooting
Incident
West Freeway Church of Christ shooting
Location
White Settlement
Date
December 29, 2019
Deaths
3
Description
Gunman opened fire during Sunday morning church service, killing two, before being killed by an armed member of the congregation.
Robb Elementary School shooting
Robb Elementary School shooting
Incident
Robb Elementary School shooting
Location
Uvalde
Date
May 24, 2022
Deaths
22
Description
Gunman shot his grandmother at their home, then drove to an elementary school and opened fire, killing 21 people, before being killed by police.
2023 Cleveland, Texas shooting
2023 Cleveland, Texas shooting
Incident
2023 Cleveland, Texas shooting
Location
Cleveland
Date
April 28, 2023
Deaths
5
Description
Gunman shot neighbors, killing 5 people, before fleeing into a wooded area.
2023 Allen, Texas outlet mall shooting
2023 Allen, Texas outlet mall shooting
Incident
2023 Allen, Texas outlet mall shooting
Location
Allen
Date
May 6, 2023
Deaths
9
Description
Gunman shot eight people before being shot by police.
2023 Austin shootings
2023 Austin shootings
Incident
2023 Austin shootings
Location
Austin
Date
December 4-5 2023
Deaths
6
Description
Gunman killed six people in a spree shooting before being arrested.
| Incident | Location | Date | Deaths | Description |
| Assassination of John F. Kennedy | Dallas | November 22, 1963 | 2 | While traveling in an open car, President John F. Kennedy was killed by a lone sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald, who then murdered J. D. Tippit, a Dallas police officer who had spotted him in a local neighborhood. |
| Murder of Lee Harvey Oswald | Dallas | November 24, 1963 | 1 | As Oswald was being escorted by police through the Dallas Police Headquarters basement to a waiting armored car that was to take him to the county jail, he was fatally shot in the abdomen, at close range, by Dallas nightclub operator Jack Ruby. The shooting was broadcast live on network television. |
| University of Texas tower shooting | Austin | August 1, 1966 | 18 | A student, sniper, Charles Whitman, barricaded himself atop a campus tower, shooting at the people down below before being shot by Austin police officers. |
| San Antonio parade shooting | San Antonio | April 27, 1979 | 3 | 64-year-old Ira Attebury opened fire on the spectator crowd at the Battle of Flowers parade in San Antonio |
| Daingerfield church shooting | Daingerfield | June 22, 1980 | 5 | Religious hate crime |
| Grand Prairie shooting | Grand Prairie | August 9, 1982 | 6 | Workplace violence |
| 1984 Dallas nightclub shooting | Dallas | June 29, 1984 | 6 | Mass shooting |
| Luby's shooting | Killeen | October 16, 1991 | 24 | Inconclusive (predominant theory is misogyny but others include misanthropy, rejection and isolation) |
| Waco siege | Axtell | February 28, 1993 | 10 | Suspected weapons violations by religious cult, botched police warrant search |
| Murder of Selena | Corpus Christi | March 31, 1995 | 1 | Entertainer murdered by her fan club president |
| Corpus Christi shooting | Corpus Christi | April 3, 1995 | 6 | Workplace violence |
| Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting | Fort Worth | September 15, 1999 | 8 | Religious hate crime |
| 2007 NASA Johnson Space Center | Houston | April 20, 2007 | 2 | Work Place Violence triggered by unsatisfactory job review. Hostage taking, with eventual suicide by perpetrator |
| 2009 Fort Hood shooting | Fort Hood | November 5, 2009 | 14 | Terrorist attack perpetrated by on-base US Army major |
| University of Texas Library shooting | Austin | September 28, 2010 | 1 | A student, Colton Tooley, fired shots from an AK-47 before killing himself in the Perry–Castañeda Library. |
| 2012 College Station shooting | College Station | August 13, 2012 | 3 | Shootout with the police, when served with a summons to appear in court over unpaid back rent |
| 2014 Fort Hood shootings | Fort Hood | April 2, 2014 | 4 | Workplace violence |
| 2014 Harris County shooting | Spring | July 9, 2014 | 6 | Domestic violence |
| Curtis Culwell Center attack | Garland | May 3, 2015 | 2 | Two attackers were the only fatalities |
| 2015 Waco shootout | Waco | May 17, 2015 | 9 | Large, confused shootout with Bandidos, Cossacks, and allies |
| 2015 attack on Dallas police | Dallas/Hutchins | June 13, 2015 | 1 | Attack on police headquarters, followed by a chase that resulted in the attacker being killed. |
| 2015 Harris County shooting | near Houston | August 8, 2015 | 8 | Domestic violence |
| 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers | Dallas | July 7, 2016 | 6 | A single attacker ambushed a group of policemen. |
| 2017 Plano shooting | Plano | September 10, 2017 | 9 | Domestic violence |
| Sutherland Springs church shooting | Sutherland Springs | November 5, 2017 | 27 | Deadliest mass shooting in Texas history. Deadliest shooting in an American place of worship in modern history. |
| 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting | Santa Fe | May 18, 2018 | 10 | School shooting |
| 2019 El Paso shooting | El Paso | August 3, 2019 | 23 | Shooting inside a Walmart and its surrounding area. The shooter, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, was arrested by the police. 22 others were injured. |
| Midland–Odessa shootings | Odessa and Midland | August 31, 2019 | 8 | Spree shooting at multiple locations in the Midland–Odessa area |
| West Freeway Church of Christ shooting | White Settlement | December 29, 2019 | 3 | Gunman opened fire during Sunday morning church service, killing two, before being killed by an armed member of the congregation. |
| Robb Elementary School shooting | Uvalde | May 24, 2022 | 22 | Gunman shot his grandmother at their home, then drove to an elementary school and opened fire, killing 21 people, before being killed by police. |
| 2023 Cleveland, Texas shooting | Cleveland | April 28, 2023 | 5 | Gunman shot neighbors, killing 5 people, before fleeing into a wooded area. |
| 2023 Allen, Texas outlet mall shooting | Allen | May 6, 2023 | 9 | Gunman shot eight people before being shot by police. |
| 2023 Austin shootings | Austin | December 4-5 2023 | 6 | Gunman killed six people in a spree shooting before being arrested. |