--- description: Twenty six people were killed Sunday when a gunman opened fire inside a south Texas church. These numbers show the devastation of the attack title: These Numbers Show Just How Devastating the Texas Church Shooting Was image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbeceab73a037133e/6988e4cebc6cfc734c3e3d74/texas-church-shooting-statistics.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Texas](/tag/texas/) ## Texas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # These Numbers Show Just How Devastating the Texas Church Shooting Was  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 6, 2017 10:22 PM CUT  FBI agents search for clues at the entrance to the First Baptist Church, after a mass shooting that killed 26 people in Sutherland Springs, Texas on Nov. 6, 2017. FBI agents search for clues at the entrance to the First Baptist Church, after a mass shooting that killed 26 people in Sutherland Springs, Texas on Nov. 6, 2017.Mark Ralston—AFP/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 6, 2017 10:22 PM CUT [Twenty-six people](http://time.com/5010967/texas-church-shooting-victims/?xid=homepage "undefined") were killed Sunday when a [gunman opened fire](http://time.com/5010772/texas-sutherland-springs-church-shooting/?xid=homepage "undefined") inside a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. More than 20 people were wounded, 10 of whom are still in critical condition, authorities said Monday. The mass shooting is among the deadliest in modern U.S. history. These statistics illustrate the devastation of the attack: ## The youngest victim of the Texas shooting was 18 months old The [26 people](http://time.com/5010967/texas-church-shooting-victims/?xid=homepage "undefined") who were killed on Sunday ranged from 18 months to 77 years years old, law enforcement officials said Monday. Several children are among the victims and those still in critical condition. ## 8 members of one family were killed in the attack Eight members of the Holcombe family were killed in the South Texas rampage — including associate church pastor Bryan Holcombe, his wife, son, pregnant daughter-in-law and four of his grandchildren, [according to ABC News](http://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-church-shooting-victims-range-age-18-months/story?id=50958713 "undefined"). Crystal Holcombe, the pregnant daughter-in-law, died with three of her children. Her other two children and her husband survived and are in the hospital, [CNN reported](http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/06/us/texas-church-shooting-family-of-8/index.html "undefined"). ## The Columbine shooting is no longer among the 10 deadliest U.S. shootings Thirteen people were killed and more than 20 were wounded in a [shooting on April 20, 1999](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,35098,00.html "undefined") at Columbine High School in Colorado— a devastating massacre that no longer falls among the 10 deadliest mass shootings in [modern U.S. history](http://time.com/4968108/las-vegas-deadliest-shooting-modern-us-history/ "undefined"). At the time, the Columbine shooting shifted the conversation about school safety and sparked heated gun control debates in Congress. Gunmen at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 later claimed to be influenced by the Columbine shooters. ## Two of the five deadliest shootings took place in the past two months Just over a month before [Devin Kelley](http://time.com/5010945/devin-kelley/?xid=homepage "undefined") opened fire at the small church in Sutherland Springs, a gunman killed [58 people](http://time.com/4965896/las-vegas-shooting-victims-names/ "undefined") and injured more than 500 at a [Las Vegas music festival](http://time.com/4964666/mandalay-bay-las-vegas-shooting/ "undefined") on Oct. 1\. The two incidents are among the five deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history. ## Gun-related deaths in the U.S. continue to rise [Gun-related homicides increased](http://time.com/5011599/gun-deaths-rate-america-cdc-data/?xid=homepage "undefined") from 9,600 in 2015 to 11,000 in 2016, according to a recent [Associated Press analysis](http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/us-rate-gun-deaths-increases-straight-year-50901897 "undefined") of FBI data. And the firearm death rate rose to 12 deaths per 100,000 people in 2016 — an increase from 11 deaths per 100,000 people in 2015, according to recently released data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5012145/texas-church-shooting-numbers-gun-violence/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5012145/texas-church-shooting-numbers-gun-violence/"},"headline":"These Numbers Show Just How Devastating the Texas Church Shooting Was","datePublished":"2017-11-06T22:22:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:07:56.574Z","description":"Eight members of one family were killed in the attack","url":"https://time.com/5012145/texas-church-shooting-numbers-gun-violence/","keywords":["Texas","Crime","mass shootings","Gun Control","shooting","Guns","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbeceab73a037133e/6988e4cebc6cfc734c3e3d74/texas-church-shooting-statistics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbeceab73a037133e/6988e4cebc6cfc734c3e3d74/texas-church-shooting-statistics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-CRIME-SHOOTING","caption":"US-CRIME-SHOOTING","creditText":"Mark Ralston—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/texas/","name":"Texas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5012145/texas-church-shooting-numbers-gun-violence/","name":"These Numbers Show Just How Devastating the Texas Church Shooting Was"}}]}] ```