Mass murder is the violent crime of killing a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in proximity.[1][2] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others.[3][4] In the United States, Congress defined mass killings as the killing of three or more persons during an event with no "cooling-off period" be
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