On April 19, 2000, a homeowners’ association meeting at the Ventana Lakes Yacht Club in Peoria, Arizona, ended in a sudden mass shooting. Esther LaPlante, 58, who had recently been elected to the association’s board and was attending her first meeting, was fatally shot when an armed former resident opened fire. The assailant, 61-year-old Richard Glassel, reportedly had long-standing disputes with the association over property maintenance and had lost his home to foreclosure the year before the attack.

Glassel arrived heavily armed with an AR-15 and two 9-millimeter pistols and, according to reports, fired 10 shots in about 23 seconds before a weapon jammed. Another board member, 69-year-old Nila Lynn, was also killed and three people were wounded. Several attendees tackled and held Glassel until police arrived; he was arrested at the scene and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and 30 counts of attempted murder.