Murder-suicides by rejected suitors or estranged spouses Incidents that occurred as a result of police actions During the 2020s (extrapolated), America will have experienced 288 school shootings, with 224 dead and 468 wounded.Įxcluded from this list are the following:.If this pace continues for the rest of the 2020s (and if we presume no more school shootings happen through June 30, 2022), then: We are almost exactly 25% (two and a half years) into the 2020s. Those numbers only look trivial in comparison:ĭuring the 2000s, America experienced 69 school shootings, totaling 108 dead and 148 wounded.ĭuring the 2010s, America experienced 229 school shootings, totaling 189 dead and 372 wounded.ĭuring the 2020s (so far), America experienced 72 school shootings, totaling 56 dead and 117 wounded. So, yeah, there were a hell of a lot of school shootings in the 80s and 90s.
(Worth noting that Wikipedia needs a page entitled "(before 2000)" because the Wikipedia page for school shootings from 2000 after is already very, very long.)Īccording to Wikipedia's very detailed lists:ĭuring the 1980s, America experienced 60 school shootings, totaling 68 dead and 108 wounded.ĭuring the 1990s, America experienced 93 school shootings, totaling 121 dead and 171 wounded.
Wikipedia has this horrifying page: List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000)
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