Countin’ Up the Hits

Previously unpublished. First written in January and February 2021, focusing on the United States. Still under construction.

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Eight — Massage parlors and spas, Atlanta, Georgia 16 March 2021

Thoughts and prayers.

Eight — FedEx distribution facility, Indianapolis, Indiana 16 April 2021

Thoughts and prayers.

Nine — Christmas Eve party, Covina, California 24 December 2008

Thoughts and prayers.

Nine — Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Charleston, South Carolina 17 June 2015

Thoughts and prayers.

Nine — Umqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon 1 October 2015

Thoughts and prayers.

Nine — Ned Peppers Bar, Dayton, Ohio 4 August 2019

Thoughts and prayers.

Nine — Valley Transportation Authority rail yard, San Jose, California 26 May 2021

Thoughts and prayers.

Ten — Palm Sunday massacre, Brooklyn, New York 15 April 1984

Thoughts and prayers.

Ten — Geneva County massacre, Samson, Alabama 10 March 2009

Thoughts and prayers.

Ten — Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe, Texas 18 May 2018

Thoughts and prayers.

Ten — King Soopers supermarket, Boulder, Colorado 22 March 2021

Thoughts and prayers.

Ten — Tops Friendly Markets shooting, Buffalo, New York 14 May 2022

Thoughts and prayers.

Eleven — Easter Sunday massacre, Hamilton, Ohio 30 March 1975

Thoughts and prayers.

Eleven — Tree of Life synagogue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2018 27 October 2018

Thoughts and prayers.

Eleven — Monterey Park shooting, Monterey Park, California 21 January 2023

Thoughts and prayers.

Twelve — Day-trading firms, Atlanta, Georgia 29 July 1999

Thoughts and prayers.

Twelve — Century 16 movie theater, Aurora, Colorado 20 July 2012

Thoughts and prayers.

Twelve — Navy Yard headquarters, Washington, DC 16 September 2013

Thoughts and prayers.

Twelve — Borderline Bar and Grill, Thousand Oaks, California 7 November 2018

Thoughts and prayers.

Twelve — Municipal center, Virginia Beach, Virginia 31 May 2019

Thoughts and prayers.

Thirteen — Walk of Death, Camden, New Jersey 6 September 1949

Thoughts and prayers.

Thirteen — Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 25 September 1982

Thoughts and prayers.

Thirteen — Wah Mee gambling club, Seattle 18–19 February 1983

Thoughts and prayers.

Thirteen — Columbine High School, Columbine, Colorado 20 April 1999

Thoughts and prayers.

Thirteen — Immigrant center, Binghamton, New York 3 April 2009

Thoughts and prayers.

Fourteen — Edmond Post Office, Edmond, Oklahoma 20 August 1986

Thoughts and prayers.

Fourteen — Fort Hood military base, Killeen, Texas 5 November 2009

Thoughts and prayers.

Fourteen — Social services center office party, San Bernardino, California 2 December 2015

Thoughts and prayers.

Seventeen — University of Texas Tower, Austin, Texas 1 August 1966

Thoughts and prayers.

Seventeen — Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida 14 February 2018

Thoughts and prayers.

Twenty-one — McDonald’s restaurant, San Ysidro, California 18 July 1984

Thoughts and prayers.

Twenty-one — Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, Texas 24 May 2022

Thoughts and prayers.

Twenty-three — Luby’s Cafeteria, Killeen, Texas 16 October 1991

Thoughts and prayers.

Twenty-three — Walmart store, El Paso, Texas 3 August 2019

Thoughts and prayers.

Twenty-six — First Baptist Church, Sutherland Springs, Texas 5 November 2017

Thoughts and prayers.

Twenty-seven — Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut 14 December 2012

Thoughts and prayers.

Thirty-two — Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia 16 April 2007

Thoughts and prayers.

Forty-nine — Pulse nightclub, Orlando, Florida 12 June 2016

Thoughts and prayers.

Sixty — Mandalay Bay resort, Las Vegas, Nevada 1 October 2017

Thoughts and fucking prayers.