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The archive uses original editorial artwork, public-domain historical material, licensed or Creative Commons material where available, and limited third-party documentary imagery used for identification, commentary, and historical reporting. Any fair-use assessment is specific to the image and context; it is not a blanket claim that third-party images are public domain.

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Current serial-case image register

Ted Bundy: FBI Ten Most Wanted photograph of Ted Bundy circulated during the 1970s. FBI fugitive photograph. FBI fugitive-photo archive · Public domain in the United States: published no later than 1977 without a copyright notice; country-specific rights may differ.
Jeffrey Dahmer: Jeffrey Dahmer in his 1978 Revere High School senior yearbook portrait. Documentary yearbook photograph. Revere Senior High School · Public domain in the United States: Commons documents U.S. publication in 1978 without a copyright notice and no timely registration; country-specific rights may differ.
John Wayne Gacy: John Wayne Gacy in a 1978 White House event photograph. Documentary event photograph. White House photographer / U.S. National Archives · Public domain in the United States as a work prepared by a federal employee in official duties.
Jack the Ripper: John Tenniel's 1888 Punch illustration The Nemesis of Neglect, a contemporary editorial response rather than a suspect portrait. Contemporary 1888 editorial illustration. John Tenniel / Punch · Public domain; PD-Art, PD-old, and PD-US-expired.
Zodiac Killer: 1969 San Francisco Police Department composite sketch of the unidentified Zodiac suspect. Police composite sketch. San Francisco Police Department · Public domain in the United States; PD-California.
Dennis Rader: Dennis Rader in a United States Air Force airman portrait. U.S. Air Force portrait. United States Air Force · Public domain in the United States as a work of the U.S. federal government.
David Berkowitz: David Berkowitz following his August 1977 arrest. Contemporary arrest photograph. Mount Vernon Argus press photographer · Public domain in the United States: published in 1977 without a copyright notice; country-specific rights may differ.
Aileen Wuornos: Florida Department of Corrections identification photograph of Aileen Wuornos. Corrections identification photograph. Florida Department of Corrections · Public domain in the United States under Florida public-record law.
Richard Ramirez: December 1984 Los Angeles Police Department mug shot of Richard Ramirez. Police booking photograph. Los Angeles Police Department · Public domain in the United States; PD-California.
H. H. Holmes: Historical portrait of H. H. Holmes from the late nineteenth century. Historical portrait. Unknown historical photographer · Public domain; PD-old-100 and PD-US-expired.
Harold Shipman: Archival portrait of Harold Shipman. Documentary identification image · Rights record incomplete. Unknown police photographer · Police booking image used for identification and commentary; the Commons uploader's CC0 claim does not establish that the unknown original photographer owned or released the work.
Andrei Chikatilo: 1990 Soviet police identification photograph of Andrei Chikatilo. Police identification photograph. Soviet government · Public domain in Russia under the official-government-document rationale recorded by Commons (PD-RU-exempt).
Pedro López: Ambato Municipal Cemetery in Ecuador, documentary location context for the Pedro López investigation. Documentary case location. Eric Nagle · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Luis Garavito: Front and profile Colombian National Police booking photographs of Luis Garavito after his 1999 arrest. Police booking photographs. Colombian National Police · Public-domain criminal-identification record under the Colombian-law rationale documented on Commons; country-specific treatment may differ.
Albert Fish: 1903 police booking photograph of Albert Fish. Historical booking photograph. Unknown police photographer · Public domain in the United States because the historical photograph was published before 1931; exact chain of custody is incomplete.
Belle Gunness: Historical halftone portrait of Belle Gunness. Historical portrait. George Grantham Bain Collection / Library of Congress · No known restrictions; public domain in the United States.
Gary Ridgway: King County Sheriff booking photograph of Gary Ridgway in November 2001. Sheriff booking photograph. King County Sheriff's Office · Worldwide public-domain release confirmed through Wikimedia VRT ticket 2013031910014385.
Samuel Little: FBI identification photograph of Samuel Little. Documentary identification image · Rights record incomplete. Federal Bureau of Investigation · Existing FBI-attributed image; confirm the originating FBI page and that no third-party photo credit applies before redistribution.
Edmund Kemper: Santa Cruz County Sheriff booking photograph of Edmund Kemper in April 1973. Sheriff booking photograph. Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office · Public domain in the United States under the California public-record rationale recorded by Commons.
Robert Pickton: Missing Women memorial bench at Crab Park in Vancouver. Victim memorial photograph. Kootenayvolcano · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dorothea Puente: Sacramento Police Department booking photograph of Dorothea Puente in November 1988. Documentary booking photograph. Sacramento Police Department · Public domain in the United States
Nannie Doss: December 2, 1954 Oregon Statesman page reporting the Nannie Doss investigation with a contemporary wire photograph. Contemporary newspaper archive page. Oregon Statesman / University of Oregon Historic Newspapers · Archival page reproduced for historical identification and commentary; embedded wire-photograph rights are not licensed for downstream reuse.
Juan Corona: California prison identification photograph of Juan Corona in 2018. Documentary prison identification photograph. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation · Public domain in the United States
Dean Corll: Houston police photograph of investigators excavating the boat shed connected to the Dean Corll case. Documentary police photograph. Bill Hare / Houston Police Department · Public domain
Wayne Williams: 1981 Atlanta Constitution crime-scene photograph from the Atlanta child murders investigation. Documentary press photograph. Billy Downs · Public domain
Joseph James DeAngelo: Sacramento County Sheriff booking photograph of Joseph James DeAngelo in 2018. Documentary booking photograph. Sacramento County Sheriff · Public domain in the United States
Lonnie Franklin Jr.: Lonnie Franklin Jr. in a 1998 Los Angeles Police Department booking photograph. Documentary booking photograph. Los Angeles Police Department · Public domain in the United States
Anthony Sowell: Contemporary police identification photograph of Anthony Sowell published by CBS and the Associated Press. Contemporary identification photograph. CBS / Associated Press · Limited editorial use for identification and commentary; copyright remains with the originating news agency. Do not reuse from this site.
Juana Barraza: Juana Barraza during booking at Santa Martha Acatitla women's prison in January 2006. Contemporary booking photograph. La Jornada · Limited editorial use for identification and commentary; copyright remains with the publisher. Do not reuse from this site.
Marcel Petiot: Marcel Petiot at the opening of his trial in Paris on March 15, 1946. Documentary trial photograph. Agence France-Presse / Nationaal Archief, Anefo collection · CC0 1.0

Serial-case documentary investigation images

Public-domain police and press photographs are used where they add material investigative context rather than shock value.

Ted Bundy — investigation gallery: Forensic odontologist Richard Souviron presenting dental evidence at Bundy's Florida trial in May 1979. Mark T. Foley / State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory · Public domain in the United States under Florida Statutes §257.35(6); credit requested by Florida Memory.
Ted Bundy — investigation gallery: The 1968 Volkswagen Beetle associated with the Ted Bundy investigation displayed at the former National Museum of Crime and Punishment in 2010. DCTWINKIE5500 · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0); localized copy, no visual edits.
Ted Bundy — investigation gallery: Side-by-side archival portraits of Florida State University students Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman, both smiling. Unknown photographer / State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory · Public domain in the United States under Florida Statutes §257.35(6); Florida Memory requests source credit. Localized copy has been recompressed and metadata-sanitized.
Ted Bundy — investigation gallery: Ted Bundy seated in profile at counsel table during a Florida murder trial around 1979. Donn Dughi / State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory · Public domain in the United States under Florida Statutes §257.35(6); Florida Memory requests source credit. Localized copy has been recompressed and metadata-sanitized.
Ted Bundy — investigation gallery: Photograph of the July 31, 1979 Florida bench docket imposing sentences in the Chi Omega murder case against Theodore Robert Bundy. dbking (photographer) · Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). Localized copy has been resized, recompressed, and metadata-sanitized.
Jeffrey Dahmer — investigation gallery: Rear of the Milwaukee Police Department administration building viewed from MacArthur Square. Kenneth C. Zirkel · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0); localized copy has been resized and metadata-sanitized.
Jeffrey Dahmer — investigation gallery: Milwaukee County Courthouse, where Jeffrey Dahmer was tried and sentenced in 1992. Kenneth C. Zirkel · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0); localized copy has been metadata-sanitized.
Jeffrey Dahmer — investigation gallery: Anthony Hughes in his 1977 Wisconsin School for the Deaf yearbook portrait. Wisconsin School for the Deaf High School 1977 Yearbook · Public domain in the United States: published in 1977 without a copyright notice; country-specific rights may differ. Localized copy has been metadata-sanitized.
Jeffrey Dahmer — investigation gallery: Steven Tuomi in his 1979 Ontonagon High School yearbook portrait, eight years before his murder. Ontonagon High School 1979 Yearbook · Public domain in the United States: published in 1979 without a copyright notice and not registered within five years, as documented by Wikimedia Commons; country-specific rights may differ. Localized copy is unaltered.
Jeffrey Dahmer — investigation gallery: Cover of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts release for Jeffrey Dahmer, file 7-HQ-21976. Federal Bureau of Investigation · Public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. § 105 as an official-duty work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Localized cover-page rendering from the FBI Vault release; resized and JPEG metadata-sanitized without content edits.
John Wayne Gacy — investigation gallery: Police and recovery personnel working at the crawlspace of Gacy's Summerdale Avenue home on December 23, 1978. Frank Hanes / Chicago Tribune · Public domain in the United States: published in 1978 without notice and not registered within five years, per the Commons rights record.
John Wayne Gacy — investigation gallery: Present-day view of the Niles location where detectives arrested Gacy in December 1978. Stephen Hogan / Chicago Crime Scenes · Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
John Wayne Gacy — investigation gallery: Kokomo Tribune diagram published December 28, 1978 showing the layout of John Wayne Gacy's Summerdale Avenue property and reported recovery locations. Kokomo Tribune graphic artist · Public domain in the United States: published in 1978 without a copyright notice and not registered within five years, per the Commons rights record.
John Wayne Gacy — investigation gallery: Robert Piest smiling in a Maine West High School freshman yearbook portrait. Unknown photographer / Maine West High School 1977 Yearbook · Public domain in the United States: published in the 1977 yearbook without a copyright notice; country-specific rights may differ.
John Wayne Gacy — investigation gallery: Nine flower-topped coffins arranged outside a chapel during the June 1981 memorial service for Gacy victims who remained unidentified. Bob Ringham / Daily Herald · Public domain in the United States: published in the June 13, 1981 Daily Herald without a copyright notice and not registered within five years, per the Wikimedia Commons rights record. Localized copy has been recompressed and metadata-sanitized.
John Wayne Gacy — investigation gallery: John Wayne Gacy parole face sheet with a full-length identification photograph and handwritten release annotations. Riverview Release Center staff · Public domain in the United States: published in 1970 without a copyright notice, per the Wikimedia Commons rights record; country-specific rights may differ. Localized copy has been recompressed and metadata-sanitized.
Jack the Ripper — investigation gallery: Women and children outside a Whitechapel common lodging house near two murder locations, circa 1890. Unknown historical photographer · Public domain; anonymous historical photograph, PD-old-70-expired.
Jack the Ripper — investigation gallery: 1888 police photograph of the Miller's Court crime scene where Mary Jane Kelly was killed. Metropolitan Police / unknown police photographer · Public domain historical police photograph.
Jack the Ripper — investigation gallery: Photographic copy of the now-lost From Hell letter postmarked October 15, 1888; its authorship was never authenticated. Unknown correspondent; Metropolitan Police records facsimile · Public domain historical document and faithful reproduction; PD-Art, PD-old-100-expired, and PD-US-expired.
Jack the Ripper — investigation gallery: Metropolitan Police notice asking Whitechapel residents to report suspicious persons on September 30, 1888. Metropolitan Police Office · Public-domain historical government notice published in 1888; Public Domain Mark 1.0 and PD-US-expired.
Jack the Ripper — investigation gallery: Police copy of the disputed wording found in Goulston Street after the murder of Catherine Eddowes. Metropolitan Police records; copyist not identified · Public-domain historical record; Public Domain Mark 1.0 and PD-US-expired.
Jack the Ripper — investigation gallery: Illustrated Police News depiction of the discovery at Miller's Court, published November 17, 1888. The Illustrated Police News; artist not identified · Public domain; anonymous UK work published in 1888, PD-Art and PD-US-expired.
Zodiac Killer — investigation gallery: Bryan Hartnell's car door bearing the offender's handwritten message after the Lake Berryessa attack. Federal Bureau of Investigation · Public domain in the United States as a federal-government work.
Zodiac Killer — investigation gallery: June 26, 1970 Zodiac letter displayed beside its accompanying San Francisco Bay Area map and code. Unidentified Zodiac correspondent · Public domain in the United States under the Commons rights record; country-specific rights may differ.
Zodiac Killer — investigation gallery: First page of the July 31, 1969 letter claiming the Lake Herman Road and Blue Rock Springs attacks. Unidentified Zodiac correspondent · Public domain in the United States; published in 1969 without a copyright notice (PD-US-no-notice).
Zodiac Killer — investigation gallery: One section of the 408-symbol cipher mailed to the San Francisco Chronicle on July 31, 1969. Unidentified Zodiac correspondent · Public domain in the United States; published in 1969 without a copyright notice (PD-US-no-notice).
Zodiac Killer — investigation gallery: November 8, 1969 Dripping Pen card and 340-symbol cipher sent to the San Francisco Chronicle. Unidentified Zodiac correspondent · Public domain in the United States; published in 1969 without a copyright notice (PD-US-no-notice).
Dennis Rader — investigation gallery: FBI agent Bob Morton and KBI investigator Ken Landwehr interviewing Dennis Rader after his arrest in 2005. United States Department of Justice / Federal Bureau of Investigation · Public domain in the United States as an FBI employee's official-duty work.
Dennis Rader — investigation gallery: Dennis Rader in his 1963 Wichita Heights High School senior yearbook portrait. Wichita Heights High School · Public domain in the United States: published in 1963 without a copyright notice; country-specific rights may differ. Localized copy has been metadata-sanitized.
Dennis Rader — investigation gallery: Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita, Kansas, where Dennis Rader pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2005. FUBAR007 · CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication; localized copy has been metadata-sanitized.
Dennis Rader — investigation gallery: Early-1970s family photographs of Joseph Otero, Julie Otero, Josephine Otero, and Joseph Otero Jr.. Otero family · Public domain in the United States: published before 1978 without a copyright notice, as documented by Wikimedia Commons; country-specific rights may differ. Localized copy has been JPEG metadata-sanitized without visual edits.
Dennis Rader — investigation gallery: Photocopy of Vicki Wegerle’s Kansas driver’s license, an item Dennis Rader reproduced in a 2004 communication that helped authenticate BTK’s return. Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Vehicles · Public domain in the United States: the Kansas identification document was published between 1978 and February 1989 without a copyright notice and was not registered within five years, as documented by Wikimedia Commons. Localized copy has been JPEG metadata-sanitized without visual edits; country-specific rights may differ.
David Berkowitz — investigation gallery: Second page of the first Son of Sam letter examined as evidence during the investigation. David Berkowitz, attributed author; scanner unidentified · Public domain in the United States: published in 1977 without a copyright notice.
Aileen Wuornos — investigation gallery: Entrance to the Last Resort bar in Port Orange, Florida, where police arrested Aileen Wuornos in January 1991. RustyClark (hottnfunkyradio.com) · Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0).
Richard Ramirez — investigation gallery: Richard Ramirez escorted by sheriff's deputies after preliminary-hearing testimony in March 1986. Lacy Atkins / Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection at UCLA · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
H. H. Holmes — investigation gallery: Contemporary photograph of Holmes's World's Fair Hotel published in investigator Frank Geyer's 1896 case history. Unknown photographer / Frank P. Geyer, publisher · Public domain in the United States; published in 1896.
Harold Shipman — investigation gallery: The Garden of Tranquility in Hyde Park, Greater Manchester, created as a memorial to Harold Shipman's victims. Gerald England · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0); localized copy has been metadata-sanitized and recompressed.
Andrei Chikatilo — investigation gallery: Ruins of the house at 26 Mezhevoy Lane in Shakhty, identified as the location of Chikatilo's first murder. Nonexyst · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Pedro López — investigation gallery: Aerial view of the former García Moreno penitentiary in Quito, where Pedro López served his Ecuadorian prison sentence. Micaela Ayala V. / Agencia de Noticias ANDES · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0); localized copy has been resized, metadata-sanitized, and recompressed.
Albert Fish — investigation gallery: Family photograph of Grace Budd published with contemporary case reporting in December 1934. Albert F. Budd Sr. / Asbury Park Press · Public domain in the United States: published in 1934 without a copyright notice, according to the Commons rights record.
Belle Gunness — investigation gallery: Investigators and onlookers at the Gunness farm in LaPorte, Indiana, during the 1908 recovery operation. Historical image shared by Steve Shook · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Gary Ridgway — investigation gallery: The Green River in Kent, Washington, the waterway that gave the Green River killings investigation its name. Roc0ast3r · CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication; localized copy has been resized, metadata-sanitized, and recompressed.
Samuel Little — investigation gallery: FBI comparison panel of Samuel Little booking photographs taken between 1966 and 1995. Federal Bureau of Investigation · Public domain in the United States as an official-duty work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Edmund Kemper — investigation gallery: Santa Cruz County government building in Santa Cruz, California. Johan Jönsson (Julle) · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0); localized copy has been resized, metadata-sanitized, and recompressed.
Robert Pickton — investigation gallery: Participants in the 19th Annual Women's Memorial March in Vancouver in February 2010. kim kim · Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0); localized copy has been metadata-sanitized and recompressed.
Dorothea Puente — investigation gallery: Exterior of the Monterey County Courthouse in Salinas, documenting the county where Dorothea Puente's 1993 trial was held. McGhiever · CC BY-SA 4.0; localized copy resized by Wikimedia and metadata-sanitized without visual alteration.
Nannie Doss — investigation gallery: Exterior of Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, where Nannie Doss served her life sentence from 1955 until her death in 1965. Charles Duggar; retouched by MagentaGreen · CC BY-SA 2.0; the Commons source documents the retouching, and this localized copy was metadata-sanitized without further visual alteration.
Juan Corona — investigation gallery: Aerial view of Yuba City, the surrounding Sutter County farmland, and the Feather River, where authorities found the victims in nearby orchards in 1971. Robert Lesiuk · Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0); localized copy has been resized, metadata-sanitized, and recompressed.
Dean Corll — investigation gallery: Prison trusties and investigators excavating the Houston boat shed during the Dean Corll recovery operation in August 1973. San Antonio Express press photographer · Public domain in the United States: the Commons record documents publication without a copyright notice.
Wayne Williams — investigation gallery: The Chattahoochee River at Whittier Mill Village in Atlanta, documenting the river corridor where the task force monitored bridges during the 1981 investigation. Thomson200 · Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication; localized copy has been resized, metadata-sanitized, and recompressed.
Joseph James DeAngelo — investigation gallery: FBI evidence photograph showing latent fingerprints, shoe-tread impressions, and other cold-case materials from the East Area Rapist investigation. Federal Bureau of Investigation · Public domain in the United States as an official-duty work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Lonnie Franklin Jr. — investigation gallery: Los Angeles Police Department community alert issued in 2009 with age-progressed composite drawings seeking information in the Grim Sleeper investigation. Los Angeles Police Department · Public domain in the United States under the California public-records rationale documented by Wikimedia Commons; localized copy has been metadata-sanitized and recompressed.
Anthony Sowell — investigation gallery: Cleveland police carrying evidence bags from the property beside Sowell's Imperial Avenue home on November 11, 2009. Mark Duncan / Associated Press · Limited editorial use for analysis of the investigation; copyright remains with the Associated Press. Do not reuse from this site.
Juana Barraza — investigation gallery: State of Mexico investigators searching Juana Barraza's home in January 2006. Roberto García Ortiz / La Jornada · Limited editorial use for analysis of the investigation; copyright remains with the photographer and publisher. Do not reuse from this site.
Marcel Petiot — investigation gallery: Modern street view of Rue Le Sueur from Place du General Patton in Paris, providing non-graphic location context for the Petiot investigation. flightlog · CC BY 2.0; localized copy resized by Wikimedia and metadata-sanitized without visual alteration.

Mass-violence documentary image register

These photographs document memorials, remembrance, and community response. Each credit links to the source file and its reuse terms.

The Columbine High School Attack: The Columbine Memorial in Colorado. Seraphimblade · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Columbine High School Attack — documentary gallery: Wide view of the Columbine Memorial at Clement Park in Littleton, Colorado. Denverjeffrey · CC BY 3.0; localized copy resized by Wikimedia and metadata-sanitized without visual alteration.
The Virginia Tech Shooting: Dedication of the Virginia Tech memorial. Daniel Lin · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Virginia Tech Shooting — documentary gallery: Hokie Stone markers and flowers at the April 16 Memorial in front of Burruss Hall at Virginia Tech. Eric T Gunther · CC BY 3.0; localized copy resized by Wikimedia and metadata-sanitized without visual alteration.
The Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting: Grounds of the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial in Newtown. Liam Enea · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting — documentary gallery: Sycamore tree surrounded by the reflecting pool at the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial in Newtown. Liam Enea · CC BY-SA 2.0; localized copy resized by Wikimedia and metadata-sanitized without visual alteration.
The Pulse Nightclub Attack: The Pulse nightclub memorial in Orlando in March 2017. Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Pulse Nightclub Attack — documentary gallery: Rainbow tributes, flags, messages, and remembrance items at the Pulse street memorial in Orlando in August 2016. Sabrejett · CC BY-SA 4.0; localized copy resized by Wikimedia and metadata-sanitized without visual alteration.
The Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting: Vegas Strong memorial rock commemorating the Route 91 victims. Noah Wulf · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting — documentary gallery: Yellow Route 91 remembrance ribbon beside a flowered memorial cross in the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden. Noah Wulf · CC BY-SA 4.0; localized copy resized by Wikimedia and metadata-sanitized without visual alteration.
The Parkland School Shooting: The Temple of Time community healing memorial in Coral Springs. Dtobias · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Parkland School Shooting — documentary gallery: Handmade support banner created for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students and staff after the February 2018 attack. PCHS-NJROTC · CC BY-SA 4.0; localized copy resized by Wikimedia and metadata-sanitized without visual alteration.
The Robb Elementary School Shooting: Memorial flowers and tributes outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Public domain
The Robb Elementary School Shooting — documentary gallery: Flowers, toys, balloons, and portrait tributes at the Robb Elementary School memorial site in June 2022. Benjamin Applebaum / U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Public domain in the United States as an official-duty work of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; localized copy resized by Wikimedia and metadata-sanitized.
The Buffalo Tops Supermarket Attack: Memorial to the victims of the Tops supermarket attack in Buffalo. The White House · Public domain
The Buffalo Tops Supermarket Attack — documentary gallery: Wide view of community tributes at the Jefferson Avenue and Landon Street memorial beside the Tops supermarket in July 2022. Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0; localized copy resized by Wikimedia and metadata-sanitized without visual alteration.
The Tree of Life Synagogue Attack: Memorial tributes outside Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Dmitry Brant · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Tree of Life Synagogue Attack — documentary gallery: Menorah, flowers, and handmade tributes outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in March 2019. 痛 · CC BY-SA 4.0; localized copy resized by Wikimedia and metadata-sanitized without visual alteration.
The El Paso Walmart Attack: The Grand Candela memorial honoring the victims of the El Paso attack. TomStar81 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The El Paso Walmart Attack — documentary gallery: Bilingual English and Spanish dedication plaque at the Grand Candela memorial in El Paso. TomStar81 · CC BY-SA 4.0; localized copy resized by Wikimedia and metadata-sanitized without visual alteration.

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