Worst mass shootings in the United States

Those injured were attended to in the aftermath of the shooting at Las Vegas. (Photo: AFP)

An infographic on the worst mass shootings in the US and their corresponding death tolls. (Source: AFP)

Here are some of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in the past 25 years.

- Florida club: 49 killed -

A heavily armed gunman opens fire inside a gay nightclub in the city of Orlando on June 12, 2016 and kills 49 people.

The attacker is killed in a shootout with police; he pledges allegiance to the Islamic State group, which later claims responsibility.

- Virginia Tech: 32 killed -

A 23-year-old student of Korean origin goes on a rampage at Virginia Tech University in the town of Blacksburg in April 2007. He kills 27 students and five teachers before committing suicide.

- Sandy Hook: 26 killed -

A disturbed 20-year-old man kills his mother in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012 before blasting his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and shooting dead 20 six- and seven-year old children and six adults. He commits suicide.

- Texas restaurant: 22 dead -

In October 1991 a man shoots dead 22 people in a restaurant in the town of Killeen and then kills himself.

- California office party: 14 dead -

A newlywed radicalized Muslim couple storm an Christmas office party at a social services center in San Bernardino in December 2015 and gun down 14 people, wounding 22 others. They are shot dead by police.

- Fort Hood military base: 13 dead -

In November 2009 a US army psychiatrist opens fire at his military base in Killeen, killing 13 people and wounding 42, before being overpowered by police.

- New York immigrant center: 13 dead -

A Vietnamese immigrant shoots dead 13 people at a civic center in the New York state city of Binghamton in April 2009, before killing himself.

- Marines: 12 dead -

A troubled former serviceman shoots randomly at workers at the Washington Navy Yard headquarters in September 2013, killing 12 people before he is shot dead by officers.

- Denver cinema: 12 dead -

A young man wearing body armor storms a cinema showing a late-night premiere of a Batman film in Aurora in July 2012, opening fire and releasing tear gas. Twelve people and 70 wounded. He is sentenced to life in prison.

- Columbine High: 13 dead -

Two teenage boys shoot and kill 12 classmates and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, in April 1999, before killing themselves.