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  1. 2015-02-01
  2. In Syracuse, New York, around 1am at McAvan's pub, a 22-year-old man shot six people at a birthday party. He had recently been released from prison on parole. The gunman kidnapped his ex girlfriend at gunpoint and compelled her to drive him to McAvan's pub, where her family were celebrating a birthday. His ex girlfriend's 24-year-old brother attempted to separate the gunman and his (the brother's) sister, and was the first to be shot. Two men who tried to remove the gunman from the bar, and three random bystanders, were also shot before the gunman fled the pub.
  3. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/6th_victim_in_mcavans_pub_shooting_took_herself_to_hospital_sunday_police_say.html
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  5. Later the same day, in Manhattan, New York, at around 11pm following an argument outside a pub, two men shot five people, one of whom fatally. Surveillance video shows the two gunmen getting out of a car and approaching a man standing with four other people. After a brief interaction the two gunmen walk away, then return and open fire, shooting twenty-eight-year-old Graham Shadale to death, and injuring the two men and two women nearby.
  6. http://abc7ny.com/news/1-dead-4-wounded-after-shooting-in-hamilton-heights/500497/
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  9. 2015-02-02 and 2015-02-03
  10. There were no mass shootings in America for two days. The previous record for 2015 was three days, on January 15th to 18th.
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  13. 2015-02-04
  14. In King, North Carolina, Coleton Tarpley, age 35, his wife Amanda Tarpley, age 34, and their children Charlie Tarpley, age six, and Coleton Tarpley, age nine, were shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide. From the article:
  15. "Sonya Cox, chairwoman of the Stokes County Schools Board of Education, said the two boys were students at Poplar Springs Elementary School. One was in the special needs program. Cox said the school will have additional counselors available tomorrow."
  16. http://www.journalnow.com/news/crime/four-dead-in-stokes-county-shooting/article_eed92570-aca5-11e4-91e7-0f002c38c9b8.html
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  19. 2015-02-05
  20. In Warrensville Heights, Ohio, at a barber's on Harvard Road, Walter Lee Barfield, age 23, William Gonzales, age 32, and Brandon White, age 31, were shot to death. According to Brandon White's sister, "They said that the guy came in and he went to the back of the barber shop and he came back out with two guns and just started firing, killed everybody. He shot everybody multiple times." Brandon is survived by two sons, aged seven and two. Three others were also shot and taken to hospital. From the article:
  21. "911 audio from the incident was released early Friday morning. The caller can be heard screaming before telling authorities, "My husband just got shot. Somebody just opened fire.""
  22. http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/cuyahoga-county/2015/02/05/warrensville-heights-barbershop/22956675/
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  25. 2015-02-06
  26. The following day, at another barber shop, this time in Tulsa, Oklahoma, just before closing, a man pushed open the door, shot to death barber Keith Liggins, age 41, and shot one other barber and two customers before fleeing. Homicide sergeant David Walker believes that the gunman was targeting a customer that had recently begun patronising the shop.
  27. http://www.newson6.com/story/28049041/tulsa-police-investigating-reports-of-triple-shooting
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  30. 2015-02-07
  31. In a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, a 33-year-old gunman entered the home of his children, ex-wife and her boyfriend. He shot to death LaToya Andrews and Joseph Brown, both age 33, and his (the gunman's) seven-year-old son whose name was not released. Three girls ran from the house, aged fifteen, nine, and eight - his two daughters and one apparently unrelated girl. The gunman shot all three, one of whom fatally, then committed suicide. Because the names of children were not released, it is difficult to piece together who was shot to death and who was merely shot, but the final tally was two adults killed, two children killed, and two children hospitalised. From the article:
  32. "Neighbor Diana DiVenti was clearly still shaken Sunday afternoon..
  33. “Why would he shoot the children? Just shoot yourself. It’s terrible,” DiVenti said. “Last night I couldn’t get the, ‘Daddy no! Please. No’ out of my head.”"
  34. Because the family did not have insurance, an online donations page was set up to help cover the costs of their funerals. The link would be included here, but as of October 2015, it has expired.
  35. Initial report: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2015/0208/Children-among-five-dead-in-Georgia-shooting-video
  36. Details after the fact: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/names-more-details-expected-in-douglas-county-shoo/nj6wt/
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  39. 2015-02-08
  40. Outside a pub in Crockett County, Tennessee, a gunman fired approximately thirty times, hitting six people whose names, genders and ages were not included in the five-paragraph article. The scope of their injuries is unclear from the article, but "Two victims remain in extremely critical condition."
  41. It is important to note at this point that the final death tallies are a best-case scenario, as information about these shootings is taken from news stories that happen shortly after the shootings themselves. The ratio of deaths to injuries can be assumed to be slightly higher than reported here, as it is more common for a gunshot victim in critical condition to die than it is for a gunshot victim pronounced dead at the scene to return to life at a later date.
  42. http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/28054306/six-hit-in-early-morning-crockett-county-shooting
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  45. 2015-02-09
  46. Louis Wayne Lunceford, age 44, Shane Newland, age 42; and Justin Huckeby, age 25, were shot to death in New Port Richey, Florida, by two gunmen aged 26 and 38. The article notes briefly that one of the two gunmen was recently released from a four-year sentence for being a felon in possession of a concealed firearm. The article then goes into somewhat more detail about the arrest record of the three men who had been shot to death, providing a list of offenses ranging from sexual battery to loitering. The article was careful to point out that 25-year-old murder victim Justin Huckeby's Facebook page contained references to drug use. A fourth victim survived the shooting, and her name has not been released.
  47. From the article: ""Drugs may be involved in this case, and it may be a targeted hit," Sheriff Chris Nocco said Monday. "Anybody who commits homicides like this could possibly harm other people.""
  48. http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/pasco-sheriff-identifies-third-victim-in-moon-lake-shooting/2217118
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  51. 2015-02-10 to 2015-02-14
  52. There were no mass shootings reported for five consecutive days, a new record for 2015. The previous record for 2015 was three days, on January 15th to 18th.
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  55. 2015-02-15
  56. In Long Beach, California, a gunman opened fire on an apartment building, shooting five people. Neighbours report hearing around twenty shots. All five were hospitalised. Quote from Dario De La Torria, one of the victims: "They rolled up on us so fast that we didn't really have that much time to really get away." Local residents said that shootings in the area were "not unusual."
  57. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Long-Beach-Shooting-Sunday-292042941.html
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  60. 2015-02-16
  61. There were no mass shootings reported today.
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  64. 2015-02-17
  65. Around 5:15pm at a motel in Little Rock, Arkansas (are-can-saw), an argument escalated into two gunmen shooting Michael Strickland, age 24, to death. Calvin Williams, age 23, was shot once in the chest, Kalone McGee, age 25, was shot in the left leg, and Jamie Clayton, age 22, was shot in both legs. An ambulance was not called, and the surviving victims were transported to hospital in personal vehicles. Following treatment for his gunshot wounds, Jamie Clayton was arrested for possession of cocaine and cannabis, and simultaneous possession of a firearm and drugs. Possession of an eighth of cannabis in Arkansas carries a maximum penalty of a year in prison for a first offence, and up to six years for subsequent offences.
  66. http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/feb/18/lr-police-victim-identified-hotel-shooting/
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  69. 2015-02-18 to 2015-02-21
  70. There were no mass shootings reported for four consecutive days. The current record for 2015 is five days, from the 10th of February to the 14th.
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  73. 2015-02-22
  74. A former policeman shot to death his ex-wife Kathy Giaquinta Smith and her boyfriend, and went on to shoot a local sheriff and a deputy, in Habersham County, Georgia. The gunman was fired in 2013 following allegations of domestic abuse. His ex-wife asked for the charges to be dropped. A GoFundMe page was set up for the GiaQuintas' orphaned children. Its link would be included here, but as the time of writing, October 2015, the campaign has expired and returns a 404 error.
  75. From the article: "Friends and family told Fernandes they believe there were many warning signs, and something could have been done before [the gunman] lost control."
  76. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/gbi-reveals-details-fatal-habersham-co-shooting-in/nkHZP/
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  78. In Charleston, South Carolina, a gunman entered a nightclub and opened fire. Antwonia Heyward, age 20, was shot in the arm and hospitalised. Brandon Lemar Greene, 24, was shot in the leg, went home, then went to hospital. Brothers Omar and Jamar Hamilton, both 23, were both shot in the stomach and hospitalised. From the article:
  79. "Jones and Heyward said there was no altercation before the gun was fired and that bullets came out of nowhere.
  80. “I really can’t tell you what happened,” Heyward said. “I was just in the party, dancing and having a good time and it just happened.”"
  81. http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150223/PC16/150229733/1005&source=RSS
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  83. In Killeen, Texas, a Fort Hood soldier shot his wife Dawn Giffa to death, along with a 31-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man whose names were not included in the article. A 41-year-old woman was hospitalized. The gunman then shot himself.
  84. http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/nation/2015/02/23/four-dead-killeen-texas-shooting/23873731/
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  87. 2015-02-23 and 2015-02-24
  88. There were no mass shootings for two consecutive days. The current record for 2015 is five days, from the 10th of February to the 14th.
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  91. 2015-02-25
  92. Three people were shot to death and two others hospitalised in Houston, Texas. The article says that the area had been known for drug-related activity, but concedes that no drugs were found following the shooting.
  93. http://www.khou.com/story/news/2015/02/26/3-dead-2-injured-in-south-houston-shooting/24040425/
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  96. 2015-02-26
  97. There were no mass shootings today.
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  100. 2015-02-27
  101. In Tyrone, Missouri, a 38-year-old gunman shot to death four members of his family, three unrelated people, and himself, in a "door-to-door shooting spree." From the article:
  102. "Four of the seven victims were identified as husband and wife Darrell Aldridge and Julie Aldridge and husband and wife Harold Aldridge and Janelle Aldridge, Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kinder said at a news conference Friday, adding that some were cousins of the suspect.
  103. The other three victims were not members of the suspect's family and have not yet been identified."
  104. One other person was hospitalised, whose name was not included in the article.
  105. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/gunman-kills-7-including-family-then-himself-missouri-shooting-rampage-n314071
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  108. 2015-02-28
  109. In Baltimore, Maryland, Dwayne Reid, age 40, was shot to death in the street. Three other people were hospitalised, whose details were not included in the article. At the time of the article, there was no further information.
  110. http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/02/28/multiple-injured-in-baltimore-shooting/
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  112. At a barber shop in Tarboro, North Carolina, a 40-year-old gunman shot 36-year-old George Dickens Jr to death at Master's Touch barber's shop. He then went home and shot his neigbours, 36-year-old George Dickens and 28-year old Ana Marlen Cruz-Franco, to death. The gunman was shot to death by police.
  113. http://www.wcti12.com/news/tarboro-police-sbi-investigate-officerinvolved-shooting/31546554
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  115. In Columbia, Missouri, a gunman shot to death two people and hospitalised a third before being shot to death himself. No names were released.
  116. http://www.wmur.com/national/three-dead-one-wounded-in-missouri-shootings/31551946
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  120. This concludes the month of February, 2015.
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  122. There were forty-four deaths and forty-six injuries over eighteen mass shootings in February 2015, averaging 0.64 mass shootings a day. The highest number of mass shootings in a single day was three, on both the 22nd and 28th. The longest period without a mass shooting was five days, from the 10th to the 14th. A total of 90 people were shot in mass shootings this month, averaging 3.21 per day.
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  124. February represents a reduction in mass shooting activity over January in most areas of consideration. The number of injuries was lower, the number of total people shot per day was lower, the averaged total number of mass shootings per day was lower, and the maximum period without a mass shooting was higher, although the number of people killed in mass shootings increased by 10%.
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  126. Mass shootings account for less than one per cent of firearm-related deaths in the USA.
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  128. This list of mass shootings should be considered public domain.
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