The table below shows the number of school shootings that have occurred in a U.S. state or in Washington, D.C., since 1990. The map below is shaded to show the number of school shooting incidents and resulting injuries and fatalities that have occurred in a U.S. state or in Washington, D.C., each year from 1990 until the present. The chart below shows the number of school shootings that have occurred in a U.S. On April 20, 1999, an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old shot and killed twelve students and one teacher at their high school, before killing themselves. On March 21, 2005, a 16-year-old shot and killed five fellow students, one teacher, and a security guard before killing himself.ĭeadliest incident: Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. On December 14, 2012, a 20-year-old killed 20 children and six adults before taking his own life.ĭeadliest incident: Red Lake High School in Red Lake, Minnesota. On May 24, 2022, an 18-year-old shot and killed 19 children and two teachers and injured at least a dozen more.ĭeadliest incident: Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. If you know of incidents we are missing, please contact us.ĭeadliest incident: Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. It is compiled from incidents reported in the media and sent in by readers. Please note that this list of school shootings may not be comprehensive.
Only incidents resulting in injuries or fatalities that occurred on school grounds during regular school hours (or during a school-sponsored activity) have been included. All incidents listed here involved either teachers, staff, students, minors, or law enforcement. Suicides or suicide attempts where no other individuals were harmed are not included either.
College and university shootings are not included. The incidents included here represent shootings and related firearm incidents that occurred at a K-12 school in a U.S. It is also updated in response to new incidents that gain national media attention.
COMPTON SHOOTING SEPTEMBER 2021 UPDATE
Authorities did not say whether any of the people aboard the bus were specifically targeted by the suspect.This page is scheduled to be update monthly. Police did not immediately specify if Baxter fired at officers or threatened to shoot them. At some point, two officers opened fire at Baxter, who later was pronounced dead at the scene. The car pursued by police eventually rammed through locked gates of the Buena Park School District’s headquarters at 6885 Orangethorpe, and crashed into a parked car.
COMPTON SHOOTING SEPTEMBER 2021 DRIVER
But the driver took off, leading police in a chase that lasted between 10 and 15 minutes. Patrol officers witnessed the shooting, and attempted to stop the car driven by the shooter. (Photo courtesy of the Buena Park Police Department)ĭetails about what might have motivated the motorist to shoot at the bus have not been released. Officials identified Cedric Baxter, 60, of Compton as the man seen shooting at a school bus and then chased by police in Buena Park before he was shot and killed by officers on Friday, Sept. The bus’s driver and one student were in the vehicle at the time. 3, Buena Park police said in a news release. 7 who, they said, fired several rounds from a handgun at a school bus in Buena Park and then led police in a brief pursuit before he was shot and killed by officers last week.Ĭedric Baxter, 60, of Compton was the motorist seen shooting at a bus near Orangethorpe and Western Avenues on Friday, Sept. Officials identified a man Tuesday, Sept.
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