Question: How many people were killed in Montgomery County , Virginia in a mass shooting disaster in the United States by death toll on a campus ?

text: List of disasters in the United States by death toll
15 to 40 deaths

This list of United States disasters by death toll includes disasters that occurred either in the United States, at diplomatic missions of the United States, or incidents outside of the United States in which a number of U.S. citizens were killed. It does not include death tolls from the American Civil War. Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable. Unless otherwise noted, the year given is the year in which the currency's valuation was calculated. This list is not comprehensive in general and epidemics are not included.
Year Type Fatalities Article Location Comments
1912 Accident - railroad 39 Corning train wreck Corning , New York
1977 Accident - dam failure 39 Kelly Barnes Dam Toccoa , Georgia
1997 Mass suicide 39 Heaven 's Gate ( religious group ) San Diego , California Cult leaders Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles convinced followers they would join Comet Hale-Bopp to take them to another planet by swallowing poison
2011 Blizzard 39 2011 Halloween nor'easter Northeastern United States
1920 Terrorism 38 Wall Street bombing Manhattan , New York
1969 Accident - aircraft 38 United Airlines Flight 266 Santa Monica Bay , California
2014 Tornado outbreak 38 Tornado outbreak of April 27-30 , 2014 Southern United States , Central United States 84 tornadoes . 35 tornadic deaths , with another 3 from related weather
1883 Tornado 37 1883 Rochester tornado Rochester , Minnesota F5 tornado killed 37 and injured hundreds more . It led to the creation of the Mayo Clinic
1924 Fire ( building ) 36 Babbs Switch fire Babbs Switch , Oklahoma Christmas tree lighted with candles accidentally caught fire and destroyed school building . 37 additional people injured
1937 Accident - airship 36 Hindenburg disaster Manchester , New Jersey Hydrogen-filled zeppelin exploded while trying to dock
2016 Fire ( building ) 36 2016 Oakland warehouse fire Oakland , California
1969 Accident - aircraft 35 Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 Lone Pine , California
1980 Ship - collision 35 Sunshine Skyway Bridge St. Petersburg , Florida
1967 Attack - military ship 34 USS Liberty incident Mediterranean Sea 34 deaths on military ship USS Liberty due to June 8 , 1967 attack by Israeli Defense Force ( IDF ) aircraft and torpedo boats
2015 Tropical cyclone , shipwreck 34 Hurricane Joaquin Southeastern United States , Bermuda , Cuba , The Caribbean 33 deaths from Cargo ship sunk by Joaquin . 1 other death on land
1967 Accident - aircraft 34 Mohawk Airlines Flight 40 Blossburg , Pennsylvania
2019 Fire ( dive boat ) 34 Sinking of MV Conception Santa Cruz Island , California
2007 Mass murder - school shooting 33 Virginia Tech shooting Blacksburg , Virginia Armed with two semi-automatic handguns , student Seung-Hui Cho shot to death 32 people in two separate attacks on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University . 23 other people were wounded , 17 by gunfire . Cho committed suicide
2015 Accident - shipwreck 33 SS El Faro Atlantic Ocean near the Bahamas A U.S.-flagged vessel sank during Hurricane Joaquin with all on board perishing
1963 Accident - bus , train 32 1963 Chualar bus crash Chualar , California Deadliest road accident in U.S. history , and deadliest U.S. rail accident involving a grade crossing