Is always a sad day when school shootings occur. We will never and should never become desensitized to these senseless killings. Below you will find a list of all of the school shootings that have occur in the USA in the 21st century.
The 2000s
| Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Description |
| February 29, 2000 | Flint, Michigan | 1 | 0 | Kayla Rolland was tragically shot by a 6-year-old child at Buell Elementary School. To date, the boy is the youngest reported lethal school shooter. See below for the 22nd of August, 2013. |
| May 26, 2000 | Lake Worth, Florida | 1 | 0 | Nathaniel Brazill, a 13-year-old honor student, was sent away for tossing water balloons but returned to Lake Worth Middle School with a family firearm. He allegedly killed popular teacher Barry Grunow. |
| June 28, 2000 | Seattle, Washington | 2[n 1] | 0 | Rodger C. Haggitt, 58, Director of the Division of Pathology at the University of Washington Medical Center, was shot dead by Jian Chen, 42, a Taiwanese immigrant who had recently finished his sophomore year of forensic anatomy residency training and had been advised of his agreement non-renewal (which Chen wrote would dishonor his family). Chen later committed suicide. Dr. Haggitt’s memory was honored with the establishment of the Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society in 2001. |
| August 28, 2000 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | 2[n 1] | 0 | 36-year-old Easton, James Kelly, a Ph.d. student in Comparative Literature at the University of Arkansas, murdered his English professor, 67-year-old John R. Locke. Kelly had been expelled from this Ph.D. degree for failing to make good progress toward his thesis. Kelly shot Locke thrice before attempting suicide in the director’s office, which campus police had cordoned off. |
| September 26, 2000 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 0 | 2[n 1] | Darrel Johnson, 13, and Alfred Anderson, 13, were charged with attempted first-degree killing in the firing of 15-year-old William Pennington. Pennington took possession of the rifle after being shot and attacked Johnson in the back. Later, the charges were lowered to Aggravated Battery.
Carter G. Woodson Middle School had metal detectors in place at the time to avoid violence. The firearm, a.38-caliber revolver, was slid through a wire fence by a 13-year-old pupil who had lately been ejected for fighting. |
| December 1, 2000 | San Diego, California | 0 | 1[n 1] | A 15-year-old Junipero Serra High School student accidentally shot himself after displaying a weapon on campus and threatening to harm a classmate. |
| March 5, 2001 | Santee, California | 2 | 13 | Charles Andrew Williams, a 15-year-old pupil, killed two students, 14-year-old Bryan Zuckor and 15-year-old Randy Gordon, at Santana High School. He injured thirteen people in total. Williams was charged with murder and premeditated murder and found guilty. He was condemned to life in prison with the chance of parole after serving fifty years. |
| March 7, 2001 | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | 0 | 1 | Elizabeth Catherine Bush, 14, injured fellow pupil Kimberly Marchese in the cafeteria of Bishop Neumann High School. Bush was freed from prison in 2004. |
| March 22, 2001 | El Cajon, California | 0 | 6[n 1] | Jason Hoffman, an 18-year-old former pupil, opened fire at Granite Hills High School, hurting five people, before being shot and wounded by a police officer. He was charged with assault and sentenced to jail before killing himself in 2002. |
| March 30, 2001 | Gary, Indiana | 1 | 0 | Donald Ray Burt Jr., 17, fatally shot Neal Boyd IV in the skull in a parking lot outside Lew Wallace High School. Burt received a 57-year jail sentence. |
| May 16, 2001 | Parkland, Washington | 2[n 1] | 0 | A 55-year-old Tacoma man shot 40-year-old music teacher and organist James D. Holloway many times with a.22-caliber handgun at Pacific Lutheran University. The shooter was neither a student nor an employee of the university, and he committed suicide. The victim was allegedly chosen at random because the shooter was involved in a personal disagreement with another member of staff who was not at university that day. |
| January 15, 2002 | New York City, New York | 0 | 2 | Vincent Rodriguez, 17, injured two students at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School in Manhattan using a semi-automatic handgun. He took revenge on those who had tormented his partner. Rodriguez was condemned to ten years in jail in February 2003 for violence and attempted assault. |
| January 16, 2002 | Grundy, Virginia | 3 | 3 | Peter Odighizuwa, 42, a lately terminated graduate student, shot dead three people at the Appalachian School of Law. Dean Anthony Sutin, 42, and professor Thomas Blackwell, 41, were slain, as was pupil Angela Dales, 33. Three additional students were also injured. Odighizuwa got three jail terms and an added 28 years in prison with no chances of parole in 2005. |
| February 20, 2002 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | When opposing sympathizers exploded in the parking area following a basketball victory against Vincent High School, a 16-year-old Washington High School pupil, Joseph Johnson Jr., was slain by then 22-year-old Phillip D. Jackson Jr. |
| October 7, 2002 | Bowie, Maryland | 0 | 1 | One of the numerous victims of the Beltway sniper assaults was 13-year-old Iran Brown, who was shot as he reached Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie, Maryland. His aunt, a paramedic who just left him off at the hospital, hurried him to the urgent care. Brown withstood the incident although suffering significant damage. Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, the gunmen, were later convicted of other unrelated crimes that occurred during their killing rampage. Muhammad was put to death in 2009, while Malvo received a life term in jail. |
| October 28, 2002 | Tucson, Arizona | 4[n 1] | 0 | Robert Stewart Flores Jr., a struggling nursing college student, and Gulf War veteran assassinated three associate professors of medicine at the University of Arizona, including Robin Rogers, 50, Cheryl McGaffic, 44, and Barbara Monroe, 45. Flores completed the act by suicide. |
| October 29, 2002 | Jersey City, New Jersey | 0 | 1 | During a disagreement with another scholar, a 15-year-old student was fired in the stomach and injured in the underground of Lincoln High School. A 15-year-old student was also detained and accused of attempted killing. |
| April 2, 2003 | Washington, D.C. | 0 | 1 | A tenth-grader was wounded in the leg by Cardozo High School in Columbia Heights, prompting a three-hour shutdown at six D.C. schools. Police will be able to inspect public schools for potential shooters. |
| April 14, 2003 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1 | 3 | Firing at John McDonogh High School Steven Williams, 18, and James Tate, 17, began firing in the gym at John McDonogh High School with an AK-47 and a revolver, murdering a 15-year-old pupil and injuring three female students. Williams received a life term, while Tate received a fifteen-year sentence. |
| April 24, 2003 | Red Lion, Pennsylvania | 2[n 1] | 0 | James Sheets, a 14-year-old student, arrived at Red Lion Area Junior High School equipped with his stepdad’s firearms. He assassinated the head of the school, Eugene Segro, before committing suicide. |
| May 9, 2003 | Cleveland, Ohio | 1 | 3[n 1] | Biswanath Halder, a 62-year-old Case Western Reserve University business school alumnus, used a semi-automatic weapon to assassinate a graduate student and injure a professor and then another student on May 9, 2003. He kept the facility and its approximately 100 residents captive for seven hours and opened fire numerous times with police and SWAT personnel before being injured and taken by a SWAT squad. He received a life sentence in prison. |
| September 24, 2003 | Cold Spring, Minnesota | 2 | 0 | At Rocori High School, a 15-year-old named John Jason McLaughlin shot 15-year-old freshman Seth Bartell & 17-year-old senior Aaron Rollins. Rollins was slain instantly, while Bartell perished sixteen days later from his injuries. McLaughlin received life imprisonment with the possibility of release in 2038. |
| February 2, 2004 | Washington, D.C. | 1 | 1 | Thomas J. Boykin was found not guilty of the death of James Richardson, a 17-year-old football player at Ballou High School in Southeast Washington. A shot also brushed the leg of an 18-year-old pupil. |
| February 9, 2004 | East Greenbush, New York | 0 | 1 | Jon W. Romano, 16, of East Greenbush, New York, shot two shotgun shells before hurting a teacher with a third at Columbia High School. The vice principal seized him and charged him with one case of attempted manslaughter. |
| May 7, 2004 | Randallstown, Maryland | 0 | 4 | Two students were accused of a school massacre after a disagreement after a basketball game at Randallstown High School. Four people were hurt, two of them critically. One of the students was immobilized from below the abdomen. |
| February 8, 2005 | Chicago, Illinois | 0 | 1 | An 18-year-old student at Bowen High School was wounded in the leg as she walked out of the building at 2:30 p.m. |
| March 2, 2005 | Dover, Tennessee | 1 | 0 | Jason Clinard, 14, murdered his bus driver, Joyce Gregory, 47, as she halted to fetch him. Gregory had previously cited Clinard for snuffing on the bus. Clinard was sentenced to life in prison, although he has now sought a post-conviction appeal. |
| March 21, 2005 | Red Lake, Minnesota | 10[n 1] | 7 | Red Lake shooting incidents: Jeff Weise, a 16-year-old student, assassinated his grandfather and his grandfather’s friend at their residence on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, where he had been staying. He headed to Red Lake Senior High School after that. Weise, loaded with his grandfather’s guns, murdered five students, one schoolteacher, and one security personnel before engaging in a shootout with policemen and committing suicide. |
| July 18, 2005 | Newark, New Jersey | 1 | 2[n 1] | Special Officer Dwayne Reeves was fired at and murdered after splitting up a brawl between a group of adolescents at Weequahic High School, and his colleague was wounded in the hand by two males who pulled in beside him in a vehicle. Officer Reeves’ companion was able to retaliate and struck one of the criminals in the stomach despite his injuries. The shooter was found guilty of manslaughter and condemned to 30 years in jail in 2007. |
| September 13, 2005 | Chicago, Illinois | 0 | 1 | A brawl broke out in the gymnasium at Harlan Community Academy High School between two 15-year-old guys. Christopher Huff pulled out a revolver and shot the other young man in the leg. The gunman was apprehended by a security officer on patrol at the school. As an adult, the shooter was charged with aggravated violence with a firearm. |
| November 8, 2005 | Jacksboro, Tennessee | 1 | 2 | Kenneth Bartley, 15, shot the school’s then-principal, Gary Seale, inside the Campbell County High School office. He shot Ken Bruce and Jim Pierce, both assistant principals. Bruce died as a result of his wound. Bartley was condemned to 45 years in jail, with the possibility of parole after 29 years. |
| February 23, 2006 | Roseburg, Oregon | 0 | 1 | 14-year-old first-year student At Roseburg High School, Vincent Wayne Leodoro shot learner 16-year-old, Joseph Monti, four times in the back with a revolver. Teodoro left the school campus and was met by six security officers near a cafe. He threatened suicide before agreeing to surrender. In July 2006, he was convicted guilty of attempted murder and assault and sentenced to life in prison until the age of twenty-five. |
| March 14, 2006 | Reno, Nevada | 0 | 2 | Pine Middle School shooting: James Scott Newman, 14, injured two 14-year-old students, Alexander Rueda and Kenzie McKeon, in the Pine Middle School hallway with a handgun belonging to his parents. Two students sustained minor injuries. and a physical education teacher subdued Newman The adolescent was detained and charged as an adult with attempted murder, use of a lethal weapon, and possession of a firearm by a minor. He later pleaded guilty to two counts of battery with a dangerous weapon and received a juvenile sentence. Newman was placed under house arrest until he fulfilled 200 hours of community service. |
| August 24, 2006 | Essex Junction, Vermont | 2 | 3[n 1] | Christopher Williams, 26, shot Linda Lambesis, 57, at her house before heading to Essex Elementary School, where Andrea, his partner, worked. He shot and killed Mary Alicia Shanks, 56, and wounded Mary Snedeker, 52, after arriving at the elementary school, which was not in session at the time. He allegedly exited the school and shot Chad Johansen, 26, nonfatally. He then turned the gun on himself and died. Williams was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of release in 2008. |
| August 30, 2006 | Hillsborough, North Carolina | 1 | 2 | After gunning down his father, 18-year-old Alvaro Castillo proceeded to his high school and injured two students. He was allegedly obsessed with the Columbine High School shootings and had sent a letter to the current Columbine high school principal before performing his crime. He was condemned to life in prison without the possibility of parole. |
| September 2, 2006 | Shepherdstown, West Virginia | 3[n 1] | 0 | During a visit to Shepherd University, Douglas W. Pennington, 49, murdered his two sons and killed himself, Logan P. Pennington, 26, and Benjamin M. Pennington, 24. |
| September 17, 2006 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 0 | 5 | Five Duquesne University basketball players were shot in what looked to be an act of random violence on campus early Sunday morning, leaving three hospitalized, two of whom were in critical condition. |
| September 22, 2006 | Washington, D.C. | 0 | 1 | Outside one of Cardozo High School’s entrances, Eugene Huff, 17, and an unnamed 16-year-old male freshman were shouting. Eugene took out a pistol and shot a student in the leg, thus ending the conflict. Witnesses described hearing up to 7 shots fired during the shooting, which was captured on the school’s security system. |
| September 27, 2006 | Bailey, Colorado | 2[n 1] | 0 | Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis: Duane Roger Morrison, a 53-year-old homeless man, burst into the school and abducted six female students. During the siege that ensued, Morrison sexually molested all of the girls. When a SWAT team entered the classroom, Morrison killed 16-year-old Emily Keyes, then committed suicide after being shot and wounded by police. |
| September 29, 2006 | Cazenovia, Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | Eric Hainstock, a 15-year-old freshman, entered Weston High School at 8 a.m. and opened fire. He pointed a 20-gauge shotgun at Chuck Keller, a social studies instructor, before being apprehended by school custodian Dave Thompson. Hainstock then shot the 49-year-old high school principal, John Alfred Klang, with a.22 caliber revolver. That afternoon, Klang died away. Hainstock was accused of murder, found guilty, and sentenced to life in prison. He will be eligible for release in 2037. |
| October 2, 2006 | Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania | 6[n 1] | 5 | West Nickel Mines School shooting: Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-year-old milk truck driver, killed five Amish girls and injured five more before committing himself to an Amish school in the settlement of Nickel Mines, in Bart Township, Lancaster County. |
| October 9, 2006 | Joplin, Missouri | 0 | 0 | Thomas White, 13, fired one shot into the Memorial Middle School hallway ceiling with a MAK-90 rifle. When the bullets impacted a water pipe, no one was injured. He also tried shooting principal Stephen Gilbreth at close range as he was being led out of the school. The attempt was halted, according to Joplin police, by an erroneously installed ammunition magazine in the pistol. The principal was not hurt. White was charged as an adult with assault and possession of a pistol, and he was sentenced to ten years in prison in 2009. |
| January 3, 2007 | Tacoma, Washington | 1 | 0 | Following a personal feud, 18-year-old student Douglas S. Chanthabouly killed 17-year-old Samnang Kok in Henry Foss High School hallways. In 2009, Chanthabouly was sentenced to 23 years in prison for second-degree murder. |
| March 7, 2007 | Compton, California | 0 | 1 | After an argument with numerous non-learners and learners, a student was shot in the elbow and injured in the Centennial High School eating area. Students engaged in after-school activities were sent home after the incident happened an hour after lessons had concluded. |
| April 16, 2007 | Blacksburg, Virginia | 33[n 1] | 23 | Seung-Hui Cho, a 23-year-old learner armed with two pistols, a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, murdered 32 students and teachers at Virginia Tech and injured another seventeen in two separate events before committing suicide. On the 2nd floor of West Ambler Johnston Hall, he opened fire on a young girl and another student who had come to her rescue. He then changed his clothes, shot a series of films in which he declared that he “had to do it for his siblings,” and photographed himself with hammers, large knives, and weapons. He then stormed Norris Hall, shooting and killing thirty more students and faculty members. He also shot and injured seventeen more students and faculty members. Six more pupils were hurt by non-gunshot wounds. He was supposed to be quite silent and lonely. While on the rampage, he was wearing a black T-shirt, a russet vest, a backward baseball hat, black cargo aircraft trousers, black boots, and grip gloves. The incident is the third deadliest lone shooter murder in modern US history, as well as the worst school shooting. |
| September 21, 2007 | Dover, Delaware | 1 | 1 | On-site, two 17-year-old freshmen at Delaware State University were slain. As a consequence of the catastrophic damage sustained during the incident, one individual expired 32 days later, on Oct. 23. Loyer D. Braden, a junior from East Orange, New Jersey, was arrested and accused of attempted murder in May 2009, but the charges were dismissed. |
| October 10, 2007 | Cleveland, Ohio | 1[n 1] | 5 | Asa H. Coon, a 14-year-old student at SuccessTech alternative high school in downtown Cleveland, assaulted two pupils and two instructors in the fourth-floor corridors and classes. Coon then committed suicide in a separate room on the same level. |
| November 7, 2007 | Miami Gardens, Florida | 0 | 1 | A thief murdered an instructor who was smoking outside the Miami Carol City Senior High School campus. The burglar, who was 18 at the time, stole the educator’s pocketbook and was captured later. The teacher was not injured during the event. |
| January 23, 2008 | Jonesboro, Arkansas | 0 | 1 | Alfred Louis, 20, was shot in the lower left thigh at Arkansas State University when someone fired six shots from a 9mm handgun into a resident hall. He was sent to a local clinic for medical care. The charges against the person accused of firing the shots were later withdrawn. |
| February 4, 2008 | Memphis, Tennessee | 0 | 1 | At Hamilton High School, a student shot a 16-year-old pupil in the leg during a classroom quarrel about rap music. The injuries sustained by the prey did not imperil his life. |
| February 8, 2008 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 3[n 1] | 0 | Latina Williams, a 23-year-old medical candidate at Louisiana Technical College, shot two other students and herself in a second-floor classroom. |
| February 11, 2008 | Miami Gardens, Florida | 0 | 1 | Sergio Miranda, a 43-year-old class 11 algebra instructor, was slain by 19-year-old Patrick Lively during a theft outside Miami Carol City Senior High School, although he is expected to survive. In 2011, Lively was sentenced to life in prison. |
| February 11, 2008 | Memphis, Tennessee | 0 | 1 | Following an earlier off-campus brawl, a 19-year-old major was slain by a 17-year-old junior during a p.e lesson at Mitchell High School, which was held in the canteen with roughly 75 other students, before surrendering the gun to a teacher and making no attempt to flee. The victim suffered at least two gunshot wounds and was critically injured; the perpetrator was captured. “He approached him, shot him down, and told the coach, ‘It’s over now,'” principal Daniel Ware remembered. |
| February 12, 2008 | Oxnard, California | 1 | 0 | Larry King murder: 14-year-old Brandon McInerney shot 15-year-old Lawrence “Larry” King twice in the head at E.O. Green Junior High School’s computer room. McInerney was captured in a neighboring area. Two days later, King, who was openly gay, died. McInerney was charged with hate crimes at first, but the case was dismissed. McInerney pled guilty to second-degree murder and received a 21-year prison term. |
| February 14, 2008 | DeKalb, Illinois | 6[n 1] | 21 | Northern Illinois University shooting: Steven Kazmierczak, 27, shot numerous individuals with a shotgun in a Northern Illinois University classroom, killing five and wounding 21, before killing himself. Kazmierczak was not a current student at the institution but had attended in the years preceding the incident. |
| February 27, 2008 | Little Rock, Arkansas | 0 | 1 | James Earl Matthews, 33, was shot in the stomach and buttocks with a pistol at close range on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus. He made it. Gerald Pride Jr. was condemned to 20 years in prison on various counts. |
| August 14, 2008 | Federal Way, Washington | 1 | 0 | Omero Mendez, 26, was on his way to pick up his girlfriend’s son at Lakota Middle School. Luis F. Cosgaya-Alvarez, 16, and two of his buddies traveling in an SUV accosted him. Cosgaya-Alvarez flashed gang signals at Mendez before shooting him in the head. Mendez died as a result of his injuries. Cosgaya-Alvarez was caught and charged with murder a few days later in Seattle. Cosgaya-Alvarez pled guilty to killing and weapon enhancements and received an eighteen-year jail term. |
| August 21, 2008 | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1 | 0 | Jamar Siler, 15, killed Ryan McDonald, 15, at Central High School. Siler was condemned to thirty years in prison in 2011 after admitting guilt to killing in a plea bargain. |
| September 2, 2008 | Willoughby, Ohio | 0 | 0 | A 15-year-old student carried a pistol inside South High School and fired two shots, one into the ceiling and one breaking a trophy case. The gun was then pointed at the learner’s head. The learner was then persuaded out of doing anything harmful by Assistant Principal Jeff Lyons. |
| October 16, 2008 | Detroit, Michigan | 1 | 3 | Christopher Walker, 16, was murdered and three other adolescents were critically injured in a drive-by shooting outside Henry Ford High School just after classes ended. In connection with the incident, three youths were detained and charged. William Morton, 15, was sentenced to life in jail without the possibility of release, while Devon Bell was sentenced to 42 years in prison. |
| October 26, 2008 | Conway, Arkansas | 2 | 1 | Four young men fatally shot two students, 18-year-old Ryan Henderson and 19-year-old Chavares Block, and injured a 19-year-old campus guest in the leg outside the University of Central Arkansas’s Arkansas Hall dormitory. |
| November 12, 2008 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 1 | 0 | Amanda Collette, 15, was slain in the Dillard High School corridor. Teah Wimberly, 15, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on a first-degree murder conviction. |
| January 9, 2009 | Chicago, Illinois | 0 | 5 | After exiting a basketball match at Dunbar High School, a driver drove over and someone inside shot rounds into the crowd, injuring five individuals, three of whom were serious. Georgio Dukes, 18, was arrested and charged with five counts of felony aggravated violence with a handgun a week later. The incident, according to police, was gang-related. |
| April 26, 2009 | Hampton, Virginia | 0 | 3 | Odaneard, age 18, Greg Maye, a former Hampton University student, followed a 43-year-old pizza delivery person into his former dorm. Maye, armed with three firearms, shot the delivery guy and then the dorm guard. Finally, Maye attempted suicide by shooting himself. He survived and was found to be guilty of two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of criminal gun use, burglary, and firing in an inhabited building. In November 2009, he was sentenced to fourteen years in jail and sentenced by a judge to pay over $62,000 in reparations to his victims for lost income. |
| May 18, 2009 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | Jabrai Copney, 20, Jason Aquino, 23, and Blayn Jiggetts, 19, of New York City, lured 21-year-old Justin Cosby, of Cambridge, into a Harvard College dormitory. After trying to rob him of a pound of marijuana, they shot him. Cosby, the victim, was declared dead shortly the next day. Copney surrendered three days later and was found guilty of murder. His accomplices admitted to armed robbery and murder. Brittany Smith, his 21-year-old girlfriend, pled guilty to accessory after the fact, handgun possession, and deceiving a grand jury. |
| May 18, 2009 | Larose, Louisiana | 1[n 1] | 0 | Justin Doucet, a 15-year-old Larose-Cut Off Middle School student, brought his backpack to a lavatory, where he changed into camouflage clothing and pulled out a semi-automatic weapon before storming into an adjacent classroom. He attempted to shoot Jessica Plaisance, an educator, but the gun did not discharge. He returned to the toilet and shot himself in the forehead, dying of his wounds a week later. |
| June 16, 2009 | San Francisco, California | 0 | 3 | On the first day of summer school lessons, as students were being released from International Studies Academy, a man exited his car and opened fire, injuring three persons, including a 17-year-old female learner. An 18-year-old male was detained for assisting in the crime. |
| September 3, 2009 | San Bruno, California | 0 | 1 | After a dispute with several guys, a 20-year-old learner was injured in the Skyline College parking lot. The college campus has been put on lockdown. Three San Francisco citizens, Germaine B. Benjamin, 18, Dimaryea J. McGhee, 20, and Jacori W. Bender, 18, were detained and charged with criminal firearm charges. |
The 2010s
| Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Description |
| February 5, 2010 | Madison, Alabama | 1 | 0 | Hammad Memon, a 14-year-old student, murdered Todd Brown, 14, as classes were changing at Discovery Middle School. The incident might have been tied to gang activities. Memon pled guilty to murder in May 2013 and was condemned to thirty years in prison. Memon will most likely be returned to Pakistan after his release from jail. |
| February 19, 2010 | DeKalb, Illinois | 0 | 1 | A few days after Northern Illinois University commemorated the second anniversary of a campus shooting that took the lives of five students, the DeKalb campus was the site of another gun violence. Brian Mulder, a 24-year-old NIU student, refused access to Zachary R. Isaacman, 22 when he attempted to follow a female resident inside Stevenson Residence Hall North, where they were housed since he was not a resident. Mulder was shot in the leg above the knee by Isaacman moments later while smoking outside the hostel with a companion. Isaacman attempted to leave but was apprehended by authorities within minutes. |
| February 23, 2010 | Littleton, Colorado | 0 | 2 | At Deer Creek Middle School, 32-year-old Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood opened fire with a rifle in the parking lot, injuring two eighth-graders, Reagan Webber and Matt Thieu, before being subdued by 57-year-old Math professor David Benke and held until his arrest. The boy’s injuries remained serious for four days after the incident. Eastwood was declared not guilty of the charges in October 2011. |
| May 11, 2010 | Bladenboro, North Carolina | 0 | 1 | A West Bladen High School student was shot on campus as students were departing for the day. According to investigators, the event began when a brawl broke out between two groups of students at the high school’s entrance. |
| September 8, 2010 | Detroit, Michigan | 0 | 2 | Steven Jamal Hare, 17, injured two students in front of Mumford High School. He was tried as an adult and accused of murderous assault. Hare was condemned to 27 years in jail in 2012. |
| September 28, 2010 | Austin, Texas | 1[n 1] | 1 | Colton Tooley, a 19-year-old sophomore student wearing a ski mask and holding an AK-47, opened fire and then killed himself at a University of Texas library. |
| October 1, 2010 | Salinas, California | 1 | 0 | Jose Daniel Cisneros, 15, was murdered after being shot many times in an athletic area at Alisal High School while going to school. According to police, the shooting was the clan. |
| October 8, 2010 | Carlsbad, California | 0 | 2 | Brendan O’Rourke, 41, leaped over a fence and opened fire with a pistol at Kelly Elementary School’s playground, which housed 230 students; two second-grade female students were wounded in the arms before O’Rourke was detained by a construction worker. He was convicted guilty of seven charges of attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison for 189 years. |
| November 29, 2010 | Marinette, Wisconsin | 1[n 1] | 0 | 15-year-old For five hours, Samuel Hengel held 23 students and a teacher hostage in a Marinette High School classroom. He raced inside the classroom, pointing a revolver at a movie projector. Hengel was convinced to release the captives by police. Hengel killed himself in the head once authorities entered the building. He died the next day. |
| December 6, 2010 | Aurora, Colorado | 0 | 1 | A 17-year-old girl was paralyzed in a gang-related incident outside Aurora Central High School. She was part of a group of students that met outside of school. Luis Enrique Guzman-Rincon, 20, had fired rounds from a vehicle in an attempt to strike gang rivals. Guzman-Ricon received a 35-year jail term. |
| January 5, 2011 | Omaha, Nebraska | 2[n 1] | 2 | Robert Butler Jr., an 18-year-old pupil, murdered assistant superintendent Dr. Vicki Kaspar and wounded Principal Curtis Case before opening fire on police in the front office area, injuring the school nurse with bullet debris. Butler then drove to a parking area and shot himself while being pursued by police. |
| March 25, 2011 | Martinsville, Indiana | 0 | 1 | Michael Phelps, a suspended 15-year-old student, returned to Martinsville West Middle School armed with a weapon. Phelps fired 15-year-old Chance Jackson twice in the abdomen outside the school, badly injuring him. Phelps left the school and dropped the weapon before being apprehended. Jackson endured three surgeries to save his life and suffered from opost-traumaticstress disorder. In August 2011, Phelps was charged with attempted murder and condemned to thirty years in jail and five years on probation. |
| March 31, 2011 | Houston, Texas | 1 | 5 | Several shooters opened fire at Worthing High School during a powder puff football game. Tremaine De Ante’ Paul, an 18-year-old former learner, was killed. Five more persons were hurt. |
| April 19, 2011 | Houston, Texas | 0 | 3[n 1] | A 6-year-old child brought a semi-automatic weapon in his backpack to Ross Elementary. Later that morning, while eating lunch with more than 40 other kindergartners in a busy cafeteria, the youngster accidentally discharged the gun while showing it off to friends. The boy, a 6-year-old boy, and a 5-year-old girl were all hurt. According to Houston police, the weapon belonged to a family acquaintance of the youngster. |
| May 23, 2011 | Pearl City, Hawaii | 0 | 1 | A 14-year-old boy pupil was suspected of shooting a firearm on the Highlands Intermediate School campus, injuring one learner. The shooter was apprehended on accusations of attempted murder. Two further individuals were apprehended in connection with the incident. |
| August 19, 2011 | Albany, Georgia | 0 | 1 | On campus, an Albany State University student was shot. |
| September 28, 2011 | Jurupa Valley, California | 2 | 0 | Donaciano Aguirre, 64, fatally shot his 61-year-old wife and educator’s aide, Maria Celia Aguirre, in the Patriot High School parking lot at 10:40 a.m. He then committed suicide, putting the school on lockdown. After a careful search, no further victims were discovered, and the students were released late in the afternoon. |
| October 24, 2011 | Fayetteville, North Carolina | 0 | 1 | At Cape Fear High School, 15-year-old Catilyn Abercrombie was wounded in the neck with a rifle by a fellow pupil, 15-year-old Charles Underwood. She was hospitalized in critical condition for two months. Underwood was taken into custody and charged with homicide. He was sentenced to fifteen years in jail after being guilty of attempted first-degree murder. |
| December 8, 2011 | Blacksburg, Virginia | 2[n 1] | 0 | Ross Truett Ashley, 22, a part-time business student at Radford University, killed a cop conducting an unrelated traffic check on the Virginia Tech campus. He then killed himself in a neighboring parking lot. |
| December 9, 2011 | Edinburg, Texas | 0 | 2 | After school at Harwell Middle School in Edinburg, Texas, two students were shot while trying out for their school’s basketball team. The incident was reportedly carried out by an adult who was incident at a shooting range off campus. |
| January 10, 2012 | Houston, Texas | 0 | 1 | At North Forest High School, a student opened fire with a pistol, injuring another student. The gunman claimed that he was challenged by three students who were harassing him and that he fired in self-defense. He slashed the leg of a 16-year-old onlooker. The defendant, who was 18 at the time, was charged with battery with a dangerous weapon. |
| February 23, 2012 | Bremerton, Washington | 0 | 1 | Armin Jahr Elementary School: A 9-year-old boy accidentally set off a pistol in class after slamming his rucksack on a desk, striking 8-year-old Amina Kocer-Bowman in the abdomen and sending her to the hospital for 8 weeks. The youngster stated that he grabbed the gun because he intended to flee his uncle’s house, where he lived, and that he would bring a gun with him for protection. Jamie Lee Chaffin, the boy’s mother, a criminal, later pled guilty to firearms charges and was condemned to 14 months in jail. The teen entered into a plea deal with Kitsap County prosecutors, accepting responsibility for introducing the handgun school to the area, and was punished to a year of judicial probation. |
| February 27, 2012 | Chardon, Ohio | 3 | 3 | Thomas “T. J.” Lane, 17, brought a semi-automatic pistol and a knife to Chardon High School, where he shot ten bullets at a group of students seated in the cafeteria. He murdered three guys and injured three more students. One 16-year-old died right away, and two others died the next day. Lane was caught the next day while standing near his vehicle. As an adult, he was accused of murder, attempted murder, and gun charges. He was found guilty and sentenced to 3 life terms without the chance of release in March 2013. |
| April 2, 2012 | Oakland, California | 7 | 3 | Shooting at Oikos University: 43-year-old L. Goh is suspected of using a firearm to kill seven students and injure three others at Oikos University, a Christian institution. He left the scene, taking a victim’s car, and was captured nearby hours later. Goh was arrested and accused of seven charges of murder. Goh was found to be mentally incompetent for trial in January 2013 and was committed for treatment. |
| March 6. 2012 | Jacksonville, Florida | 2 | 0 | Shane Schumerth, a sacked schoolteacher at Episcopal High School, killed Headmistress Dale Regan before killing himself. |
| August 16, 2012 | Memphis, Tennessee | 0 | 2 | Two Hamilton High School students were injured in the parking lot. The incident was thought to have been carried out by a gang. |
| August 27, 2012 | Perry Hall, Maryland | 0 | 1 | Robert Gladden, 15, fired two bullets with a shotgun inside Perry Hall School’s cafeteria. He struck a 17-year-old student in the lower spine, inflicting grave injuries. The adolescent has Down syndrome. Gladden was restrained and apprehended by two school faculty members. In February 2013, he was condemned to 35 years in jail for attempted murder. |
| September 7, 2012 | Normal, Illinois | 0 | 0 | A 14-year-old student fired multiple rounds into the ceiling of a classroom at Normal Community High School before being tackled by a teacher. Nobody was hurt. The student was detained and accused of sixteen felonies. |
| October 19, 2012 | Chicago, Illinois | 1 | 0 | Terrance Wright, an 18-year-old Banner Academy South student, was killed during an armed burglary when a 14-year-old learner fired multiple rounds in a class ceiling at Normal Community High School. As Wright was leaving the school at about 3:40 p.m., he was accosted by five would-be thieves. When one assailant was searching through his pockets, he was shot in the chest. Wright had been bullied at his former high school for being gay, prompting him to relocate to Banner. handled by a teacher Nobody was hurt. The student was detained and charged with sixteen felonies. |
| October 31, 2012 | Los Angeles, California | 0 | 4 | A dispute erupted at a Halloween party on the University of Southern California campus, when 20-year-old Brandon Spencer used a revolver to shoot rival gang member Geno Hall seven times, seriously injuring him. Spencer injured three other persons, none of whom were USC students; they were hospitalized with less serious injuries. Spencer was apprehended outside USC’s Grand Ballroom shortly after the incident, at about 11:30 p.m. He was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to forty years in prison in April 2014. |
| December 14, 2012 | Newtown, Connecticut | 27[n 1] | 2 | Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Adam Lanza, 20, killed 26 people and himself. He first killed his mother in their shared house, then stole four of her weapons and drove to the school, where he murdered 20 first-grade children aged six and seven, as well as six adults, including four educators, the principal, and the school counselor. Two more people were hurt. Lanza then committed suicide as cops arrived at the school. |
| January 10, 2013 | Taft, California | 0 | 2 | Bryan Oliver, 16, entered a Taft Union High School science classroom with a shotgun and began firing, gravely injuring 16-year-old Bowe Cleveland. He attempted but failed to hit another learner. Ryan Heber, a classroom teacher, persuaded Oliver to lay down his weapon. He was later apprehended. He was charged with two charges of premeditated murder and assault with a handgun on January 14. He was found guilty and agreed to a plea bargain with a sentence of 27 years and 4 months. The Cleveland family was dissatisfied with the penalty, according to their attorney. |
| January 12, 2013 | Detroit, Michigan | 0 | 1 | A 16-year-old Osborn High School student was shot and injured after a basketball game. |
| January 15, 2013 | St. Louis, Missouri | 0 | 2[n 1] | A 34-year-old shooter shot a Stevens Institute of Business and Arts executive in his workplace on the fourth level. Sean Johnson, the alleged shooter, was a part-time student who injured himself in a stairway. Both the admin and Johnson are in a steady state in the hospital. Johnson was condemned to 60 years in jail after being accused of three felonies, including violence. |
| January 15, 2013 | Hazard, Kentucky | 3 | 0 | In the parking space of Hazard Community and Technical College, two deaths were reported and another was injured. Taylor Cornett, a 12-year-old girl, died the next day from her injuries. Dalton Lee Stidham, 21, was apprehended and accused of three counts of manslaughter. In 2014, he was condemned to life in jail without the possibility of release. |
| January 16, 2013 | Chicago, Illinois | 1 | 0 | Tyrone Lawson, 17, was slain in the parking structure of Chicago State University. The incident occurred following high school basketball games on premises, which Lawson had attended. After the killing, police detained two brothers, Michael McNabb, 33, and Brian Hewlett (using the identity Stephen Gilbert, 30), and found a handgun. |
| January 22, 2013 | Houston, Texas | 0 | 3[n 1] | Shooting at Lone Star College–North Harris: An dispute broke out between two guys outside Lone Star College–North Harris. One injured the other. He also injured a maintenance worker and wounded himself in the leg by mistake. The gunman ran into the forest and was apprehended many hours later. The first suspect’s accusations were withdrawn, and another guy was detained. |
| January 31, 2013 | Atlanta, Georgia | 0 | 2 | At Price Middle School, a 14-year-old male student was injured. The shooter, a 15-year-old pupil, was said to be fighting with the second learner before shooting him with a revolver. A teacher was also injured. A school police officer disarmed the shooter and detained him; officers arrested him with aggravated battery. |
| March 18, 2013 | Orlando, Florida | 1[n 1] | 0 | James Oliver Seevakumaran, 30, of the University of Central Florida, set off a fire alarm in the Tower One dorm to draw attention. He threatened his roommate with a firearm and threatened to kill him in their room; he freed the roommate, who rushed out and dialed 9-1-1. Seevakumaran then shot himself in the head, killing himself. Inside his backpack, authorities discovered an assault rifle, several hundred rounds of ammo, and four improvised explosives. |
| April 12, 2013 | Christiansburg, Virginia | 0 | 2 | Gunshot at New River Community College: Two ladies were injured during a shooting on the New River Community College campus. Neil Allen MacInnis, 18, was brought into jail. He was condemned to 38 years in jail in June 2014. |
| April 16, 2013 | Grambling, Louisiana | 0 | 3 | Three students were hurt on the Grambling State University campus. |
| April 18, 2013 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | While still at large three days after the Boston Marathon bombing, brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev shot and murdered Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus policeman Sean Collier in his patrol car at MIT’s Ray and Maria Stata Center. [154] Tamerlan died in a battle with authorities in Watertown, Massachusetts, about 3 hours after the MIT massacre and after a car theft of a vehicle. Another cop was critically injured. Dzhokhar was shot in the neck and hiding in a nearby boat when he was apprehended 18 hours later and hospitalized in serious condition. In 2015, he was sentenced to death. |
| May 14, 2013 | Birmingham, Alabama | 0 | 0 | A student’s mother allegedly shot a firearm on the grounds of Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School in response to a learner quarrel. Nobody was hurt. |
| June 7, 2013 | Santa Monica, California | 6[n 1] | 4 | 2013 Santa Monica shooting: John Zawahri, 23, went on a murder rampage at his residence. He set fire to the house after murdering his 55-year-old father, Samir “Sam” Zawahri, and his 25-year-old brother, Chris Zawahri. Zawahri, dressed in black with protective gear and holding an AR-15-type semi-automatic rifle, assaulted and robbed 41-year-old Laura Siska before killing 50-year-old Debra Fine as she tried to interfere and forced Siska to proceed to Santa Monica College. When Zawahri arrived on the college campus, he started firing at passing traffic, along with a police vehicle and a public bus, injuring three persons. Zawahri then aimed a Ford Explorer, murdering the driver, 68-year-old campus groundsman Carlos Navarro Franco, and injuring the rider, his 26-year-old girl, Marcela Diaz-Franco, a college student who ended up dead two days later. Margarita Gomez, 68, was shot in the belly and chest while gathering cans outside the library. Zawahri began firing on students attempting to flee. It concluded in the campus library when he opened fire on students studying for exams before being shot to death by responding law enforcement. |
| August 20, 2013 | Decatur, Georgia | 0 | 0 | Michael Brandon Hill, 20, entered the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy just after 1:00 PM, equipped with a 7.62mm AK-47-type assault weapon and almost 500 rounds of ammo, and held several staff captive in the principal’s office. Hill told his captives to contact regional ABC News affiliate WSB-TV and tell them he wanted a filming team to film him murdering policemen. When reacting police reached the school, Hill fled the room and discharged six rounds at them; no one was harmed in the fight, and Hill retreated to the room with his captives. During the ensuing confrontation with authorities, Hill stated to have an explosive in his car and at the campus, and he vowed to murder himself and the captives on multiple occasions. During the siege, authorities were able to relocate the students and personnel through the school’s back door. One of the victims, Antoinette Tuff, who swapped tales with Hill and attempted to keep him tranquil during the siege, ultimately convinced him to submit. Hill was condemned to 20 years in jail and 20 years of monitored parole in September 2014 after admitting guilt to various crimes related to the incident. |
| August 22, 2013 | Memphis, Tennessee | 0 | 0 | In his elementary school cafeteria, a 5-year-old kindergarten student shot a pistol. The student from Westside Elementary School took the pistol to school in his bag. The pistol inadvertently fired once inside the boy’s bag while he was waiting for the opening bell in the cafeteria. There was no proof of malicious intent, and no one was hurt. The youngster is currently the youngest reported school shooter. |
| August 23, 2013 | Sardis, Mississippi | 1 | 2 | Roderick Bobo, 15, was slain in a gang-related shooting during a football game at North Panola High School. The gunfire also injured two other people. Three guys have been charged in connection with the incident. |
| August 30, 2013 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 0 | 1 | At 2:30 p.m., a 15-year-old male pupil was wounded at Carver High School. He was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Without additional incident, an 18-year-old male student was seized. The alleged gunman has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon causing severe harm, carrying a hidden weapon, owning and firing a handgun, and bringing a firearm into educational grounds. The shooting was the result of a disagreement between the defendant and the victim. |
| October 4, 2013 | Pine Hills, Florida | 0 | 2 | After a brawl broke out at 2 p.m. outside Agape Christian Academy, a 16-year-old student was shot in the hip. A stray gunshot or shrapnel struck an unwitting bystander. The two victims received minor injuries. The accused gunman allegedly fled in such a car with three other men and was apprehended. |
| October 21, 2013 | Sparks, Nevada | 2[n 1] | 2 | Jose Reyes, a 12-year-old seventh-grade pupil, opened fire with a pistol at Sparks Middle School’s basketball courts, hurting one student in the shoulder. Michael Landsberry, a veteran and instructor, attempted to intercede and was slain by Reyes. Reyes also injured a student who was attempting to assist the professor. Reyes then shot himself inside the head to commit himself. Because the incident occurred before classes, the school was removed and shuttered for the week. |
| November 2, 2013 | Greensboro, North Carolina | 0 | 1 | At North Carolina A&T State University, a 21-year-old student was injured. The victim was taken to the hospital with critical but non-life threatening injuries. That night, the university was briefly shut down. There are no suspects in custody. |
| November 3, 2013 | Lithonia, Georgia | 0 | 2 | A Stephenson High School student and a janitor were shot after an alleged fight among football team players and a group of non-students. Both were unwitting spectators. |
| November 13, 2013 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 0 | 3 | Following the conclusion of school, at least one shooter emerged from the bushes and started a fire on three students heading to their respective cars at Brashear High School. One pupil was hit in the skull, another in the shoulder and neck, and a third in the foot and leg. Six persons have been arrested. The shooting is thought to have been motivated by drugs. |
| December 4, 2013 | Winter Garden, Florida | 0 | 1 | A 15-year-old student was injured by a 17-year-old learner near a soccer pitch on West Orange High School’s campus. The shooting occurred following a quarrel between the two students. The 17-year-old accused shooter was apprehended several miles away and charged with homicide, aggravated violence with a handgun, possession by a child, and possessing a firearm on school property. The gunman was sentenced to 25 years in jail in October 2014. |
| December 13, 2013 | Centennial, Colorado | 2[n 1] | 0 | Karl Pierson, 18, fatally shot 17-year-old pupil Claire Davies in the head in an Arapahoe High School corridor. Pierson then committed suicide. Pierson had a gun, three Firebombs, and a machete at his disposal. He intended to kill the librarian who had punished him. Claire Davis died on December 21, 2013, as a result of her injuries. |
| December 19, 2013 | Fresno, California | 0 | 1 | Four teenagers (16, 16, 16, and 17 years old) were admitted to Edison High School in what was thought to be a gang-initiation process. They discovered an athletic trainer who taught at Edison High after hassling a 62-year-old woman about a mile away from college grounds and shot him multiple times in the leg and stomach. |
| January 9, 2014 | Jackson, Tennessee | 0 | 1 | A 16-year-old student was accused of bringing a pistol to school and shooting a classmate in the thigh at Liberty Technology Magnet High School. The event happened in front of the school. |
| January 13, 2014 | New Haven, Connecticut | 0 | 1 | A 14-year-old boy has shot a few blocks away from the Hillhouse High School athletic facility after a basketball game and suffered wounds in his hand and leg. |
| January 14, 2014 | Roswell, New Mexico | 0 | 3 | At around 8:10 a.m., two persons were injured inside Berrendo Middle School’s gymnasium. An 11-year-old kid and a 13-year-old girl were transported to a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, in severe condition. Mason Campbell, a 12-year-old seventh-grade learner, was caught at the site after being calmed down by a staff member and dropping the shotgun. Minor injuries were sustained by a member of the staff. Campbell faces three counts of felony assault with a dangerous weapon. He was condemned to a maximum period of incarceration in a juvenile correctional institution until the age of 21. |
| January 17, 2014 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 0 | 2 | A student reportedly shot two other students in the Delaware Valley Charter School gymnasium. Both male and female victims were shot in the arm. According to authorities, they were transferred to a local hospital and are in a steady state. According to Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, the shooter fled the school after the attack but was apprehended near his house. Raisheem Rochwell, 17 was arrested and charged with assault and battery, endangering another person recklessly, and weapons charges. Rochwell received a two-year juvenile jail term. |
| January 20, 2014 | Chester, Pennsylvania | 0 | 1 | At Widener University, one individual was badly injured. The event occurred at 10 p.m., outside the school sports complex, and resulted in an 8-hour university lockdown. The culprit was not immediately apprehended. |
| January 21, 2014 | West Lafayette, Indiana | 1 | 0 | Andrew Boldt, a 21-year-old student, was slain in a Purdue University school building. Cody Cousins, a 24-year-old student, was convicted guilty of killing and ordered to 65 years in jail. Cousins died by suicide in the prison in October 2014. |
| January 24, 2014 | Orangeburg, South Carolina | 1 | 0 | At South Carolina State University, a 20-year-old student was slain. A 19-year-old man was taken into custody and found guilty of murder. |
| January 25, 2014 | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 0 | At Los Angeles Valley College, a guy was slain. Two people have been detained in connection with the tragic shootings. |
| January 27, 2014 | Carbondale, Illinois | 0 | 1 | A bunch of students from Rebound High School got into a fight in the institution’s parking area. In the subsequent confrontation, one pupil pulled out a revolver and killed another pupil. An 18-year-old accused is awaiting tried murder accusations. |
| January 28, 2014 | Nashville, Tennessee | 0 | 1 | At Tennessee State University, one student was attacked during an obvious confrontation about a gaming bet. |
| January 30, 2014 | Palm Bay, Florida | 0 | 1 | Three students were arguing in the parking space of Eastern Florida State College when one of them pulled out a pistol and gunned down another. All three students alleged to be acting in self-defense. |
| January 31, 2014 | Des Moines, Iowa | 0 | 1 | There was a shooting in the parking lot of North High School following a basketball game. Six individuals in a black vehicle had arrived shortly before the killing and were returning when it occurred. A puncturing gunshot damaged a 15-year-old girl. While cops took control of the situation, instructors on the site escorted students into the campus premises for security. |
| February 10, 2014 | Salisbury, North Carolina | 0 | 1 | During an argument in the sports hall, a 16-year-old pupil was gunned down in the belly on the Salisbury High School campus. The 17-year-old defendant was accused of assault with deadly equipment with intention of murdering, inflicting serious harm, possessing a firearm on school grounds, and using a gun on school grounds. |
| February 10, 2014 | Lyndhurst, Ohio | 0 | 0 | Five bullets were shot in the Charles F. Brush High School parking, one of which struck an empty cop vehicle. Even though a high school basketball game was taking place at the time, no one was wounded. |
| February 12, 2014 | Los Angeles, California | 0 | 1 | In a probable teamed-up drive-by killing close to the University of Southern California, a male sufferer was shot in the behind. The culprit ran through the University Campus. The sufferer was last believed to be in a steady state before being sent to a nearby medical facility. |
| February 22, 2014 | Augusta, Georgia | 0 | 1 | A regional police officer was shot at a Georgia Regents University dorm building. A man allegedly entered a car and nearly collided with an officer, prompting the officer to start shooting. The accused was brought to Georgia Regents Medical Center with non-critical wounds. |
| March 25, 2014 | College Park, Georgia | 0 | 0 | During the noon, bullets were discharged in a Benjamin Banneker High School vehicle space due to a disagreement between students. Police suspect numerous persons were there when the rounds were shot, but it was unclear who else could face prosecution. The incident did not result in any injuries. |
| April 11, 2014 | Detroit, Michigan | 1 | 0 | Following a “Grammy Night” student award show on Friday evening, 4 crew members began firing on a gathering in the parking area of East English Village Preparatory Academy. Darryl Smith, 19, was attacked in the head and killed. Smith wasn’t a student at the institution. |
| May 4, 2014 | Augusta, Georgia | 0 | 1 | On Sunday, two individuals opened fire inside a Paine College residence, hurting one student in the skull. None of the accused was a college student. |
| May 5, 2014 | Augusta, Georgia | 0 | 1 | On Monday, an intense shooting scenario was confirmed at Paine College, with one person struck. The offender was captured and taken into custody, according to reports. The gunshot was the second on the college property in two days. |
| May 8, 2014 | Lawrenceville, Georgia | 0 | 1 | An individual was injured after being shot on the roof of a student car park at Georgia Gwinnett College. The precise cause has yet to be determined. |
| May 14, 2014 | Richmond, California | 0 | 1 | At 8:30 a.m., a 14-year-old student was hurt in a roadgoing shooting across from John F. Kennedy High School. After a struggle, he was gunned down as he hurried towards the campus. The trainee sustained significant but stable leg injuries. A person is being sought by the police. |
| June 5, 2014 | Seattle, Washington | 1 | 3 | Paul Lee and Sarah Williams, both 19, and Thomas Fowler, 24, were attacked inside Otto Miller Hall’s corridor at Seattle Pacific University. Lee, a freshman, was taken to Harborview Medical Center, however, he expired there. As he halted to refill his gun, the gunman was overpowered with pepper concoction and dragged to the floor by rookie building guard Jon Meis. Aaron Rey Ybarra, 26, was apprehended at the site and accused of planned and premeditated manslaughter. |
| June 10, 2014 | Troutdale, Oregon | 2[n 1] | 1 | Shots were fired at Reynolds High School around 8:30 a.m. Emilio Hoffman, a 14-year-old student, was murdered, a p.e. teacher was hurt, and the shooter, 15-year-old Jared Padgett, engaged small arms fire with law enforcement officers before committing suicide in a lavatory stall. |
| September 9, 2014 | Miami, Florida | 0 | 1 | One alternative school student in Miami was killed near the conclusion of the school day while a small group of students fought. The damage was minor enough that treatment was required, and five teenagers were afterward interrogated. |
| September 11, 2014 | Taylorsville, Utah | 0 | 1 | A secondary school teacher with a hidden weapon license inadvertently discharged her gun in a staff restroom at Westbrook Elementary School. The gunshot smashed a toilet, ceramic fragments damaged her leg. |
| September 27, 2014 | Terre Haute, Indiana | 0 | 1 | On Saturday, a 20-year-old Indiana State University student was shot by some other student inside a dormitory. The wounds were not deadly, and complete healing was anticipated. The assassin was apprehended the next day. |
| September 30, 2014 | Albemarle, North Carolina | 0 | 1 | On Tuesday, at about 7:30 a.m., two students got into a dispute at Albemarle High School, and one of them wounded the other two times, once in the thigh. The shooter was implicated in a murder of a football player at West Montgomery High School, which is barely 20 miles (32 kilometers) away in Mount Gilead, North Carolina. Over the summertime, the institution held supervised shooting training to brace for this event. |
| September 30, 2014 | Louisville, Kentucky | 0 | 1 | At Fern Creek Traditional High School, one student was hurt. Around 1 p.m., a student got upset in a corridor and drew out a revolver, according to reports. Later that day, the student was detained. |
| October 3, 2014 | Fairburn, Georgia | 1 | 0 | Kristofer Hunter, 17, was killed in the Langston Hughes High Car park after a final football game. A week afterward, the attacker, 18-year-old Eric Dana Johnson Jr., brought himself in. |
| October 24, 2014 | Marysville, Washington | 5[n 1] | 1 | Shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School Jaylen Fryberg, a 15-year-old newcomer, shot five students in the Marysville Pilchuck High School cafeteria, killing four and injuring four more before committing suicide. |
| November 20, 2014 | Tallahassee, Florida | 1[n 1] | 3 | A shooting occurred at or nearby the Strozier Library at Florida State University around 12:40 a.m. EST. Three persons were shot and transferred to a health center in the surrounding region. One was in serious condition, one was in good health, and the other was discharged immediately after treatment. The gunman later revealed as Myron May, a school graduate, began firing at arriving policemen and was shot dead by them on the library stairs. |
| November 20, 2014 | Miami, Florida | 1 | 1 | During an altercation at Miami Carol City High School, two teenagers were fired. One of the lads was killed. |
| December 12, 2014 | Portland, Oregon | 0 | 4 | Rosemary Anderson High School shooting: In front of Rosemary Anderson High School in north Portland, a shooter shot three students and a guy. A 16-year-old female was critically injured, whilst others sustained minor wounds. Two guys, ages 18 and 22, were detained in connection with the incident. |
| January 15, 2015 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 0 | 3 | A boy of 15, a student’s dad, and an educator were hurt in the Wisconsin Lutheran High School parking lot. The learner was treated for unidentified injuries. The teacher was wounded in the toe and the dad was wounded in the knee. The shooting was committed by a 36-year-old male. |
| January 16, 2015 | Ocala, Florida | 0 | 2 | After a Friday night basketball game at Vanguard High School, two people were injured by gunshots. One was hit by bullets, the other by skittering glass. |
| February 4, 2015 | Frederick, Maryland | 0 | 2 | During a JV team (JV) boys’ basketball match at Frederick High School, two students were killed near the gymnasium. Approximately 200 students, educators, and staff were kept on lockdown for many hours following the incident as police hunted for the suspects. Brandon Earl Tyler, 21, and Chandler Tristan Davenport, 19, have been charged with murder. |
| February 14, 2015 | Merced, California | 1 | 0 | Benito Aguirre, 16, was discovered dead in the car park at Tenaya Middle School. The shooting was said to have happened after school hours. |
| February 23, 2015 | Daytona Beach, Florida | 0 | 3 | Two students were arguing outside Bethune-Cookman University’s music building when one of them pulled out a revolver. Both carried weapons, and it is unknown who fired the shots that injured three students. A prize was offered for assistance in solving this case. |
| March 30, 2015 | University City, Missouri | 0 | 1 | According to police, one suspect has been apprehended in connection with the shooting at Pershing Elementary School. The shooting took place in the car park, and a 34-year-old male was wounded in the buttocks. |
| April 13, 2015 | Goldsboro, North Carolina | 1 | 0 | A teaching member was slain with a rifle in the Wayne Community College library. Kenneth Stancil, a 20-year-old gunman, was apprehended the next day in Florida. Stancil, a confessed Neo-Nazi, is being prosecuted for a racist attack as of January 2017. Stancil was eventually sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release for the murder. |
| April 16, 2015 | Paradis, Louisiana | 0 | 1 | While escorting school buses into J.B. Martin Middle School, a security officer was shot on the outside of a school in a school zone, and the perpetrator was caught at the site. |
| May 12, 2015 | Jacksonville, Florida | 0 | 2 | According to police, a 16-year-old fired five shots into a school bus, injuring two students. There was an altercation that touched on earlier events. |
| May 24, 2015 | Flint, Michigan | 0 | 7 | A bunch of folks was in the parking lot at Southwestern Classical Academy in the early hours of Memorial Day weekend. Seven people were hurt after shots were fired, and two guys were captured and charged. |
| August 27, 2015 | Savannah, Georgia | 1 | 0 | Christopher Starks, 22, was fatally murdered in a learner union facility at Savannah State University. Justin Stephens has been charged with murder. |
| September 3, 2015 | Sacramento, California | 1 | 2 | In the car park of Sacramento City College, a man was disputing with at minimum one other person, which evolved into a physical confrontation. A 25-year-old pupil was killed and two others were injured when a guy opened fire. Tevita Kaihea and Charlie Hola (both 19 years old) were arrested for the shooting in December of that year, and in 2018 Kaihea was condemned to 112 years to life in prison, while Hola was sentenced to 49 years to life in jail. |
| September 30, 2015 | Harrisburg, South Dakota | 0 | 1 | At Harrisburg High School, a principal was fired in the arm and injured after an argument with a student. Mason Buhl, a 16-year-old student at the school, was arrested and jailed for first-degree attempted murder. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison, with 15 years deferred on supervised probation. |
| October 1, 2015 | Roseburg, Oregon | 10[n 1] | 9 | At roughly 10:40 a.m. PDT, a shooter, identified by police later as 26-year-old student Christopher Harper-Mercer, began firing in a hallway on the Umpqua Community College campus, murdering eight students and one educator and injuring nine more. After a brief gunfight with responding police officers, the gunman committed suicide. |
| October 9, 2015 | Flagstaff, Arizona | 1 | 3 | Massacre at Northern Arizona University: One learner was killed and three others were injured in a gunshot at Northern Arizona University. It is unknown what prompted the shooting, which occurred near Mountain View Hall, a dorm that houses the majority of students participating in Greek groups on campus. A pupil, 18, was arrested and accused of murder and criminal assault. |
| October 9, 2015 | Houston, Texas | 1 | 1 | Somebody began firing on the outside of the Texas Southern University dorm, killing one and injuring another. |
| October 22, 2015 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 3 | A gunshot at Tennessee State University’s outdoor courtyard killed one person and injured three more. A dispute over a dice game may have sparked the shooting. A suspect has yet to be identified or apprehended. |
| November 1, 2015 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 1 | 1 | Someone opened fire on the Winston-Salem State University campus, killing one person and injuring another. A non-learner suspect in his twenties is being sought. |
| November 20, 2015 | North Las Vegas, Nevada | 1 | 0 | A 16-year-old student was gunned down during an after-school brawl on the Mojave High School campus. |
| January 22, 2016 | Indianapolis, Indiana | 0 | 1 | During a nighttime game of basketball at Lawrence Central High School, a 15-year-old guy was shot in the leg and injured. |
| January 29, 2016 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 0 | 0 | A gunshot was discharged during a fight in a Franklin High School stairway, but no one was injured. Three persons were jailed. |
| February 9, 2016 | Muskegon Heights, Michigan | 0 | 4 | Four persons were hurt, including two students, during a basketball game at the Muskegon Heights High School parking lot. |
| February 12, 2016 | Glendale, Arizona | 2[n 1] | 0 | At Independence High School, two 15-year-old girls were killed in an apparent murder-suicide. |
| February 29, 2016 | Middletown, Ohio | 0 | 4 | Cameron Smith, 15, and Cooper Caffrey, 14, were shot after 14-year-old James Austin Hancock opened fire with a.380 caliber handgun in the Madison High School cafeteria. Brant Murray, 15, and Katherine Douchette, 14, were also injured by shrapnel. Hancock was captured in a secluded field nearby. |
| April 23, 2016 | Antigo, Wisconsin | 1[n 1] | 2 | Jakob Wagner, an 18-year-old former pupil, shot and injured two Antigo High School prom attendees. Wagner was later shot and wounded by police after exchanging fire with a resource officer in the school’s parking area. He died in a hospital hours later. |
| June 1, 2016 | Los Angeles, California | 3[n 1] | 0 | UCLA shooting in 2016. Mainak Sarkar, a Ph.D. student, murdered his former teacher, William S. Klug, a mechanic and aerospace engineering professor, at a UCLA engineering building. Sarkar then committed suicide. Sarkar, who lived in Minnesota, also shot his ex-wife, Ashley Hasti, 31, at her Brooklyn Park, Minnesota home. |
| June 8, 2016 | Dorchester, Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | When a shooting erupted outside Jeremiah Burke High School following a fire alarm, prompting the school to be evacuated, one student was murdered and three others were injured. Two individuals have been detained. |
| September 9, 2016 | Alpine, Texas | 1[n 1] | 2 | Before committing suicide, a 14-year-old female pupil shot a 16-year-old girl in an Alpine High School lavatory. During the incident, a police officer accidentally shot another cop. |
| September 28, 2016 | Townville, South Carolina | 2 | 2 | Townville Elementary School shooting: A adolescent began firing at Townville Elementary School, injuring two students and one educator. Soon after the shooting, the accused’s father was discovered dead at his home. Jacob Hall, a six-year-old boy, died three days after the incident. |
| October 11, 2016 | Mobile, Alabama | 0 | 1 | At Vigor High School, a student was fired in the gut and injured. The defendant, a 16-year-old male, surrendered and was arrested for assault. |
| October 13, 2016 | Columbus, Ohio | 0 | 2 | In the front yard of Linden McKinley STEM Academy, two students were shot and injured. Both were fired in the chest and the shoulder and were taken to the hospital. |
| October 18, 2016 | San Francisco, California | 0 | 4 | Four students were killed outside June Jordan High School for Equity, a public high school in San Francisco. 1 female victim was critically injured, while 3 male victims received minor injuries. The shooting resulted in the arrest of two people. |
| October 25, 2016 | Sandy, Utah | 0 | 1 | According to police, the two teenagers, aged 14 and 16, were involved in a fight on the far northern end of Union Middle School. The guys got into a fight. The dispute escalates into a shooting. The 14-year-old fired two shots at the 16-year-old. In serious but stable condition, he was taken to the hospital. |
| December 1, 2016 | Bountiful, Utah | 0 | 0 | A 15-year-old pupil at Mueller Park Junior High School fired one shot into the ceiling before pointing the rifle toward his neck. An educator and another learner confronted the learner verbally, and he was subsequently arrested in charge of a shotgun, a pistol, and ammo for each, and he was sentenced to time in a Juvenile Court Services facility. |
| January 20, 2017 | West Liberty, Ohio | 0 | 1 | After taking a pistol to West Liberty-Salem High School and firing two bullets at another 17-year-old learner in a toilet, with a gun, a 17-year-old student was accused of killing and other offenses. The victim was hurt. The student is also accused of “firing the firearm in the school’s hallway before returning to the lavatory, where he was eventually apprehended.” |
| January 20, 2017 | Seattle, Washington | 0 | 1 | While protesting the presence of controversial journalist Milo Yiannopoulos, a 34-year-old man was shot at Red Square at the University of Washington. The gunman handed himself into campus police, where he was interrogated and released without charge. |
| January 27, 2017 | Naperville, Illinois | 1 | 0 | Matthew Lange, 37, of Oswego, was killed at Scullen Middle School, which is part of Indian Prairie School District 204, around 7:30 p.m. The facility was being rented by two non-district organizations at the time of the incident. While waiting to pick up his kid from a weekly Polish cultural session, the victim was slain in his car. The identity of the shooter is still unknown. |
| March 21, 2017 | King City, California | 0 | 1 | An 18-year-old student from King City High School was killed outside of the school’s auditorium. The gunman fled the area after running through the school’s grounds and baseball field. After that, the school was placed on lockdown. The victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. In August of this year, a suspect was apprehended. |
| April 10, 2017 | San Bernardino, California | 3[n 1] | 1 | Cedric Anderson, 53, of Riverside, California, died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound after shooting dead his wife, Karen Elaine Smith, 53, in a classroom at North Park Elementary School. A seven-year-old student was also killed, and an eight-year-old learner was injured. |
| May 4, 2017 | Irving, Texas | 2[n 1] | 0 | North Lake College: Adrian Victor Torres murdered Janeera Nickol Gonzalez, a 20-year-old student whom he was pursuing. He gunned her down three times, and the campus was placed on lockdown until it was discovered that the suspect died from a self-inflicted shotgun wound. |
| June 14, 2017 | Chicago, Illinois | 0[n 1] | 2 | Two girls, ages 7 and 13, were shot and injured on Warren Elementary’s playground at an end-of-the-year picnic. They could have been bystanders, according to police. Three persons were arrested. |
| September 13, 2017 | Rockford, Washington | 1 | 3 | A gunman began firing at Freeman High School, injuring three students and killing one. The man was carrying an AR-15 rifle and a pistol. He fired one of the students with the AR-15, but it jammed, so he went to his handgun. He killed one learner by killing him twice in the belly and once in the skull. A janitor pulled him over. The culprit, a 15-year-old student named Caleb Sharpe, was apprehended by authorities. |
| September 20, 2017 | Mattoon, Illinois | 0 | 1 | At 11:33 a.m., a 14-year-old male student was restrained by a female educator after trying to open gunfire in the school cafeteria. Several shots were fired during the incident, and one learner was injured in the chest and taken to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The learner was apprehended without additional incident. |
| October 25, 2017 | Grambling, Louisiana | 2 | 0 | On the Grambling State University campus, two males were shot dead |
| November 13, 2017 | Albany, Georgia | 0 | 2 | Two persons were shot on the campus of Albany State University. |
| November 14, 2017 | Rancho Tehama Reserve, California | 6[n 1] | 18 | Rancho Tehama shootings: A neighbor went on a shooting rampage, injuring one learner at Rancho Tehama Elementary School and killing five people at various locales. When the secretary heard gunshots near the school, he ordered a lockdown. Kevin Neal, 43, slammed a vehicle into the school’s gates and fired at the classrooms, striking one student when a bullet struck the wall after a janitor and instructors put it into action. Neal shot himself to death after sheriff’s deputies struck his vehicle during a chase. |
| December 7, 2017 | Aztec, New Mexico | 3[n 1] | 0 | William Atchison, a 21-year-old former male pupil, entered Aztec High School dressed as a student and hid in an unsecured bathroom with a Glock 9mm pistol concealed in his luggage. He escaped from the restroom after being noticed by a school janitor, who after him screamed “active shooter” & “lockdown.” Before killing himself, Atchinson was capable of shooting and murdering two students who were caught in the corridor. He was probed by the FBI in 2016 after asking on an online forum “where to acquire cheap automatic weapons for a mass shooting.” |
| January 10, 2018 | Denison, Texas | 0 | 0 | A criminal justice club learner picked up a loaded gun, belonging to an advisor, which the learner thought was an unloaded training weapon. She then shot at a wall target, unintentionally firing a bullet, which broke a window through the wall. The advisor was a licensed peace officer permitted to carry a firearm on campus. |
| January 20, 2018 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 1 | 0 | A student was tragically shot during a party on the Wake Forest University campus at about 1 a.m. |
| January 22, 2018 | Italy, Texas | 0 | 1 | A 16-year-old male pupil opened fire on a 15-year-old girl classmate he had dated briefly in Italy High School’s cafeteria. The gunman fled the school after firing shots and was apprehended. |
| January 22, 2018 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 0 | 1 | During lunchtime, shots were fired from a truck in the parking area of NET Charter High School, hitting a crowd of students. One student was slightly hurt, perhaps due to injuries unrelated to gunshots. In connection with the shooting, one individual was detained. |
| January 23, 2018 | Marshall County, Kentucky | 2 | 18 | Gabriel Ross Parker, a 15-year-old male learner, shot 16 individuals in the foyer of Marshall County High School and injured four more with non-gunshot wounds. One of the 15-year-old students was killed on the spot, and the other died of his injuries at Vanderbilt Medical Center. |
| January 31, 2018 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | 0 | A fight broke out outside a game of basketball at Lincoln High School, and the school was placed on lockdown after bullets were fired. A 32-year-old man was carried to Nazareth Hospital by private vehicle with two bullet wounds in his leg. He was flown to another hospital by helicopter but died as a result of his injuries. Police said they were looking for a male adult suspect. |
| February 1, 2018 | Los Angeles, California | 0 | 5 | Two 15-year-old students, a girl, and a boy were fired at and injured inside a Sal Castro Middle School classroom on the Belmont High School campus. Three more people were injured in other incidents. A 12-year-old girl was detained and arrested with negligent firearm discharge. |
| February 5, 2018 | Oxon Hill, Maryland | 0 | 1 | After leaving Oxon Hill High School and talking with folks in a vehicle, he was transported to the hospital after attempting to rob and being shot and wounded in the school’s parking lot. Two more students were detained and charged with homicide and robbery. |
| February 9, 2018 | Nashville, Tennessee | 0 | 1 | A student at Pearl-Cohn High School was shot five times in the car park. |
| February 14, 2018 | Parkland, Florida | 17 | 17 | Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting: A 19-year-old previous pupil (Nikolas Cruz) whose behavior had resulted in his expulsion opened fire on students and staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with a semi-automatic gun. Seventeen individuals were killed, while another seventeen were injured. The guy opened fire on the students in the complex’s halls and classes on the third and first floors. After strolling away from the school, the suspected shooter mixed in with the mass of fleeing students and was apprehended in a residential neighborhood of nearby Coral Springs. Later, he was accused of conspiracy to commit murder. The suspect had eaten at a McDonald’s before proceeding to a neighboring Subway. |
| February 24, 2018 | Savannah, Georgia | 1 | 0 | A non-student was shot and killed on campus at Savannah State University. |
| February 27, 2018 | Itta Bena, Mississippi | 0 | 1 | A man was shot in a recreation center at Mississippi Valley State University. The injuries did not endanger her life. |
| February 27, 2018 | Norfolk, Virginia | 0 | 1 | A student was shot from an adjoining dorm room while conducting a study at Norfolk State University. He wasn’t gravely hurt. |
| March 2, 2018 | Mount Pleasant, Michigan | 2 | 0 | Central Michigan University shooting: James Eric Davis Jr., 19, fatally shot his mother and father as they arrived on campus to pick him up for spring break. Davis fled the scene of the incident, and the university was kept on lockout. After around 15 hours, authorities apprehended him and transported him to a nearby hospital. For several days, the incident impacted student travel arrangements and school activities. Davis was charged with two charges of murder and one count of unauthorized possession of a firearm used to commit murder, but the judge ruled that Davis was mad and committed him to a psychiatric institute. z |
| March 7, 2018 | Birmingham, Alabama | 1 | 2 | Huffman High School: When the shots were fired in the school building, one student was killed and another was injured, causing the school to lock out shortly after the bell rung for school dismissal. The gunshot was first classified as “accidental” by authorities. As a result, Michael Barber, a 17-year-old male student, was charged with homicide and “being a specific person prohibited from possessing a firearm.” Although the school possesses security checkpoints, they were not deployed that day. At the time of the incident, school employees were present. Barber was condemned to a year in prison. |
| March 7, 2018 | Jackson, Mississippi | 0 | 1 | A student was shot inside a residence at Jackson State University. His injuries did not endanger his life. |
| March 8, 2018 | Mobile, Alabama | 0 | 1 | One individual was admitted to a hospital after a firing on premises at the University of South Alabama. |
| March 9, 2018 | Lexington, Kentucky | 0 | 1[n 1] | A 16-year-old boy at Frederick Douglass High School allegedly shot himself with a pistol he had brought into a classroom, injuring his left thumb. Police indicated that he would be charged with malicious wounding and having a firearm on school grounds. Following the incident, the school administrator declared that fixed security checkpoints would be erected, with all students needing to pass through them. |
| March 13, 2018 | Seaside, California | 0 | 1 | Seaside High School: During a public awareness class, a teacher inadvertently shot a firearm, hurting one student. |
| March 20, 2018 | Great Mills, Maryland | 2[n 1] | 1 | Great Mills High School was ordered into quarantine following an early morning gunshot. Equipped with a pistol, a 17-year-old male pupil shot and killed a female student (with whom he had previously had a relation) and injured another male scholar. The pupil shot himself to death in the head while the school police officer fired at him. |
| April 12, 2018 | Raytown, Missouri | 0 | 1 | South Middle School: At a track meet, a man was struck in the abdomen in the parking area. |
| April 20, 2018 | Ocala, Florida | 0 | 1 | Forest High School: A student used a sawed-off handgun to shoot through the school’s entrance soon before a government school walkout in support of gun control legislation. The student had lately pulled out and was planning a far more serious gun massacre. His injuries did not endanger his life. Sky Bouche, a 19-year-old ex-learner, was apprehended. |
| May 11, 2018 | Palmdale, California | 0 | 1 | Highland High School: A 14-year-old ex-student is accused of firing a semi-automatic gun just before classes started. A 15-year-old boy was hit in the shoulder but underwent surgery and is expected to recover entirely. The suspect dropped the weapon in a field, was apprehended nearby, and is now facing attempted murder charges. |
| May 16, 2018 | Dixon, Illinois | 0 | 1[n 1] | Dixon High School: A 19-year-old student who was recently thrown from the football team was accused of firing bullets before graduation practice. The suspect was shot by a school security officer and sustained non-fatal wounds. |
| May 18, 2018 | Santa Fe, Texas | 10 | 13[n 1] | Santa Fe High School shooting: At 7:45 a.m., the school was cleared when a shooting occurred on various students with a Remington 870 shotgun and a.38 caliber revolver, murdering ten individuals. Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, is suspected of opening fire in the art class and then moving along the art corridor. Arriving police officers then battled Pagourtzis in a 25-minute firefight before he was injured and hauled to jail. There were also IEDs, pressure cookers, Molotov cocktails, explosive devices, gas canisters, and other improvised explosives discovered near the school and carpark. Pagourtzis is awaiting conviction for capital murder and risks a jail sentence ranging from 40 years to life. |
| May 18, 2018 | Jonesboro, Georgia | 1 | 3 | Mount Zion High School: An dispute in a parking area led to spraying bullets following a high school graduation event for Perry Learning Center graduates. Additional parking was given by Mount Zion High School for those visiting the celebration. |
| May 25, 2018 | Noblesville, Indiana | 0 | 2 | Noblesville West Middle School massacre: 2 persons were shot and wounded in Noblesville, Indiana, during a shootout at Noblesville West Middle School. The gunman is an unidentified middle school student who left his science class and returned with a weapon. When he came, he shot a female pupil and the science teacher, Jason Seaman. Seaman had gunshot wounds to the abdomen, hip, and arm. Seaman snatched the rifle away after both he and the girl trainee were wounded. |
| August 4, 2018 | Edgewood, Maryland | 1 | 0 | Thales Jacob Willis, 19, was discovered in a car in the Edgewood High School parking with a bullet injury to the chest area and later expired at a medical center. Jaylin Jerome Brown, 15, and Yasin Wallace Powell, 16, were later accused of killing and armed theft for allegedly shooting the man after trying to steal from him during a narcotics trade. Brown was held liable and accused of second-degree killing, first-degree attack, use of a gun in the contract of a federal crime or violent criminal act, and ownership of a deadly weapon by a person below the age of 21. He was convicted to 65 years in prison, with all but 20 years dissolved, and Powell was put to 20 years in prison, with all but five years canceled. |
| August 17, 2018 | Wellington, Florida | 0 | 2 | At a football match at Palm Beach Central High School in Wellington, Florida, two persons were shot and wounded. |
| August 20, 2018 | Atlanta, Georgia | 0 | 0 | The night before lectures began, a gunfight broke out on the Georgia State University premises. |
| August 30, 2018 | San Francisco, California | 0 | 1 | At Balboa High School in San Francisco, California, one student was hurt when two students were fooling about weapons and one scholar shot a gun. In this episode, four students were detained, and only two were permitted to return to school. The institution and three other institutions in the neighborhood were placed in isolation for 2 hours. |
| September 5, 2018 | Providence, Rhode Island | 1 | 1[n 1] | William Parsons, a 15-year-old Central High School student, was fatally wounded at the front of Providence Career and Technical Academy in Providence, Rhode Island. According to police, two teenage guys got into an argument, and shots were fired, striking the sufferer, who was uncommitted. Joel Leocra, 16, accidentally shot and hurt himself while fleeing the scene less than a mile away. Leocra was sentenced to life imprisonment plus ten years, with the requirement that he spend at least 25 years before becoming entitled to release. |
| September 10, 2018 | Memphis, Tennessee | 0 | 1 | A juvenile girl was hurt after gunfire erupted into a school bus carrying Fairley High School students. |
| September 11, 2018 | North Las Vegas, Nevada | 1 | 0 | Dalvin Brown, 18, was shot near the baseball field at Canyon Springs High School and eventually succumbed to death at the hospital from his wounds. Kayin French, 16, was caught immediately after the event of Brown’s death. His sentencing date was set for February 3, 2020. |
| October 29, 2018 | Matthews, North Carolina | 1 | 1 | Jatwan Craig Cuffie, a 16-year-old student at David W. Butler High School, shot dead classmate Bobby McKeithen. Cuffie is being held in jail and accused of first-degree killing. After a guilty plea to manslaughter, Cuffie was condemned to 80 to 108 months in jail. |
| December 13, 2018 | Richmond, Indiana | 1[n 1] | 0 | Brandon Clegg, 14, tried a shot at Dennis Intermediate School. He got 2 firearms and tried to shoot his mother’s ex-boyfriend unless he drove him to school. After his mother called 911, cops arrived just as he was about to launch his attack. After exchanging rounds with authorities, Clegg accessed the building through a barred door frame and proceeded to fire at officers. Clegg committed suicide after being trapped in one of the institution’s stairways. |
| January 2, 2019 | Jersey City, New Jersey | 0 | 0 | Dana Jackson, a school security officer assigned to Snyder High School, was wiping his duty pistol when it was fired. There were no injuries reported. Jackson was relieved of his duties at school. |
| January 3, 2019 | Miami, Florida | 0 | 0 | Two males were fighting in the Florida International University building when one of them drew a gun and shot it into the air. Both males were taken into custody, and there are no reports of injuries. |
| January 4, 2019 | Columbus, Mississippi | 0 | 1 | A previous student at Mississippi University for Women was gunned down, prompting a multi-hour curfew and a manhunt for the shooter. Police indicated that they were looking into whether the injury was self-inflicted. Nobody was arrested in connection with the crime. |
| January 7, 2019 | Belmont, California | 1 | 0 | Mohammad Othman, 17, was shot dead in the parking of Central Elementary School. Police assume the shooter knew Othman, but neither the gunman nor Othman knew anything about the elementary school. |
| January 11, 2019 | Eugene, Oregon | 1[n 1] | 0 | When a custody battler arrived at Cascade Middle School, he grew agitated. According to investigators, he began resisting and pulling a revolver while being taken out of the school by police. The cops fatally shot the man. Nobody else was hurt. |
| January 19, 2019 | Overland Park, Kansas | 0 | 2 | In a probable robbery event in the parking area of Lakewood Middle School in Overland Park, Kansas, a 16-year-old kid was fired in the head, and a 15-year-old boy was also wounded. At the time, schooling was not in action. Both sufferers are anticipated to make a full recovery. |
| January 25, 2019 | Mobile, Alabama | 0 | 2 | Two boys were injured following a basketball game at Davidson High School, but the 15-year-old accused escaped before law police arrived and were not apprehended until February 8. His mom was convicted for sheltering a wanted person. |
| January 30, 2019 | Lithonia, Georgia | 0 | 1 | A runner on the Miller Grove High School track noticed someone trying to get into his parked automobile on school grounds. The man was fired at once as he challenged the individual sneaking into his car. The individual was transported to a nearby hospital and is listed in a steady state. |
| January 30, 2019 | Prairie View, Texas | 0 | 0 | Bullets were sprayed at Prairie View A&M University’s Village 1 basketball court, as per officials. There were no recorded damages. Authorities are still on the lookout for culprits. |
| January 31, 2019 | Memphis, Tennessee | 0 | 1 | A 14-year-old student was shot with a pellet gun at Manassas High School. |
| January 31, 2019 | Humble, Texas | 0 | 1 | Mikael Neciosup, a 17-year-old Atascocita High School student, was detained after killing a 16-year-old colleague who was attempting to buy drugs from him. The victim had non-life threatening injuries to the feet and torso. As he was being apprehended, Neciosup released Snapchat footage ridiculing deputies and gloating about the killing. He is being detained on bond after being accused of aggravated assault. |
| February 8, 2019 | Baltimore, Maryland | 0 | 1 | A senior staff member at Frederick Douglass High School addressed a 25-year-old about his intent on school grounds. In retaliation, the gunman fired and hurt a member of the staff. |
| February 11, 2019 | Seaside, California | 0 | 0 | During a vocal dispute with other students at Seaside High School, a student shot a weapon. The event caused no injuries. |
| February 12, 2019 | Kansas City, Missouri | 1 | 0 | A disagreement between two different groups throughout a basketball game at the Central Academy of Excellence resulted in the groups being taken out in a phased fashion. However, while the second group was being led out, 15-year-old Anjanique Wright was struck and killed at the hospital. Jamya D. Norfleet, 21, and Taylor McMillon, 18, have been accused of her death. Norfleet admitted guilt to second-degree murder and illegal use of a firearm in February 2021 and was condemned to 28 years in jail in April. McMillon admitted guilt to conscious manslaughter in March and was set to be sentenced in June. McMillon was eventually convicted to 5 years of imprisonment. |
| February 14, 2019 | Rio Rancho, New Mexico | 0 | 0 | Joshua Owen, a sixteen-year-old student, fired a single shot in the Cleveland High School corridor before class started. The school was rushed to a soccer field, then to an adjacent Coliseum, where parents and students were reassembled. Officials have not stated whether Owen was aiming at someone or what motivated him. Owen was charged with attempted murder, unauthorized carrying of a deadly weapon, and criminal ownership of a pistol. Owens had a psychiatric disorder and was deemed unable to face charges. There were no reports of injuries. |
| February 17, 2019 | Arapahoe County, Colorado | 1 | 0 | 2 mature men in a parking dispute decided to meet at Eaglecrest High School to discuss the issue. During the dispute, 31-year-old Marcus Johnson pulled out a revolver and shot 46-year-old Anthony “T.J.” Cunningham. Johnson then ran away from campus, came home, and called 911 to confirm the incident. When officials reached his home, he was detained. Cunningham, a previous CU football player who was picked by the Seattle Seahawks, deceased the next day as a result of his injuries. Johnson is accused of first-degree manslaughter. |
| February 26, 2019 | Montgomery, Alabama | 0 | 1 | Michael Woods, a 17-year-old student at Robert E. Lee High School, was fired and injured. The shooter, a fellow student, had already shot another student at the institution within 2 years. |
| February 28, 2019 | Cheyenne, Wyoming | 0 | 0 | A 17-year-old Cheyenne South High School student shot a revolver at an unattended car in the car park, breaking its window. The student was detained on charges of shooting a firearm within city boundaries, misdemeanor marijuana use, felony theft, and larceny. There were no reports of injuries. |
| March 7, 2019 | Grambling, Louisiana | 0 | 1 | A Grambling State University student was hurt following an unintentional fire of a mate’s handgun in a hostel. |
| March 22, 2019 | Blounstville, Alabama | 0 | 1 | A teaching assistant at Blountsville Elementary School illegally carried into the class a small-caliber pistol that was discharged while in his pocket. One trainee was injured, and the impostor was jailed. |
| March 27, 2019 | Holmes County, Mississippi | 0 | 1 | A 10-year-old student was injured in the hand by gunshot on a Holmes County primary school bus, which some allege was shot by another pupil, while local school officials maintain it was a drive-by gunshot. |
| April 1, 2019 | Prescott, Arkansas | 0 | 1 | In what authorities termed a “premeditated attack,” a 14-year-old male student with a hidden handgun wounded a 14-year-old student at Prescott High School. The man was transported to a neighboring hospital and is expected to survive. School safety officers arrested the accused shooter. The attacker was arrested as a minor. |
| April 25, 2019 | Texas City, Texas | 0 | 3 | Clayton Whatley, a 21-year-old police cadet student at College of the Mainland, his messing bag and accidentally discharged a loaded weapon. Another two students were shot in the leg, while a third was wounded. |
| April 25, 2019 | Stone Mountain, Georgia | 0 | 10 | A teen armed with a pellet pistol opened fire at Wynbrooke Elementary School, injuring 10 pupils. The shooter admitted to ten charges of aggravated assault. |
| April 30, 2019 | Charlotte, North Carolina | 2 | 4 | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting: On the last day of classes, a gunman at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte school killed two people and injured four others. Riley Howell, a classroom learner, was credited for halting the shooter. |
| May 4, 2019 | Eugene, Oregon | 1 | 0 | A Lane Community College student, 21, was slain outside a dorm at the University of Oregon. |
| May 6, 2019 | Riverview, Florida | 0 | 0 | A bullet was fired through the glass of an elementary school bus carrying 11 children. |
| May 7, 2019 | Highlands Ranch, Colorado | 1 | 8 | Shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch: Two shooters murdered one pupil and injured eight others at STEM School Highlands Ranch. |
| May 7, 2019 | Savannah, Georgia | 0 | 1 | A man who was not a student at Savannah State University attacked and injured a student in a housing hall. |
| May 8, 2019 | Chicago, Illinois | 0 | 1 | A 19-year-old student was shot in the jaw and neck while he and two companions were leaving Second Chance High School by 18-year-old trainee Andres Salazar, who was driving a car. Salazar was accused of first-degree attempted murder and aggravated violence with a firearm. |
| May 17, 2019 | Jacksonville, Florida | 0 | 1 | At Raines High School, Arthur Davin Jones III, a student of 19 killed Shamon Micken, a 16-year-old learner. Jones escaped the country and was apprehended in Georgia a few days later. ones have pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempted murder. |
| June 21, 2019 | Flint, Michigan | 0 | 1 | Bullets were fired during a basketball match in the gymnasium of Carman-Ainsworth High School amid a quarrel involving dozens of people, and Eithan Williams, a 15-year-old learner, was hit in the chest. Williams was discharged from the hospital after 4 days, with doctors saying he was lucky to be alive. Four students, ranging in age from 14 to 16, were captured. |
| July 2, 2019 | Anchorage, Alaska | 0 | 1 | A dispute spilled out on the basketball ground at Williwaw Elementary School, resulting in an adolescent being shot and injured. |
| July 19, 2019 | San Diego, California | 0 | 0 | A youngster discharged a BB gun at Monroe Clark Middle School, inflicting minimal damage to the campus before fleeing the scene; no one was killed or hurt in the event. |
| August 8, 2019 | Montgomery, Alabama | 0 | 0 | Isaiah Johnson, 38, dropped his son off at Blount Elementary School before getting into a fight with another father over a traffic issue. He fired a handgun into the father’s car. |
| August 27, 2019 | Los Angeles, California | 0 | 1 | A bullet was fired from off campus and injured a Hollenbeck Middle School student in the jaw while he was waiting in the lunch line. |
| August 30, 2019 | Toledo, Ohio | 0 | 1 | As fans left a football match at Central Catholic High School. A 16-year-old teenager was shot by another adolescent; neither student attended Central Catholic High School; no disputes occurred before the shooting, and no charges were made. |
| August 31, 2019 | Mobile, Alabama | 0 | 10 | Deangelo Dejuan Parnell, 17, shot nine people following an altercation at a high school football match. A tenth person had a stroke. |
| September 6, 2019 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1 | 0 | Damien Williams and Greg Harper got into a fight outside the Jeannette High School stadium near the end of a football game; the disagreement escalated to the point where Harper shot Williams in the chest after Williams allegedly hit Harper twice. Harper is charged with manslaughter and endangerment in the death of Williams. Harper has pleaded not guilty, claiming he acted in self-defense. |
| September 13, 2019 | Newport News, Virginia | 0 | 3 | After a football match at Todd Stadium, the college stadium, shots were fired, injuring three teenagers aged 14 to 19. There have been no arrests. |
| September 14, 2019 | Fort Worth, Texas | 0 | 2 | Parents got into a disagreement and fired guns during a youth football game at Eastern Hills High School, hurting a lady and her 12-year-old daughter. Chanita Holly, 39, was arrested and accused of making threats; a man wearing a skeleton costume is also a culprit in the event and is suspected of being the trigger man. |
| September 20, 2019 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 0 | 2 | Multiple gunshots were fired during the second quarter of a football match involving Imhotep Institute Charter High School and Mastery Gratz High School at Marcus Memorial Stadium, striking a 15-year-old in the thigh and a 14-year-old in the foot. Multiple shot casings were discovered, according to the police, however, it is unknown whether the incident occurred in or out of the stadium. There have been no arrests. |
| September 27, 2019 | Richmond, California | 0 | 3 | A dispute broke out while fans were leaving a football game between De Anza High School and Pinole Valley High School. Gunshots were fired, and three teenagers were injured: a 17-year-old male in the back of the skull, a girl of 16 in the upper torso, and another 17-year-old guy in the leg. There were no arrests. |
| October 13, 2019 | Nashville, Tennessee | 1 | 0 | A 19-year-old student was discovered unconscious with a bullet wound in his belly. There had been no reports of a gunshot or unusual activity on campus, according to authorities. George Wells, another learner, was later accused of reckless homicide. |
| October 22, 2019 | Santa Rosa, California | 0 | 1 | A 17-year-old classmate shot a 16-year-old pupil twice, at least once in the abdomen, across the street at Ridgway High School, an alternative school close to Santa Rosa High School. The sufferer was taken to the hospital and is now in stable condition. The 17-year-old was apprehended in a class, and the weapon used was discovered three miles away in a jungle. He faces tried murder charges. |
| November 5, 2019 | Hazleton, Pennsylvania | 0 | 1 | Four people were accused following a brawl at Hazleton Area High School in Luzerne County that injured three students. One of them, 19-year-old Noberto Polanco-Rodriguez, admitted to shooting one of the students with an orange flare gun, causing a severe injury to one of the student’s arms, and is charged with aggravated assault. Simple assault was accused against Luis Arizmendy-Nunez, 22, Christhofany Maria, 19, and Jose Antonio Vargas, 19. |
| November 11, 2019 | Baltimore, Maryland | 0 | 1 | A masked man approached a 19-year-old learner outside Reginald F. Lewis High School and shot him in the leg. |
| November 13, 2019 | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 0 | A deputy fatally shot a man brandishing a blade at the entrance of Esteban Torres High School. |
| November 14, 2019 | Santa Clarita, California | 3[n 1] | 3 | Saugus High School shooting: Five individuals were hurt, two of whom died, in a shooting in the school’s courtyard. The gunman, a 16-year-old male student, shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide. He was apprehended and died the next day in the hospital. Police suspected the gun used was a ghost gun. |
| November 15, 2019 | Pleasantville, New Jersey | 1 | 2 | Five males opened fire at Pleasantville High School during a playoff game between both the Camden Panthers and the Pleasantville Greyhounds, hurting a 15-year-old kid, a 27-year-old male, and mortally injuring a 10-year-old boy. All five were subsequently arrested for the random attack, but the injured 27-year-old (who is thought to be the shooter’s intended target) was additionally charged with unauthorized possession of a pistol. Alvin Wyatt, the alleged shooter, has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. |
| November 23, 2019 | Union City, California | 2 | 0 | Two boys, ages 11 and 14, were shot while sitting in a minivan in the Searles Elementary School parking lot at 1 a.m. Both boys died as a result of their injuries, one at the site and the other in the hospital. On February 14, 2020, 18-year-old Jason Cornejo of Castro Valley and a 17-year-old juvenile from Hayward were arrested. The shooting could have been motivated by a gang. |
| November 26, 2019 | Salmon Creek, Washington | 2[n 1] | 1 | Keland Hill fatally shot his estranged wife Tiffany and injured Tiffany’s mother at Sarah J. Anderson Elementary School while Tiffany and Keland’s three children were in a vehicle in the school’s parking lot. Tiffany had a domestic violence restraining order against Keland. After a brief automobile pursuit with deputies, Keland shot and killed himself. |
| December 2, 2019 | Waukesha, Wisconsin | 0 | 1[n 1] | A 17-year-old male pupil took a pistol to Waukesha South High School and was shot by a law enforcement officer after aiming his gun at him. He is in stable condition. The gun was eventually identified as a pellet gun. |
| December 3, 2019 | Oshkosh, Wisconsin | 0 | 2[n 1] | Grant Fuhrman, a 16-year-old male learner at Oshkosh High School, was shot by resource officer Mike Wissink after attacking him with a barbecue fork. Fuhrman has been charged with attempting to commit intentional homicide. |
| December 4, 2019 | Jackson, Mississippi | 0 | 1 | A person who was not a learner was shot on the outskirts of campus by a shooter driving a Honda Accord. As a result, the campus was placed under lockdown. One individual was hurt and taken to the hospital with non-life serious injuries. |
| December 16, 2019 | New Haven, Connecticut | 0 | 1 | A man who was dropping off his child at the Catholic Academy of New Haven was shot and wounded, and seven of the ten bullets fired in the incident damaged the school building. A bullet ripped through the walls of a pre-school classroom, but no children were injured. |
| December 19, 2019 | Naples, Florida | 1 | 0 | At Lely High School, a 28-year-old woman was shot and murdered, and her gunman, 50-year-old Jose Alfredo Avila Pena, who was in a relationship with the victim, was charged with second-degree murder. The shooting, according to the school administration, was the consequence of a domestic abuse episode. Pena received a life sentence in jail. |
The 2020s
| Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Description |
| January 8, 2020 | Belle Glade, Florida | 0 | 1 | In the Glades Central High School parking lot, a non-student inadvertently shot himself in the leg. |
| January 11, 2020 | Dallas, Texas | 1 | 1 | After two people were injured by gunfire during a skirmish during a high school basketball match between South Oak Cliff and Kimball High School, a 15-year-old was arrested. An 18-year-old guy was critically injured in the incident, and a bullet fragment grazed a Dallas ISD policeman. The 15-year-old suspect was initially charged with aggravated assault after turning himself in at Dallas police headquarters; however, after the 18-year-old learner died as a result of his injuries, the defendant was charged with homicide. |
| January 14, 2020 | Bellaire, Texas | 1 | 0 | At Bellaire High School, a 19-year-old student was shot and murdered. A 16-year-old high school student was arrested and jailed for manslaughter. |
| January 14, 2020 | Fort Worth, Texas | 0 | 2 | A male adult and a 10-year-old child were hurt after a youth basketball game at North Crowley Ninth Grade Campus. |
| January 23, 2020 | Oxnard, California | 0 | 1 | A stray bullet was fired during a street brawl struck a 9-year-old McAuliffe Elementary School student. |
| January 31, 2020 | Antioch, California | 1 | 0 | After a basketball match at Deer Valley High School, a big fight broke out, killing a 16-year-old pupil. |
| February 3, 2020 | Commerce, Texas | 2 | 1 | Jacques Dshawn Smith, 21, got access to Texas A&M University–Pride Commerce’s Rock Residence Hall, where he is suspected of killing his former, Abbaney Matts, 20, and her sister Deja Matts, 19. During the incident, Abbaney’s two-year-old kid was also hurt. |
| February 4, 2020 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 1 | 0 | The ex-boyfriend of his fiancée killed a 22-year-old worker of the Louisiana Culinary Institute in the Institute’s parking lot. Later, the ex-boyfriend was arrested, claiming he had no idea the weapon was loaded and intended to use it as a fear tactic. |
| March 5, 2020 | Weston, Florida | 0 | 1 | In the parking lot of Sagemount School, a school security guard was with a school maintenance worker when he accidentally shot the worker in the eye. The cop has no right to carry the gun on campus. |
| March 11, 2020 | Shenango Township, Pennsylvania | 0 | 2 | Byron Benetas fired at a school van transporting seven elementary school students. The van was hit by two bullets. Although no one was hurt, two youngsters were harmed by flying glass. Benetas was caught shortly after and later pled guilty to severe battery and endangerment in exchange for the dismissal of further counts, including attempted murder. He received a sentence of three to six years in prison and two years of probation. |
| March 15, 2020 | Humble, Texas | 1 | 0 | When a big group of males crossed a fence to get entrance to Atascocita High School’s football field, an argument erupted, killing a 19-year-old. |
| July 27, 2020 | Oro Valley, Arizona | 1 | 0 | A worker repairing the roof of Canyon del Oro High School was killed when his unholstered firearm was discharged inadvertently. |
| July 29, 2020 | Collinsville, Illinois | 0 | 1 | Officers responding to a report of a distressed pupil at Collinsville High School opened fire when a 17-year-old pointed a gun at them, injuring the youth. |
| September 16, 2020 | Sonora, California | 1 | 0 | A student named Eric Aguiar, 17 was killed and died in the parking lot of Sonora High School in downtown Sonora. |
| September 16, 2020 | Macomb, Illinois | 0 | 1 | Kavion Poplous, 18, was arrested and jailed with premeditated first-degree murder, aggravated violence, and aggravated discharge of a handgun in connection with the shooting of a Western Illinois University student in a dorm. |
| September 19, 2020 | San Francisco, California | 0 | 0 | A shooting at Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan Armenian School was suspected to be a hate crime against Armenians. The shooting did not result in any deaths or injuries. |
| December 17, 2020 | Birmingham, Alabama | 1 | 0 | A 20-year-old University of Alabama at Birmingham learner was shot and died outside the learner center in a campus parking lot. The shooting, according to investigators, occurred during a pre-arranged rendezvous to sell headphones. A 20-year-old University of Alabama at Birmingham learner was shot and died outside the learner center in a campus parking lot. The shooting, according to investigators, occurred during a pre-arranged rendezvous to sell headphones. |
| February 26, 2021 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1 | 0 | After attempting to break up a dispute at a high school basketball match at George Washington Carver High School, a Tulane University police officer was shot and died. |
| March 1, 2021 | Pine Bluff, Arkansas | 1 | 0 | At Watson Chapel Junior High School, a 15-year-old student was killed in a targeted shooting. |
| March 8, 2021 | Chesterfield, South Carolina | 0 | 1 | A woman injured her son-in-law in the car park of Edwards Elementary School while class was in progress before departing the area. |
| April 12, 2021 | Knoxville, Tennessee | 1[n 1] | 1 | After confronting a policeman at Austin-East High School, a student armed with a handgun was fatally shot. One officer was shot but escaped unharmed. |
| April 26, 2021 | Plymouth, Minnesota | 0 | 0 | An anonymous sixth-grade student fired several rounds from a handgun into the roof of a Plymouth Middle School hallway. He was taken into jail without incident by police. There were no casualties reported. |
| April 27, 2021 | Smyrna, Delaware | 1 | 0 | After an altercation before picking up their kids for a doctor’s appointment, a man shot his wife to death in the car park of Smyrna Middle School. Police later concluded that he had murdered his wife’s female companion. While attempting to avoid the police, the man was murdered in an automobile accident. |
| May 6, 2021 | Rigby, Idaho | 0 | 3 | A sixth-grade female pupil opened fire inside Rigby Middle School in the early morning hours of May 6, 2021, wounding two students and one janitor. An instructor disarmed the perpetrator, who was then apprehended by police. |
| August 13, 2021 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 1 | 0 | During lunch at Washington Middle School, a 13-year-old learner allegedly shot and murdered another 13-year-old student, Bennie Hargrove. |
| August 18, 2021 | Orangeburg, South Carolina | 0 | 3 | A 14-year-old learner reportedly opened fire in the Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School parking lot as students were departing for the day, injuring three. |
| August 27, 2021 | Woodridge, Virginia | 0 | 2 | After a football game, two groups of teenagers got into a fight in the parking lot at Freedom High School. |
| August 27, 2021 | Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania | 1 | 4 | Following a high school football match at Academy Park High School, a drive-by shooting injured a civilian, prompting police at the event to fire back. According to Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer, there is a “strong chance” that police bullets killed four people, including an 8-year-old child. |
| August 27, 2021 | Wilmington, North Carolina | 0 | 1 | Throughout a brawl at New Hanover High School, a student was shot. Chance Debalo, another trainee, was accused of killing. Deablo pleaded guilty to murder with a deadly weapon, causing harm, and discharging a firearm on school premises, and he was sentenced to more than four years in jail. |
| September 1, 2021 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 1 | 0 | A learner was shot and killed at Mount Tabor High School. The suspect, another learner at the school, has been taken into custody. |
| September 4, 2021 | Towson, Maryland | 0 | 3 | Three persons were wounded on the Towson University campus at 2 a.m., including one student. The event was not arranged by the university or any other academic institution. |
| September 7, 2021 | Buena Park, California | 1[n 1] | 0 | Cedric Baxter collided his SUV into a school bus steered by his ex-wife, then began firing on it. A six-year-old kid was also on the bus, but both, the child and the driver were not injured by the gunshots. Baxter then fled the situation, resulting in a high-speed hunt until the car slammed and Baxter was slaughtered by cops in a gunfight. |
| September 20, 2021 | Newport News, Virginia | 0 | 4 | A shooting at Heritage High School injured two individuals. Another two students were sent to the doctor with non-shooting wounds. |
| September 21, 2021 | Wichita, Kansas | 0 | 3 | Two students were fired, and a third was wounded in front of Wichita East High School. |
| September 24, 2021 | Fairfield, Alabama | 0 | 1 | On the day of a football game at Fairfield High Preparatory School, a guy was injured while hounding in the parking area. The gunshots appeared to come from outside the school grounds. |
| September 30, 2021 | Memphis, Tennessee | 0 | 1 | In Cummings Elementary School, one student was attacked. |
| September 30, 2021 | Newton, Mississippi | 0 | 1 | A 7-year-old pupil was wounded after a gun was accidentally fired from another pupil’s bag at Newton Elementary School. |
| October 1, 2021 | Houston, Texas | 0 | 1 | A previous student broke into the YES Prep Southwest school and started firing continuously, injuring the principal as he tried to secure the building. |
| October 6, 2021 | Arlington, Texas | 0 | 4 | An adult gunman sprayed shots in Mansfield Timberview High School after a dispute progressed; four individuals were hurt, along with a 15-year-old and an instructor. |
| October 12, 2021 | Chicago, Illinois | 0 | 2 | During departure, someone across the road from Wendell Phillips Academy High School in Bronzeville began firing, injuring a student and security personnel. |
| October 13, 2021 | Grambling, Louisiana | 1 | 1 | Before exiting campus, an eighteen-year-old began shooting at Grambling State University, injuring a 16-year-old and killing a 19-year-old. |
| October 17, 2021 | Grambling, Louisiana | 1 | 7 | A shooter started shooting outside a cafeteria where students were celebrating homecoming early Saturday morning at Grambling State University. One person died and seven others were injured. |
| November 1, 2021 | Madison, Mississippi | 0 | 0 | In a basketball event at the Rosa Scott School, a woman inadvertently shot her revolver while grabbing for her cellphone. Nobody was hurt. |
| November 19, 2021 | Aurora, Colorado | 0 | 3 | Three students were attacked in the Hinkley High School parking lot. There were no deaths documented. |
| November 26, 2021 | Campbell, California | 0 | 2 | During a football match, two males were injured in the carpark at Westmont High School. |
| November 29, 2021 | Phoenix, Arizona | 0 | 1 | After a failed gun transaction, a student injured another in a Cesar Chavez High School restroom. The injured man learned the amount he received from the sale was a forgery and was fired during the dispute. |
| November 30, 2021 | Oxford Township, Michigan | 4 | 7 | A 15-year-old junior has been arrested in connection with the Oxford School Massacre. Seven individuals were hurt, including a teacher, and four perished. As of December 1, 2021, an inquiry is still proceeding. |
| November 30, 2021 | Humboldt, Tennessee | 1 | 2 | 2 hours into a game of basketball between Humboldt High School and North Side, a guy was murdered and two more were injured. The incident took place near the gym, by the refreshment stand. |
| December 6, 2021 | Wilmington, California | 1 | 2 | When a youngster began shooting at their car outside Wilmington Park Elementary School, a 12-year-old boy died and his stepmother was injured. A 9-year-old boy was also hurt in the park. |
| December 8, 2021 | Kansas City, Missouri | 0 | 2 | During a sporting event, two teens were injured in the parking area of Ewing Marion Kauffman School. |
| January 4, 2022 | Rockford, Illinois | 0 | 2 | At About 1 pm, two 17-year-olds were injured while waiting in a car in the Auburn High School parking lot. Three minors escaped and were eventually apprehended. |
| January 9, 2022 | Murfreesboro, North Carolina | 0 | 0 | An unknown person fired a handgun in a Chowan University dorm room; no reports of injuries and the shot was subsequently discovered in a fridge. |
| January 11, 2022 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 0 | 0 | During a basketball game, a shooting happened in the Valley High School parking; there were no reports of damage. |
| January 19, 2022 | Sanford, Florida | 0 | 1 | Around midday at Seminole High School, a 16-year-old pupil injured an 18-year-old student after an argument regarding a deceased relation. |
| January 19, 2022 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1 | 0 | When school was ended at Oliver Citywide Academy, a 15-year-old boy entered a school vehicle to go home. The youngster was shot twice by two hooded shooters who entered the van. The child was rushed to the er, where he expired. |
| January 21, 2022 | Derwood, Maryland | 0 | 1 | In the toilet of Colonel Zadok Magruder High School, a 17-year-old teenager shot and injured a 15-year-old student. The sufferer was rushed to the medical facility, and the gunman was apprehended. |
| January 29, 2022 | Beloit, Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | In the car park of Beloit Memorial High School, a 19-year-old male (presumed to be Amaree Goodall) shot and murdered a 19-year-old male, Jion Broomfield. The man was brought to a neighboring hospital with a shotgun injury to his leg at about 9:07 p.m. CST and died soon afterward. Goodall, a Madison local, was apprehended on March 30. |
| February 1, 2022 | Richfield, Minnesota | 1 | 1 | A brawl erupted inside the South Education Center, killing 15-year-old pupil Jahmari Rice and gravely injuring a 17-year-old student. |
| February 1, 2022 | Bridgewater, Virginia | 2 | 1[n 1] | At Bridgewater College, two faculty security and police personnel were attacked and murdered. The gunman was apprehended and sent to the hospital with non-critical injuries. |
| February 8, 2022 | Catonsville, Maryland | 0 | 1 | Soon after 3 p.m., a 16-year-old was injured in an alleged intentional gunshot in the Catonsville High School parking area. |
| February 9, 2022 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 0 | 1 | A driving school bus was shot upon, leading to the bus driver getting gunned down in the head but not mortally. |
| March 4, 2022 | Olathe, Kansas | 0 | 3[n 1] | An 18-year-old senior from Olathe East High School was arrested on accusations of possessing a firearm. When the senior, named Jaylon Elmore, arrived at the office, he shot and seriously injured a school security policeman and the principal. Despite his injuries, the school police officer opened fire with his duty handgun, wounding Elmore. All three individuals were likely to survive. Elmore was later charged with attempting to commit capital murder. |
| March 7, 2022 | Des Moines, Iowa | 1 | 2 | Snipers from various automobiles began firing on a gathering of adolescents across from East High School around 2:42 p.m. CST in a drive-by massacre. Three minors, a 15-year-old aimed boy, a 16-year-old girl, and another 18-year-old girl, were wounded and taken to health facilities in severe condition. Soon after, the intended victim passed away as a result of his wounds. Sixteen-year-olds were detained in the hours that followed and prosecuted as adults with manslaughter. |
| March 31, 2022 | Greenville, South Carolina | 1 | 0 | At Tanglewood Middle School, a 12-year-old student shot and murdered another scholar. The gunman was discovered under a sundeck at an adjacent residence. |
| April 5, 2022 | Erie, Pennsylvania | 0 | 1 | A student was injured at 9:20 a.m. when many bullets were shot at Erie High School. There was no instant identification of the attacker, and authorities were looking for someone who had departed campus soon after the attack. |
| April 22, 2022 | Washington, District of Columbia | 0 | 4 | A nearby apartment complex tenant opened fire on the Edmund Burke School in Washington, D.C.’s Van Ness area, injuring a 12-year-old, two grownups in their automobiles, and a school protection personnel. The incident occurred across the road from the University of the District of Columbia’s learning center. For over five hours, many police agencies led an intense neighborhood shutdown that concluded when the 23-year-old accused ended up dead from a self-inflicted shotgun wound as officers broke through the apartment entrance. |
| May 9, 2022 | Suwanee, Georgia | 0 | 1 | A woman opened fire 12 rounds on a school bus that was traveling. Although no one was shot, the bus driver was hurt by glass shards. |
| May 17, 2022 | Chicago, Illinois | 0 | 1 | An 8-year-old boy discovered his mother’s revolver under his mother’s bed and carried it to school in his bag. On Tuesday, May 17th, at about 10 a.m., the gun inadvertently fired in a student’s bag in the class, injuring a 7-year-old student. Tatanina Kelly, 28, has been convicted of three counts of child negligence. The accident happened at Walt Disney Magnet School, situated at 4140 N. Marine Drive in the Buena Park area. |
| May 18, 2022 | Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 1 | 1 | A fight broke out after a Riverdale High School graduation event on the premises of Middle Tennessee State University, and two individuals were shot. A Riverdale graduate was murdered, a student was injured, and another adolescent was detained. |
| May 19, 2022 | Hammond, Louisiana | 0 | 3 | After a gun firing at Southeastern Louisiana University, while students from Hammond High Magnet School were exiting their graduation event, three people were admitted to the hospital. |
| May 19, 2022 | Kentwood, Michigan | 0 | 2 | During a graduation program at East Kentwood High School, two persons were shot outside the football ground. The shooting took place after two people sprayed firearms from their cars, per the Kent County Sheriff. |
| May 24, 2022 | Uvalde, Texas | 22[n 1] | 18 | Shooting at Robb Elementary School: An 18-year-old accused invaded the campus and shot several students. There were 19 students and 2 teachers who died. In a firefight with incoming law enforcement, the shooter was shot dead. |
| May 31, 2022 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 1 | 2 | Three individuals were shot at a Morris Jeff Community School graduation celebration on the Xavier University of Louisiana grounds. An old woman died as a result of her wounds. |
| June 1, 2022 | Los Angeles, California | 0 | 1 | Both Los Angeles School police and officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to the scene, and believe the incident might have been gang-related. According to police, a male student was shot in the leg, in the area of Oxnard St. and Coldwater Canyon, in front of the school, and was transported to Cedars Sinai Hospital in stable condition. |
