One student killed in the parking lot at Lincoln County High School three days before he was to graduate. One teacher, John Gillette, killed, two students wounded at a dance at James W.
Mitchell Johnson, 13, and Andrew Golden, 11, shot at their classmates and teachers from the woods. Colt Todd, 14, was hiding in the woods when he shot the students as they stood in the parking lot.įour students and one teacher killed, ten others wounded outside as Westside Middle School emptied during a false fire alarm. Three students killed, five wounded by Michael Carneal, 14, as they participated in a prayer circle at Heath High School. He and his friends were said to be outcasts who worshiped Satan.
Two students killed and seven wounded by Luke Woodham, 16, who was also accused of killing his mother. Principal and one student killed, two others wounded by Evan Ramsey, 16.Įight people (six students and two others) at two schools killed by Mohammad Ahman al-Naziri. Martin Bryant, age 28, opened fire at a penal colony, killing 35 people and wounding 23. Two students and one teacher killed, one other wounded when 14-year-old Barry Loukaitis opened fire on his algebra class.ġ6 children and one teacher killed at Dunblane Primary School by Thomas Hamilton, who then killed himself. Find the date, location, and a short description of each incident. Rather, these are modern shootings that garnered particular attention or had a lasting cultural impact.
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Despite attempts by nonprofits like the Gun Violence Archive and by government agencies, it is almost impossible to present every mass shooting. alone there were 346 mass shootings in 2017, or about one per day.
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The full scope of gun violence in the U.S. School shootings by contrast have no numerical qualifier a school shooting is any incidence of gun violence occurring at or in the vicinity of an educational institution.
The highest figures given by the Gun Violence Archive qualify it by the number of people shot, rather than the number of people killed. Most commonly, mass shootings are defined as events in which a lone perpetrator or a small group of perpetrators uses firearms to kill three or more victims. What distinguishes mass shootings from other incidences of gun crime-mob violence, racial lynchings, et cetera-is not entirely clear. The following table lists notable worldwide mass and school shootings from 1996 to the present. Infoplease Staff Gun-related tragedies in the U.S.
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