mass shooting

American  

[mas shoot-ing] / ˈmæs ˈʃut ɪŋ /

noun

1. a single incident involving the shooting with one or more firearms of a number of people, but more than two and typically a large number, especially when the victims are random.

   There's news of a mass shooting at the stadium, with two fatalities and 25 injured.

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Etymology

Origin of mass shooting

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

The family of a girl gravely injured during a mass shooting in Canada is suing OpenAI over the company's failure to notify police about the killer's troubling activity on its ChatGPT chatbot, lawyers said Tuesday.

From Barron's

The family of a girl critically injured during a mass shooting at a Canadian school is suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, claiming it had been aware the suspect had been planning an attack but failed to alert the authorities.

From BBC

As CNN notes, the case against his father has been “testing the limits of who is responsible for a mass shooting.”

From Slate

His prosecution marks the third time that a US parent has been held criminally responsible for a mass shooting carried out by their child, according to CBS News, the BBC's US partner.

From BBC

The case was widely reported to be the first time the parents of a child who had carried out a mass shooting in the US were held criminally liable.

From BBC