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School shootings in the US: Fast facts |
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By Alex Leeds Matthews, Amy O’Kruk and Annette Choi, CNN |
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5:42 PM EDT, Wed September 10, 2025 |
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Source: CNN |
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There have been 47 school shootings in the United States so far this |
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year, as of September 10. Twenty-four were on college campuses, and 23 |
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were on K-12 school grounds. The incidents left 19 people dead and at |
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least 77 other victims injured, according to CNN’s analysis of events |
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reported by the Gun Violence Archive, Education Week and Everytown for |
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Gun Safety. |
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CNN cross checks these reports of school shootings against school and |
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police accounts and media reports. All incidents of gun violence are |
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included if they occurred on school property, from kindergartens |
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through colleges/universities, and at least one person was shot, not |
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including the shooter. School property includes but is not limited to, |
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buildings, fields, parking lots, stadiums and buses. Accidental |
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discharges of firearms are included, as long as at least one person is |
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shot, but not if the sole shooter is law enforcement or school |
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security. |
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In the first year of the pandemic, when schools were closed, there was |
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a major decline in gun violence incidents on school grounds. Since |
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then, recent years saw a stark increase in school shootings, with 2021, |
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2022, 2023 and 2024 all setting records since at least 2008. There were |
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at least 83 incidents in 2024, but 2022 was one of the deadliest years, |
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with 47 fatalities, according to CNN’s analysis. That year saw the |
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shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students |
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and two educators were killed and more than a dozen others were |
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injured. |
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Students and educators have engaged in around the issue of gun |
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violence, and some educators have the profession. |
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Some states in the south have seen the highest rate of school shootings |
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relative to their populations since 2008, according to CNN’s |
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analysis. Washington, DC had the highest rate — 6 total shootings, |
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almost 1 per 100,000 people — while Texas had the most overall with |
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65 school shootings. Meanwhile, just five states — Montana, Wyoming, |
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New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island — had no school shootings in |
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that period, according to CNN’s analysis. |
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This story has been updated with additional information. |
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