American mass shootings in January 2015

New year's day, 2015.
Five people were shot in Memphis, Tennessee, three hours into the new year.  Following a verbal argument, the gunman followed the coach upon which his antagonist was riding, pulled in front, slowed down, and when the driver changed lanes to overtake, the gunman shot randomly into the coach.  Five were taken to hospital, one of which was shot in the head.  The names of the victims were not included in the article.
Link provided by "Action News": http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/27743361/5-injured-in-new-years-day-party-bus-shooting


2015-01-02
Three adults and two children were shot in Savannah, Georgia.  Following a domestic argument, the gunman shot Randolph Scott, aged 28, to death.  He also shot a two-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy, and two women, both aged 28.  Their names were not included in the article.
Local news link: http://savannahnow.com/crime/2015-01-02/police-1-dead-4-injured-overnight-savannah-shooting


2015-01-03
There were no mass shootings today.


2015-01-04
Early on a Sunday morning in Dallas, Texas, three people were shot to death, a fourth sent to hospital.  We don't know why.  There is no further information, and the names of the victims were not included in the article.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2015/01/04/police-3-dead-1-in-surgery-after-dallas-shooting/

The same morning around 4am, in Roanoke, Virginia, six people were shot at a party.  Two of them, Ronald Ramey aged 55, and Lenard Hamlett, aged 29, were killed.  Ramey leaves behind two daughters and a son.
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/developing-story-roanoke-police-investigating-early-am-shooting/30521654


2015-01-05
There were no mass shootings today.


2015-01-06
In Miami, Florida, two men exited a car, fired "possibly as many as 80" shots, got back in, and drove off.  Four people were shot, of which two were "grazes" and one was fatal, names were not included in the article.
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/2-Shot-2-Grazed-by-Bullets-in-Miami-287737751.html


2015-01-07
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, a seventeen-year-old boy shot three adults and an infant.  The boy knocked on the door of a home on West Main Street and then opened fire, killing twenty-year-old Tolitha Bowman, and shooting a one-year-old baby girl whose name was not released, her mother Bianca Horton, and eighteen-year-old Marcell Christopher.
One week earlier, Chattanooga mayor Andy Berke told news stations that his Violence Reduction Initiative was showing "Gradual Success."  Quote: "We can't stop every shooting. What we can do is say - in the long run, we want to see those numbers go down. We also know that sometimes you'll see spikes and there's not much we can do about it."
This was one of three overnight shootings in the area, but for the purposes of this document, we're only looking at mass shootings, where "mass shooting" is defined as "when four or more people are shot in an event, or related series of events, likely without a cooling off period."  Events that don't fall within the above definition are outside the scope of this document, and will not be recorded here.  Less than one per cent of firearm-related deaths in the USA are related to a mass shooting event.
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/27778835/one-person-is-dead-and-three-others-are-injured-in-overnight-shooting


2015-01-08
In Boston, Massachusetts, one person was shot to death and three others injured while they were parked in the city's Roxbury neighbourhood.  No names or other details were released at the time of this story.  It was Boston's first murder of the year.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/01/09/1-dead-3-wounded-in-shooting-on-roxbury-street/


2015-01-09
Four men were shot to death in a car on Laguna Street in San Francisco, California.  According to police, bullets also entered several homes, including one that ended up in someone's fridge.  At the time of the article, nobody knew who shot the men, or why.
http://abc7news.com/news/sfpd-confirm-4-dead-following-shooting-in-hayes-valley/469681/


2015-01-10
In Moscow, Idaho, a gunman shot Moscow Family Medicine Physician's Assistant Terri Grzebielski, aged 61.  At half past two in the afternoon, police received a call alerting them to a shooting at 303 East 3rd Street, at Northwestern Mutual, a life insurance and financial services firm.  The gunman shot Michael Chin, aged 39, and shot David Trail, aged 76, to death.  The gunman then went to an Arby's fast-food restaurant, asked for the manager (Belinda Niebuhr, aged 47), and shot her to death.
http://www.kxly.com/news/north-idaho-news/moscow-police-investigating-shooting/30634900


2015-01-11
Four mass shootings were reported this Sunday, most or all of which seemed to kick off on the Saturday night beforehand.
In San Jose, California, in the early hours of the morning, a gunman entered the Fiesta Nightclub and shot five people whose names were not included in the article.
http://abc7news.com/news/5-hurt-in-shooting-during-chris-brown-party-in-sj/470625/

In Hope Mills, North Carolina, just before 2am, a gunman shot Tanishia Graham, aged 32, and Izaak Bridges, aged 21, to death at a party.  The gunman also shot five other people whose names were not included in the article.
http://www.wral.com/two-dead-five-injured-in-shooting-at-hope-mills-party/14346149/

In Lakeland, Floria, two men arrived at 7665 Chase Road and shot to death Kody Zawalski, aged twenty.  They also shot three other members of the household whose names were not included in the article.
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-polk/lakeland/deputies-one-person-killed-three-others-shot-during-a-home-invasion-robbery-in-lakeland

In Tuskegee, Alabama, a twenty-two-year-old man shot five people at an off-campus university party.  The gunman shot Ayden Harris, aged nineteen, five times without killing him.  He only shot the other four people, whose names were not included in the article, one time each.
http://www.al.com/news/montgomery/index.ssf/2015/01/arrest_made_in_shooting_that_i_1.html


2015-01-12
In Wichita, Kansas, a man brought a gun to a bar.  Following an argument, he shot Andrew Smith, 28, and Quentin Brown, 32, to death in the car park outside.  He also shot an unnamed 25-year-old man and an unnamed 36-year-old man.  The gunman was arguing with Quentin Brown and the unnamed 36-year-old man, and after shooting them both, he fired at the other two men, who (as far as was known at the time of the article) were random bystanders.
In the United States, an ambulance trip can cost several thousand dollars, and is not always covered under health insurance.  The 36-year-old man walked to hospital with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article6058869.html


2015-01-13
Around 2am in the car park outside a club in Portsmouth, Vancouver, a gunman shot five people.  Again, one of them had to walk to hospital.  Quoting the article: "Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-Lock-U-Up."
http://wtkr.com/2015/01/13/early-morning-shooting-at-portsmouth-lounge-leaves-5-people-injured/


2015-01-14
A birthday party in Rockford, Illinois, got out of hand when the address was posted on Facebook and some uninvited guests showed up.  The exact timeline of events is not clear, but from what information is in the article, the gunman got into an argument, produced a firearm, and shot five people.  Of the five, the gunman killed Bernito Martinez, aged 28, and Tirina Mitchell, aged 22.
http://www.mystateline.com/news/update-victims-identified-in-deadly-rockford-shootings


2015-01-15 to 2015-01-18
There were no mass shootings for three consecutive days - a record for 2015.


2015-01-19
In San Antonio, Texas, "several unknown suspects" shot seven people, two of whom fatally.  No names were included in the article.
http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2015/01/20/chaotic-brawl--shooting-leaves-two-dead--more-wounded.html


2015-01-20
In Clarksville, Tennessee, at around 8:45pm on Lansinger Lane, a gunman shot Lisa Downs, aged 57, Donald Johnson, aged 23, and Terri Downs-Tipton, aged 48.  He also shot Montrel Quintres Patterson, aged 22, to death.  The gunman was apprehended the following day at Wal-Mart.
http://www.wsmv.com/story/27904193/clarksville-police-id-suspect-in-shooting


2015-01-21 to 2015-01-22
There were no mass shootings for two consecutive days.


2015-01-23
Following an argument at a party in Boston, Massachusetts, a gunman shot five men and a young woman, all between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two.  No names were included in the article.
http://www.wcvb.com/news/multiple-people-shot-in-boston/30895680


2015-01-24
At a party in Omaha, Nebraska, two gunmen shot 29-year-old JaKela Foster and 24-year-old Latecia Fox to death.  26-year-old Cameron Harris died from gunshot wounds shortly afterwards.  Foster's mother waited for several hours while the police gathered evidence, refusing to leave until the body of her daughter was taken away.  Foster is survived by her one-year-old son.  The gunmen shot five other people whose names were not included in the article, for a total of eight.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/01/24/omaha-party-shooting/22297565/

The same day, in Queens, New York, a gunman shot his seven-year-old daughter, Kayla Walker, in her head.  He then shot his thirty-one-year-old girlfriend, Shantai Hale, in her head.  He then shot Shantai's mother Viola Warren, aged 62, in her head.  He then shot his older daughter, Christina Walker, aged 12, in the head, although she survived.  He then shot himself in the head.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/2-Kids-and-1-Adult-Dead-in-Queens-Shooting-3rd-Child-Being-Treated-Brookville-148th-Avenue-289669211.html


2015-01-25
There were no mass shootings today.


2015-01-26
At around 7pm, at a home in Stockton, California, a gunman shot a twenty-year-old unnamed man, an eighteen-year-old unnamed man, seventeen-year-old Jose Novoa, and an unnamed thirteen-year-old boy.  Further details are unclear but it seems the victims were relatives.  The gunman only shot Jose Novoa to death - the others survived, but their names are not included in the article.
http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/news-stockton/teenager-dies-3-others-hurt-in-stockton-shooting/30937222


2015-01-27
There were no mass shootings today.


2015-01-28
In Dekalb, Georgia, a gunman shot one man to death, and shot two other men and one woman.  No names were included in the article.
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/one-dead-three-wounded-in-dekalb-shooting/njy7R/


2015-01-29
A twenty-six-year-old gunman shot to death 69-year-old William Burtron, 68-year-old Sheila Burtron, 16-year-old Bailey Burtron, 33-year-old Christie Lee (who may have been related to the gunman as they share the same surname), and 18-year-old Iiaonna Green.  Family members of the victims released this statement:
"All of our families are unbelievably grief stricken, the family of Iiaonna Green, and Sheila, William, Christie , Bailey Burtron continue to be appreciative of the public's  prayers and concerns. We also want to acknowledge the grief that the Lee family are experiencing as well. We ask the for the public not to make assumptions or speculations that could create false information or be hurtful to any of the families, or could hinder the investigation. We also request privacy for our families. A fund has been setup to assist with expenses. If you would like to help you can call 1-866-902-2265, or make check or money order payable to : Burtron-Ortiz Victim/Family Assistance, PO Box 1489, Lagrange , GA 30240"
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/five-bodies-found-inside-lagrange-home/nj2rK/



This concludes the month of January, 2015.

There were forty deaths and seventy-nine injuries over twenty-four mass shootings in January 2015, averaging 0.77 mass shootings a day.  The highest number of mass shootings in a single day was four, on the eleventh.  The longest period without a mass shooting was three days, from the fifteenth to the eighteenth.  A total of 119 people were shot in mass shootings this month, averaging 3.84 per day.

Mass shootings account for less than one per cent of firearm-related deaths in the USA.

This list of mass shootings should be considered public domain.