School shooting
April 20, 1999
On April 20, 1999, two teenage gunmen kill 13 people in a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, south of Denver. At approximately 11:19 a.m., Dylan Klebold, 17, and Eric Harris, 18, dressed in trench coats, began shooting students outside the school before moving inside to continue their rampage. By 11:35 a.m., Klebold and Harris had killed 12 fellow students and a teacher and wounded another 23 people. Shortly after noon, the two teens turned their guns on themselves and died by suicide.
What happened In 2023
K-12 database has recorded 89 gun-related incidents at a school so far, nearly one for every day this year.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Fla., February 2018:
17 killed.
1976: California State University
On July 12, a man shot nine people, killing seven and injuring two, on the Fullerton, California, campus. The shooter used a semi-automatic rifle he had purchased illegally.Note Reference[1]
How many people died in 2008 - 2009?
Total Deaths: 13
what happened In 2022
34 students and adults died while more than 43,000 children were exposed to gunfire at school.
Columbine High School, Littleton, Colo., April 1999
13 killed.
2022: University of Virginia
On Nov. 13, a shooter opened fire on a bus carrying University Students as it returned to campus in Charlottesville, Virginia. Three students were killed, and at least two more were injured.Note Reference[3]
How many people were killed on 26 April 2002?
He shot and killed 16 people, including 13 staff members, 2 students, and 1 police and 2 students were unintentionally killed by shots fired through a locked door. 32 were killed.
How much people die Each day
12 children die from gun violence in America.
Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Conn., December 2012
2007: Virginia Tech
The Virginia Tech Massacre occurred on April 16 on the University's Blacksburg, Virginia, campus. It is the deadliest college shooting on record. 32 people were killed, and at least 23 others were injured. The shooter took his own life during the incident.
February 14, 2018 5 year ago.
19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami suburban town of Parkland, Florida, United States, murdering 17 people and injuring 17 others. Cruz, a former student at the school, fled the scene on foot by blending in with other students and was arrested without incident approximately one hour later in nearby Coral Springs. Police and prosecutors investigated "a pattern of disciplinary issues and unnerving behavior".
All Gun violence in 2023 so far
74 people have been killed or injured by guns at American schools this year
University of Texas Tower, Austin, Texas, August 1966
16 killed around campus.
2023: Michigan State University
On Feb. 13, a shooter opened fire in two buildings at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. He killed three students and wounded at least five others. When confronted by police, the shooter died by suicide.Note Reference[3]
When was the school shooting first started?
The earliest known United States shooting to happen on school property was the Pontiac's Rebellion school massacre on July 26, 1764, where four Lenape American Indians entered the schoolhouse near present-day Greencastle, Pennsylvania, shot and killed schoolmaster Enoch Brown, and killed nine or ten children (reports vary). Only two children survived.
Columbine in 1999
338,000 students in the U.S. have experienced gun violence at school.
How Often Do Mass Shootings Happen?
A. The truth is that while high-profile mass shootings receive a lot of media coverage, they only make up a small portion of the gun violence that happens in the U.S. Hundreds of shootings happen every week that never make it into the news. Every life lost should be a reminder to the media and our communities that this is a crisis that must be solved now.
1966: University of Texas at Austin
On Aug. 1, a shooter killed 15 people and injured 31 others from a tower on UT's campus. The earliest recorded university shooting, it's also known as the first modern mass shooting in the U.S.Note Reference[1], [8]