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2023 Tables and Figures | All Years of Tables and Figures | Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest |
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Year | Elementary and secondary schools | Postsecondary institutions | |||||||
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Number of incidents | Number of casualties1 | Number of incidents | Number of casualties1 | ||||||
Total | Killed | Wounded | Total | Killed | Wounded | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2001 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
2003 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2005 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2006 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
2007 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 32 | 17 | |
2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 16 | |
2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
2010 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
2011 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2012 | 3 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | |
2013 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | |
2014 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | |
2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | |
2016 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2017 | 4 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018 | 5 | 81 | 29 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2019 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
2020 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 | |
2021 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2022 | 4 | 52 | 23 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1Number of casualties excludes active shooters and may include casualties that occurred as part of the same incident but at different locations. For shooter outcomes, see table 228.16. | |||||||||
2Includes one active shooter incident at a county board of education meeting. | |||||||||
3Includes one active shooter incident at a city school board meeting. | |||||||||
NOTE: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines an active shooter as "one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area." (Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2022, available at the URL shown in the SOURCE note). | |||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, A Study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States Between 2000 and 2013, Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2014 and 2015, Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2016 and 2017, Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2018, Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2019, Active Shooter Incidents: 20-Year Review 2000-2019, Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2020, Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2021, and Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2022, retrieved August 7, 2023, from https://www.fbi.gov/about/partnerships/office-of-partner-engagement/active-shooter-resources. (This table was prepared August 2023.) |