A federal mandate authorized by President Obama lowered the definition of a mass shooting down from four victims to three, which led to more of these shootings being tracked, but there may be earlier ones that are not included.
The chart also does not include the thousands of killings each year in which there were fewer than three fatalities. Write to Chris Wilson at chris.
By Chris Wilson. Rather, this report illuminates trends that can help point lawmakers to strategies to curb these tragedies. These trends include that mass shootings are often:. Everytown defines a mass shooting as any incident in which four or more people are shot and killed, excluding the shooter. By this definition, the United States experiences an average of 19 mass shootings every year, ranging from 15 in and in to a high of 24 in both and However, there exists no consensus on the definition of a mass shooting.
Counts under other definitions range from a dozen per year to nearly one mass shooting every day depending on factors such as casualty thresholds or whether the mass shooting was in public or not. By any count, the number of mass shootings that plague this country is far too high, and the counts are just a small fraction of the lives left forever changed after the tragedy of a mass shooting.
Between and , 1, people in the United States were killed and more were wounded in mass shootings, an average of 20 shootings each year. Among the casualties were at least children and teens killed as well as 21 law enforcement officers killed and 35 wounded. These numbers are staggering, yet they represent just a small portion of the lives forever changed after a mass shooting shakes a community with terror and grief.
In nearly all mass shootings over this period, the shooter was an adult man who acted alone. In total there were shooters, gender was identified for shooters, and age was identified for shooters. Thirty-two percent of mass shooters, or 92 shooters, ended with the perpetrator dying by suicide, and another 24 shooters were killed by responding law enforcement.
This shooter has been excluded from this count. The remaining mass shooters were taken into custody by law enforcement, while the outcomes and identities of 23 remain unknown. The archetypal mass shooting occurs in a public place like a school or a bar. While mass shootings in public places tend to receive more media attention, the majority of these shootings actually occur in private homes.
Between and , 61 percent of mass shootings occurred entirely in the home and another 9 percent occurred partially in a home and partially in a public location.
Thirty percent occurred entirely in public spaces like schools, malls, or bars. Of these public mass shootings, the majority 59 percent occurred at least partially in a place of business such as a restaurant or retail store, and 11 percent occurred in a school. These public mass shootings were deadlier: While 39 percent of mass shootings occurred at least in part in public, they resulted in 51 percent of all mass-shooting deaths over this year period. In the absence of a comprehensive federal law that requires background checks on all gun sales across the country, criminals, domestic abusers, and other prohibited people can easily avoid background checks in 29 states simply by buying guns from unlicensed sellers—including strangers they meet online.
The harm posed when people who should not have guns can easily avoid a background check is particularly evident in mass shootings, where one in three incidents involved shooters that were legally prohibited from possessing firearms at the time of the shooting, whether because they had a felony conviction, had been adjudicated mentally ill by a court of law, or had a domestic violence restraining order, among other reasons. In 74 incidents, at least one shooter was legally prohibited from possessing firearms.
These shootings resulted in deaths and injuries, or one in four deaths and one in 10 injuries, that may have been prevented with a stronger, more comprehensive background check system.
Closing loopholes in our federal and state background check laws can prevent guns from ending up in the hands of those who are legally prohibited from having a firearm. The suspect, a year-old boy, had dropped out of school after he was severely ostracized by his classmates.
May 20, Conyers, Ga. Six students injured at Heritage High School by Thomas Solomon, 15, who was reportedly depressed after breaking up with his girlfriend.
Victor Cordova Jr. The assailant was identified as a six-year-old boy with a. The shooter has been in a coma ever since. May 26, Lake Worth, Fla. Two students wounded with the same gun during a fight at Woodson Middle School.
Elizabeth Catherine Bush, 14, wounded student Kimberly Marchese in the cafeteria of Bishop Neumann High School; she was depressed and frequently teased. A policeman shot and wounded Hoffman. One student killed by Donald R. Burt, Jr. Chris Buschbacher, 17, took two hostages at the Caro Learning Center before killing himself. A teenager wounded two students at Martin Luther King Jr. High School. He also wounded another teacher before killing himself. Steinhaeuser then killed himself.
Robert S. Flores Jr. One year-old killed, and three students wounded at John McDonogh High School by gunfire from four teenagers none were students at the school. The motive was gang-related. Jeff Weise, 16, killed grandfather and companion, then arrived at school where he killed a teacher, a security guard, 5 students, and finally himself, leaving a total of 10 dead.
One year-old shot and killed an assistant principal at Campbell County High School and seriously wounded two other administrators.
Christopher Williams, 27, looking for his ex-girlfriend at Essex Elementary School, shot two teachers, killing one and wounding another. Before going to the school, he had killed the ex-girlfriend's mother. Anastasia De Sousa, 18, died and more than a dozen students and faculty were wounded before Gill killed himself. Adult male held six students hostage at Platte Canyon High School and then shot and killed Emily Keyes, 16, and himself. A year-old student shot and killed Weston School principal John Klang.
Five of the girls and Roberts died. April 16, Blacksburg, Va. A year-old Virginia Tech student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a dorm, then killed 30 more 2 hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.
Fifteen others were wounded. Brandon, shot and wounded two other Freshman students on the University campus. Brandon is being charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless engagement, as well as a gun charge. Coon, shot and injured two students and two teachers before he shot and killed himself.
The victims' injuries were not life-threatening. At least 10 others were injured. The gunman shot himself and died from his wounds in the hospital. A nursing student shot and killed two women and then herself in a classroom at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge. A year-old student at Mitchell High School shot and wounded a classmate in gym class. A year-old boy shot a student at E. Green Junior High School causing the year-old victim to be brain dead.
Gunman killed five students and then himself, and wounded 17 more when he opened fire on a classroom at Northern Illinois University. The gunman, Stephen P. Kazmierczak, was identified as a former graduate student at the university in A year-old female student was shot and killed by a classmate at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale. Several others were wounded. A shooting at the Fort Hood army post kills 13 and injures Ten of those killed are military personnel, while one is a civilian.
The alleged shooter is Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an army psychiatrist, was shot four times by an officer on the scene, but he survived the attack. At Discovery Middle School, a ninth-grader was shot by another student during a class change. The boy, whose name was not released, pulled out a gun and shot Todd Brown in the head while walking the hallway. Brown later died at Huntsville Hospital. During a meeting on campus, Amy Bishop, a biology professor, began shot her colleagues, killing three and wounding three others.
A year earlier, Bishop had been denied tenure. The shooter had recently received an "unsatisfactory" job evaluation and was going to be fired on March Two people were killed and two more injured in a shooting at Millard South High School. Shortly after being suspended from school, the shooter returned and shot the assistant principal, principal, and the school nurse.
The shooter then left campus and took his own life. Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in an assassination attempt. At least 17 others are shot by a gunman, identified as Jared Lee Loughner, who opened fire on the congresswoman's constituent meeting outside a local grocery store.
Six people are fatally wounded, including U. District Court Judge John Roll, and a young girl. Two people opened fire during a Worthing High School powder-puff football game. One former student died. Five other people were injured. While Brazil has seen gang-related violence in urban areas, this was the worst school shooting the country has ever seen. Two former students were found dead on the fifth floor of the garage.
A third, the suspected shooter, died later at the hospital. July 22, Tyrifjorden, Buskerud, Norway A gunman disguised as a policeman opened fire at a camp for young political activists on the island of Utoya. The gunman kills 68 campers, including personal friends of Prime Minister Stoltenberg.
Police arrested Anders Behring Breivik, a year-old Norwegian who had been been linked to an anti-Islamic group. A Virginia Tech police officer was shot and killed by a year old student of Radford University. The shooting took place in a parking lot on Virginia Tech's campus. A year-old student shot himself in front of 70 fellow students. Download for free You need to log in to download this statistic Register for free Already a member? Log in. Show detailed source information? Register for free Already a member?
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