FBI Report : Top 50 Mass Shootings of 2022

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WHAT DOES THE REPORT SAY?​

The FBI report takes a snapshot of the last five years. Active shooter Incidents decreased by 18% in 2022 compared to 2021 but increased by 67% compared to 2018.


The most deaths from a single active shooter was on May 24 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the report states. Twenty-one people, 19 of them children, were killed. The second deadliest shooting was in Buffalo, New York, at Tops Friendly Markets with 13 people killed.

The most wounded victims were recorded at Central Avenue and Second Street in Highland Park, Illinois, where 48 were shot.

The 50 incidents in 2022 occurred in 25 states and in Washington, D.C., involved 61 firearms, and happened at schools, places of worship, open spaces, and other locations:


  • 1 officer was killed
  • 21 officers were injured
  • 4 shooters wore body armor
  • 9 shooters committed suicide
  • 7 shooters were killed by law enforcement
  • 2 shooters killed by citizens
  • 3 shooters are still at-large
The active shootings took place every day of the week with most happening between February and August. May had the most incidents with nine and also had the deadliest one.

The report further breaks down the active shooter incidents by time of day with 54% of them happening between noon and midnight.


WHERE DID MOST OF THE SHOOTINGS TAKE PLACE?​

Six of the active shooter incidents happened in Texas.

Three were in Arizona, Michigan, Florida, and New York.

Behind Hedingham, the second active shooting situation in the state was in Kinston on July 25 when a man opened fire and killed two people at different locations.


Open spaces accounted for the most active shootings while 14 happened in areas of commerce, four in schools, four in residences, two in government buildings, two in houses of worship, and one in a hospital.

WHO ARE THE SHOOTERS?​

Men made up 47 (94%) of the shooters in the 50 incidents while one was female, one was non-binary, and one was unidentified.

They ranged in age from 15 to 70 years old, the report read.


In 54% of the events, the shooters had no connection to the victims or location.

WHAT WAS THE INVOLVEMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CITIZENS?​

There were nine incidents when officers engaged with gunfire, and in five of them, 16 officers were injured.

In one incident (Tops Friendly Markets) an armed security officer was killed during an exchange with the shooter.


In eight incidents, citizens intervened or confronted the shooter, helping to end the shooting. These incidents included the attack on the LGBTQ+ Club Q in Colorado Springs when unarmed attendees subdued the shooter.
 
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