This is also well above the of 28% average growth in the African-American population in the nationâs 52 biggest metro areas during the same time.. Forbes magazineâs 2015 list of cities where African-Americans are doing the best economically. 8. San Antonio, Texas (tie)
The Las Vegas shooting is the deadliest mass shooting in US history. 49 dead - Orlando nightclub, June 2016: Omar Mateen launched a shooting attack on a LGBT nightclub in Orlando, killing 49 people and injuring 59 more.
The mass shooting at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas is officially the deadliest in modern American history. Unfortunately, though, it is also only one of many mass shootings that have scarred American life within the past few years. Indeed, since the assassination attempt on a Democratic congresswoman in Arizona at the start of 2011, there have been 18 mass shootings in this country that captured national headlines.