Halloween Weekend Shootings Across the US Kill at Least 13 and Injure 92 in CNN Tally

Updated 15:10 UTC, Nov 2, 2026. Developing story.

Shootings across the United States over Halloween weekend killed at least 13 people and injured 92 others, according to a preliminary tally published by CNN on Monday, based in part on counts from the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive. USA Today, counting incidents reported across 11 states, put the death toll higher, at at least 15 people. Both outlets said the lists are not complete.

The shootings happened at Halloween parties, outside a college football stadium, on college town streets, in nightclubs and inside two Halloween costume stores. Delaware Governor Matt Meyer said in a statement after two shootings in his state: "This is not normal. We must never accept gun violence as a part of life in Delaware."

Dallas was the deadliest scene

In Dallas, three shootings in the Deep Ellum nightlife district, east of downtown, began just after midnight early on Nov. 1 and left four people killed and at least 15 others injured, police said. Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said extra officers were already patrolling the area for Halloween events, and he said the injury count was "still moving a little bit" because some people took themselves to hospitals. Police said the three incidents showed no sign of being connected.

Football, college towns and parties

In Birmingham, Alabama, two shootings minutes apart after the Magic City Classic football game between Alabama State University and Alabama A and M University on Oct. 31 killed one person and wounded eight others near Legion Field, police said. A 17 year old was taken into custody, Mayor Randall Woodfin said.

Delaware had two shootings in just over an hour on Oct. 31. At an outdoor party in Ellendale, a shooter fired from a neighboring property into the crowd, killing a 17 year old girl and wounding eight others, state police said. About an hour later in Newark, six people were shot on a crowded Main Street near the University of Delaware. In Boulder, Colorado, a University of Colorado student was killed and another student was wounded late on Oct. 31 after a group tried to force its way into a house party, police said. Early on Nov. 1, a 19 year old woman was killed and seven others wounded in Bloomington, Illinois, near Illinois Wesleyan University, seven people were wounded in Bloomington, Indiana, and six people were shot in Fayetteville, Arkansas, police in each city said.

Costume stores, clubs and house parties

One of the first deaths came on Oct. 30 in Fairfield, California, where Constance Hages, 31, who family members said was pregnant, was killed inside a Spirit Halloween store and six others were wounded, police said. The same day in Madison Heights, Michigan, a 21 year old man was killed inside a Spirit Halloween store and another man was taken into custody, police said. In Flint, Michigan, a woman was killed and three people injured at a party early on Oct. 31, CNN affiliate WJRT reported.

In Jacksonville, Florida, shootings at two Halloween parties early on Nov. 1 killed a 17 year old girl and a 20 year old man and injured 11 others, the sheriff's office said. In Jackson, Mississippi, a man and a woman were killed and others were injured at a nightclub early on Nov. 1, police said. CNN put mass shootings in the United States this year at nearly 400, per the Gun Violence Archive. Most weekend investigations were still open on Monday.