School Shootings in the United States

2018

Month Location Deaths Injuries
January Winston-Salem, NC 1 0
January Italy, TX 0 1
January New Orleans, LA 0 1
January Marshall County, KY 2 18
January Philadelphia, PA 1 0
February Los Angeles, CA 0 5
February Oxon Hill, MD 0 1
February Parkland, FL 17 14
March Mount Pleasant, MI 2 0
March Birmingham, AL 1 2
March Lexington, KY 0 1
March Birmingham, AL 2 1
March Great Mills, MD 2 1
April Ocala, FL 0 1
May Palmdale, CA 0 1
May Dixon, IL 0 1
May Santa Fe, TX 10 12
May Jonesboro, GA 1 1
August Wellington, FL 0 2
August San Francisco, CA 0 1
September Providence, RI 1 1
September Memphis, TN 0 1
September Las Vegas, NV 1 0
October Matthews, NC 1 1
December Richmond, IN 1 0

 

School Related Attacks Around the World

2010 - 2017

Many schools around the world have suffered attacks, ranging from primary schools up to college and university. The chart above shows how in the United States, this is a much more common problem. It should be noted that the definition of attack used for the purpose of this graph is very narrowly defined. For this purpose, the school-related attacks are defined as being on school campuses or related to a school issue or event. It excludes attacks during warfare, robberies, gang violence, political or police attacks (as related to protests), accidents, single suicides, and murder-suicides by rejected spouses or suitors, as they are not the type of mass murder event that is the focus of concern. As well, it does not include any attacks that resulted in no injuries or were foiled. While 28 countries have been afflicted with such events between the years of 2010 through 2017, only countries with five or more attacks were included into the graph.

References Used for Data

Site and data compiled and coded by Nichole Pellow