Quiet Photos of Deadly Scenes - 1
Published 7 Jan 2018, 21:32 GMT
December 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School | 27 killed, 2 injured
Six staff members and 20 children died in the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting. The assailant also killed his mother. The school was torn down and replaced. Nothing was saved from the old school, not even the flagpole.
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
October 1, 2017, Las Vegas, Nevada | 58 killed, 546 injured
Firing from the 32nd floor of a hotel, a man armed with semiautomatic rifles, modified to fire faster, rained more than a thousand rounds on a music festival. Public mass shootings have become much more frequent since 2011.
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
June 7, 1998, Huff Creek Road, Jasper, Texas | 1 killed
White supremacists murdered James Byrd, Jr., an African American, by chaining him to a pickup truck and dragging him along this road. Evidence circles mark where pieces of Byrd’s body were found.
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
June 12, 2016, Pulse nightclub, Orlando, Florida | 49 killed, 53 injured
In one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the U.S. since September 11, 2001, a gunman pledging allegiance to ISIS targeted a bar popular with the gay community.
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
May 26, 2017, Hollywood Station, Portland, Oregon | 2 killed, 1 injured
Rick Best and Taliesin Namkai-Meche were stabbed to death on a train defending two women, one who was wearing a hijab, from a man yelling anti-Muslim abuse. Namkai-Meche’s last words are written on the platform.
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
February 14, 2008, Dekalb, Illinois | 5 dead, 18 wounded
Northern Illinois University shooting
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
November 6, 2012, Fresno, California | 2 dead, 2 wounded
Workplace shooting
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
February 12, 2007, Salt Lake City, Utah | 5 dead, 4 wounded
Trolley Square mall shooting
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
June 17, 2015, Charleston, South Carolina | 9 dead, 3 wounded
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
April 20, 1999, Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado | 13 killed, 24 injured
Two teen boys struck terror in the hearts of students, teachers, and parents around the world with their shooting rampage at their school, which was methodically planned and mercilessly executed.
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
August 12, 2017, Charlottesville, Virginia | 1 killed, 19 injured
A car allegedly driven by a Nazi enthusiast accelerated into a crowd protesting a rally by white supremacists, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. The driver was charged with second-degree murder, among other crimes.
Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic