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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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Before the #Knoxville incident today, 58 other shootings have occurred in K-12 school bathrooms since 1970. They range from planned attacks to suicides to accidents. Explore the school location feature within the map on chds.us/ssdb #schoolshooting #crimtwitter #map

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Official statement: Police called for a student with gun inside the school bathroom. When police ordered the student out, he fired shots at the officers, and wounded one (serious condition). Police returned fire killing the student. #schoolshooting #Knoxville twitter.com/Knoxville_PD/s…

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Just like today in #Knoxville, dozens of #schoolshooting incidents have happened in the bathroom. How many school security plans and #lockdown drills account for this location? More info: chds.us/ssdb #shooting #schoolsafety #data @CampusSafetyMag @NCCPSafety @npr_ed

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@meganranney Unfortunately gun violence in and around schools continued during COVID. There were no planned massacres, but blood was still shed on public school property during the closures.

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K-12 SSDB uses a broad definition of anytime a gun is fired on school property, regardless of the reason, to avoid arbitrary assessments of what is or isn't a "school shooting" (a term with no legal or broadly accepted definition). #schoolshooting #knoxville #Tennessee #shooting twitter.com/TBInvestigatio…

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The person fatally shot by an officer at the scene has been identified as a student. #knoxville #schoolshooting twitter.com/TBInvestigatio…

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This threat provides the latest official information on the #schoolshooting in #Knoxville. twitter.com/TBInvestigatio…

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With the public attention on the #schoolshooting in #Knoxville, there will be a lot of speculation about the causes. Here is in-depth research by @USGAO on the characteristics of school shootings from 2009-19. #research #crimtwitter #gunviolence #schools gao.gov/products/gao-2…

K-12 Education: Characteristics of School Shootings

We examined school shootings and found: Half were committed by current or former students Suburban and rural, wealthier, and low-minority schools had...

https://t.co/auXqF3RU5C

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Rare situation in #Knoxville with the shooter being fatally shot by a police officer. That only happens 5% of the time. Most often, the shooter flees the scene (62%). #schoolshooting #Tennessee #Data #schoolsecurity #schoolsafety #DataAnalytics

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Sadly #Knoxville is only 1 of the 1,681 other shootings that have occurred at US schools over the last 50 years. Each point on the map is a unique tragedy, many have been forgotten. #schoolshooting #gunviolence #map #gis #DataScience

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Official statement from Knoxville Police Department on the @schoolshooting today. #Knoxville #shooting #Tennessee #breaking twitter.com/Knoxville_PD/s…

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A male juvenile was fatally shot by a police officer during the #schoolshooting in #Knoxville. In 1/2 of incidents, a student or former student is the shooter. More on chds.us/ssdb

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The #schoolshooting in #knoxville is international news. Unfortunately most are overlooked, like the other 36 times shots have been fired on a US school campus so far this year. More on chds.us/ssdb #breaking #Tennessee #shooting #media #news

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A male juvenile was killed and a police officer wounded Monday afternoon in a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, police and sources say. #schoolshooting #gunviolence #knoxville Story by @knoxnews knoxnews.com/story/news/cri…

One dead, one wounded in shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville

Police have responded to a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville that killed one juvenile and injured a police officer.

Knoxville News Sentinel

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A shooting at a school in the United States makes international news in less than an hour. #schoolshooting #knoxville #shooting #breaking twitter.com/7NewsBrisbane/…

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Comments from the Governor of Tennessee on the #schoolshooting in Knoxville. #Knoxville #shooting #investigation #breaking twitter.com/CBSNews/status…

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I just spoke to @MayorKincannon about the shooting in the Austin East Community she was at the bedside of the officer who was shot at the scene. She says he's in good spirit Mayor said the officer says he rather this happen to him than someone else. @6News

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Grace King WBIR

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FULL STATEMENT: One person dead, another injured after a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School, per @Knoxville_PD. @TBInvestigation will lead the investigation. @wbir

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BREAKING: The Knoxville Police Department said there are multiple gunshot victims after a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School on Monday afternoon. || wbir.com/article/news/c…

WATCH LIVE: Multiple victims, including KPD officer, after shooting at Austin-East High School

Sources confirm that the officer received non-life threatening injuries

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Curtis Carden

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JUST IN: 1 person dead after today's #schoolshooting in #Knoxville at Austin-East High School. 1 man was detained. And KPD officer was injured. (Information Courtesy Knoxville Police Dept. TBI is investigating)

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