Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2016 and 2017
Washington DC May 8 2018
50 active shooter incidents occurred in 21 states
6 in Texas (in the Top 5 in robbery rates & ORC cases)
5 in California & Florida (Top 5 in ORC & Violent Deaths)
4 in Ohio
3 in Maryland & Washington
2 in Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Penn., Tenn., Virginia, and Wisconsin
1 in Arizona, ILL., Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, and South Carolina
Law Enforcement/Security Personnel Engagement and Casualties
Law enforcement officers exchanged gunfire with the shooter at the scene of 14 incidents. They sustained casualties in eight of those incidents. A total of 33 law enforcement officers were killed or wounded in 12 incidents. Of note, 14 of the 33 casualties occurred in a single incident (five law enforcement officers were killed and nine were wounded as a protest in Dallas, Texas, was winding down).
● Thirteen law enforcement officers were killed in six incidents.
● Twenty law enforcement officers were wounded in eight incidents
● Security personnel confronted the shooter at the scene of two incidents. One security guard was
wounded:
–Two armed, non-sworn security personnel in one incident exchanged gunfire with the shooter
causing the shooter to flee the scene.15 He was arrested a short time later at another location.
–One unarmed security guard was wounded as he struggled with the shooter.16 The security guard was
able to flee and alert an off-duty law enforcement officer working nearby. The shooter committed
suicide at the scene as additional law enforcement officers arrived.
The Shooters
The 50 shooters were all male. Each acted alone.
● The shooters ranged in age from 14 years to 66 years. Seven shooters were in their teens, 18
were in their 20s, nine were in their 30s, nine were in their 40s, three were in their 50s, and four
were in their 60s.
● Three shooters wore body armor.24
●Thirteen shooters committed suicide (eight at the scene before law enforcement arrived, three at the
scene after law enforcement arrived, and two at another location).
● Eleven shooters were killed by law enforcement. Ten were killed at the scene (two of the 10 were
wounded at the scene and died a few hours later, and one of the 10 was killed at the scene by a
bomb-carrying robot). One shooter was killed by law enforcement at another location.
● Eight shooters were stopped by citizens.
● Eighteen shooters were apprehended by police.
