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Unclassified <br />On July 26, 2013, at 6:30 p.m., Pedro Alberto Vargas, 42, set his apartment complex on fire <br />in Hialeah, Florida. Then, armed with a handgun, he began shooting outside the complex. Six <br />people were killed; no one was wounded. The shooter barricaded himself and two hostages <br />inside the apartment building. He was killed by police. <br />On August 5, 2013, at 7:19 p.m., Rockne Warren Newell, 59, armed with a rifle and a hand- <br />gun, entered the Ross Township Municipal Building in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, during <br />a Ross Township meeting. He allegedly shot through a wall into the meeting room and then <br />entered the room and continued firing. Newell had a history of disputes with the township <br />over permits for his home. Three people were killed; two were wounded. The shooter was <br />restrained by citizens until police arrived and took him into custody. <br />On August 24, 2013, at 9:20 a.m., Hubert Allen Jr., 72, armed with a rifle and a shotgun, be- <br />gan shooting at his co-workers from Pritchett Trucking, Inc., as he drove around Lake Butler, <br />Florida. He then returned home, where he committed suicide. Two people were killed; two <br />were wounded. <br />On September 16, 2013, at 8:16 a.m., Aaron Alexis, 34, armed with a shotgun, began shoot- <br />ing in Building 197 at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. During the shootings, <br />he shot a security officer and took the officer's handgun, allowing him to continue shooting <br />when he ran out of shotgun shells. Twelve people were killed; seven were wounded, includ- <br />ing two police officers. The shooter was killed by police. <br />On October 21, 2013, at 7:16 a.m., Jose Reyes, 12, armed with a handgun, began shooting <br />outside Sparks Middle School in Sparks, Nevada. A teacher was killed when he confronted <br />the shooter; two people were wounded. The shooter committed suicide before police arrived. <br />On October 26, 2013, at 11:20 a.m., Christopher Thomas Chase, 35, armed with three <br />handguns and two rifles, began shooting at police officers in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The <br />shooter, who was wearing body armor, forced a citizen to call the police and then ambushed <br />and shot at the two responding officers before fleeing in their vehicle. Other officers were <br />shot at while pursuing the shooter. No one was killed; four police officers were wounded. <br />The shooter was killed by police during the pursuit, which ended when the vehicle crashed <br />into a gas station pump. <br />On November 1, 2013, at 9:18 a.m., Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, armed with a rifle, allegedly <br />began shooting in Terminal 3 of Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Califor- <br />nia. He pulled the gun from his duffle bag as he approached a security checkpoint, firing as <br />he moved further into the terminal. One unarmed Transportation Security Administration <br />security officer was killed and two were wounded; one additional citizen was also wounded. <br />The shooter was wounded and then apprehended by police. <br />Key <br />u7 Commerce <br />II Education <br />"UJ Government <br />[i7 Open Space <br />Residences <br />Health Care <br />M House of Worship <br />Unclassified 42 <br />