K-12 School Shooting Database

Methodology

Learn more about how we complied this data through extensive research following this three step process:

STEP 1: DATABASE COMPILATION AND PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
STEP 2: DETAILED RESEARCH
STEP 3: RELIABILITY SCORING

About the Database and CHDS

The School Shooting Database Project is conducted as part of the Advanced Thinking in Homeland Security (HSx) program at the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS).

The Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) is located at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. Since 2003, CHDS has conducted a wide range of programs focused on assisting current and emerging leaders in Homeland Defense and Security to develop the policies, strategies, programs and organizational elements needed to defeat terrorism and prepare for and respond to natural disasters and public safety threats across the United States.

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Are School Shootings Becoming More Frequent? We Ran The Numbers

By Luis Melgar Published on May 21, 2019 If in recent years it seems that school shootings are happening more frequently, occupying public discourse and media coverage, it’s because they are. Although school shootings are still very rare compared to daily gun violence, the data show they are happening more often. It can be hard to measure school shootings...

The End of Police in Schools

By Lauren Camera, Senior Education Writer Published on June 12, 2020 As demonstrations over the death of George Floyd spread across the country, school districts are reevaluating the use of resource officers. Two days later, Portland Public Schools followed suit, with Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero announcing that the district will discontinue the regular presence of police...

Was March 2020 the First March Since 2002 Without a US School Shooting?

By Jessica Lee Published on April 16, 2020 The definition of a “school shooting” varies depending on whom you ask. Claim: March 2020 was the first March without a school shooting in the U.S. since 2002. Rating: Mostly False What’s True According to one government database, the U.S. has had at least one shooting on...

What we know about school mass shootings since Columbine and how to prevent them

By Caitlin Moe and Ali Rowhani-Rahbar Published on April 19, 2019 Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting, which left one teacher and 14 students, including the two perpetrators, dead. Since then, according to The Washington Post, there have been 237 school shootings in the U.S., resulting in 403 killed or injured. But we...

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Researching new incidents often turns up a link to an old one. This is a "mass shooting" excluded from most reporting due to gang connection. A 16YO shot 4 teens outside Rosemary Anderson HS (OR) in Dec 2014. 10 years in prison. #schoolshooting #history oregonlive.com/portland/2015/…

Teen who shot four at Rosemary Anderson High gets 10 years; co-defendants get 7 and 8 years

Marquise Murphy pleads guilty to attempted murder and other charges.

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[Not at school] Reminder to parents, airsoft guns are easily confused with real guns. They are considered deadly weapons by police. FL officer fatally shot a teen with an airsoft rifle that looked AK-47 over the weekend. #tampa #shooting tampabay.com/news/breaking-…

Tarpon Springs teen shot, killed by police officers identified

Alexander King, an 11th-grader at Tarpon Springs High School, was pointing an airsoft rifle at passing vehicles when he was shot Saturday night, police said.

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Police arrested 2 teens in connection with shooting 5 people at a Mobile, AL football game Friday night. 3rd suspect is considered armed and dangerous. #schoolshooting #mobile #football fox10tv.com/news/mobile_co…

Second arrest made in Ladd-Peebles shooting, but suspected gunman still at large

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Mobile Police said they arrested a 17-year-old connected to the shooting at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.

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21YOM who fired 15 shots outside Lincoln High School--killing a bystander and critically injuring a student--was the brother of a student involved in a fight with other students. #schoolshooting #schoolsafety #philly

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CA: Teen shot classmate during a planned hit (2nd teen took gun and fled) = 2 years as juvenile FL: Teen points fingers in shape of gun, multiple felony charges We need federal sentencing guidelines for shootings on school property. @MomsDemand #schoolshooting #lawtwitter

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17YOM who shot a classmate and was arrested inside a classroom after a 90 minute lockdown was sentenced to 2 years in a juvenile treatment facility yesterday. Originally charged with murder as an adult, judge denied move to adult court. #schoolshooting #lawtwitter #crimtwitter

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21YOM fired 15 shots at a group of students leaving a Philly high school yesterday. A 66YOM in car was caught in the cross fire & fatally struck. 16YOM in critical condition (shot in head). 2 police officers witnessed the shooting and arrested gunman. #schoolshooting #gunviolence

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Does your jurisdiction have the IT infrastructure for +100 mobile radios and streaming video hitting the same tower during a #schoolshooting incident? @NIST modeled it to figure out the requirements on the system. #research #tech #modeling @NASRO_Info nist.gov/publications/m…

Modeling Public Safety Communication Scenarios: School Shooting Incident

Public safety practitioners performing day-to-day activities and responding to incidents communicate in ways that are very different from the general public.

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Higher Ed: Gunfire during homecoming at Grambling State University killing one person and injuring seven others. Happened days after another deadly shooting at the Louisiana school. #schoolshooting #gunviolance #homecoming nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1…

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@CrystalCorbin @Google Looks like #googlealerts are still broken. Any word from @Google about fixing this?

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19YOM has been arrested and charged with 5 counts of attempted murder for shootings in the concourse of a high school football game in Mobile, AL Friday night. 5 people were wounded, one critical. #schoolshooting #highschoolfootball twitter.com/SimoneEli_TV/s…

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“BREAKING: an arrest has been made following the shooting at Ladd-Peebles Stadium during the 4th quarter of last night’s game between Williamson and Vigor. Jai Scott of Semmes arrest on five counts of attempted murder. Motive is undetermined at this time. @WKRG”

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Charles Rooney, a retired Tulare County Sheriff's Deputy, now works as a gym teacher in Fresno. On Friday, he talked down a man with a gun on the school playground. No one was injured. This is an amazing act of bravery that likely saved children's lives. #hero #teacher @GMA

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?Near Miss? Fresno gym teacher (former police officer) talked down a man with a gun on the school playground during 45 minute standoff Friday morning. Man had just shot someone else away from the school. #schoolshooting #fresno #hero #teacher

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Teen who shot a student in the school hallway was shot nine times in an earlier dispute on June 5. Refused to identify his shooter. #schoolshooting #gunviolence myfox8.com/news/north-car…

15-year-old accused in deadly Mount Tabor High School shooting was shot 9 times over summer, attorney says; judge rules no bond

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — An attorney for the 15-year-old charged in the Mount Tabor High School shooting said the teenager feared for his life after he was shot nine times over the summer…

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13YOM facing a first-degree murder charge. He will be tried in juvenile court. #schoolshooting koat.com/article/new-me…

13-year-old boy charged with 1st-degree murder in Washington Middle School shooting

Juan Saucedo Jr. is facing a first-degree murder charge, which means he will be tried in Juvenile Court.

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Is anyone else having problems with #googlealerts? Daily alert emails haven't come the last 3 days. @Google

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The shooting in Mobile, AL last night is the 25th shooting during a high school football game so far this season. #gunviolence #highschoolfootball #schoolshooting #football #alabama

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Wild: A middle school in Sitka, Alaska went on lockdown after an injured bear crashed through the fence. Unfortunately, the animal had to be euthanized by officers. No students were injured. #schoolsafety #Alaska #wildlife

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Hyper-realistic drills with blanks being fired can be as traumatizing as real shootings. National standards need to be established for active shooter drills in schools. #schoolshooting #schoolsafety #training @shannonrwatts @safeschools wtrf.com/top-stories/un…

Union Local High School’s active shooter drill sounded like the real thing

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) – A volley of gunshots (from a gun firing blanks) rang out, and the exercise had begun. Belmont County Chief Deputy James Zusack ran the drill and played the part …

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4 people were shot during the Mobile, AL high school game of the week last night. 9 people were shot at the same stadium during a game in 2019. #schoolshooting #highschool #football @iamSB3 twitter.com/SimoneEli_TV/s…

Simone Eli on Twitter

“WATCH: This is the moment on the MCPSS game broadcast between Williamson and Vigor when shots rang out in the concourse at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. The PA announcer is heard telling fans to "cover themselves" as people run onto the field and throughout the stadium. https://t.co/SxS1hHEdOJ”

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