U.S. saw 27 mass shootings in 2018, FBI says, resulting in 213 casualties including 85 deaths.
that profiled mass shooters. The FBI says 16 of the 27 shootings took place in businesses and five were committed in "education environments."
People march during a candle light vigil to remember the five journalists from The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., June 29, 2018.newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, in which prosecutors say a shooter walked into the newsroom and killed five people is categorized as a place of business by the FBI.
Law enforcement officers respond to Santa Fe High School after an active shooter was reported on campus, May 18, 2018, in Santa Fe, Texas.Rabbi Eli Wilansky lights a candle after a mass shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Oct. 27, 2018. Only one shooting took place in an FBI-designated "house of worship" in 2018, and that was the shooting at the Tree of Life Shooting synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvani, which claimed 11 lives.
The FBI says the youngest active shooter was 13-years-old, a male student who walked into Noblesville West Middle School in Noblesville, Indiana, allegedly with two hand guns and opened fire."The FBI remains committed to assisting state, local, tribal, and campus law enforcement in its active shooter prevention, response, and recovery efforts," the report said.
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