School shootings in the United States have become frequent over time. From the massacre that occurred in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School –which then-President Barack Obama set as a precedent for its 26 deaths–, to the shooting that left 14 students and a teacher dead in Texas on Tuesday, crimes in places schools have not only not ceased, but have tripled. And the problem becomes even greater when the police do not know the intention of the cases.
2021 was a record year: in the first half of the school year alone (from August 1 to December 31), 136 incidents involving the use of firearms on school grounds were recorded, according to the Everytown organization. The figure represented a growth almost four times higher than the average recorded by the country since 2013, the year in which the site began to disclose its reports.
In total, last year there were 149 firearms incidents, resulting in 32 deaths and 94 injuries, according to the group. In 34 of the cases, the police could not identify the intention of the aggressor and there were another six that were not classified.
In 2022 the panorama does not seem to have changed much. So far, Everytown has reported at least 77 shooting incidents on school grounds, which left a balance of 14 dead and 45 wounded.
In addition to the recent episode in Texas, this month highlights the attack of a man who crashed his truck into an art school in West Palm Beach (Florida), while the students were in class, and was later shot by a police officer. The incident occurred on May 13.
the worst shootings
On April 16, 2007, a South Korean student carried out one of the worst attacks on a university. It was at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He with two weapons he murdered 32 people (27 students and five teachers). In addition, he injured 29 others. He later committed suicide.
On December 14, 2012, the massacre occurred at Sandy Hool Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut. A 20-year-old young man first killed his mother in his house and then went to the school. Already in Handy Cook he shot and killed 20 children, four teachers, a psychologist and the director of the establishment. He then killed himself.
On October 1, 2015, a student opened fire on the campus of Umpqua Community College in Rosebug, Oregon. He killed eight students and a teacher. In addition, nine other people were injured. He later committed suicide while exchanging gunfire with police.
On February 14, 2018, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, shot students and teachers. She killed 17 people and injured the same number.
On May 18, 2018, a shooting occurred at Santa Fe High School in Texas. A man with a shotgun and revolver shot and killed 10 people.
Recent background of 2022
May 24: 14 students and a teacher died after being shot at a school in the town of Uvalde, in the state of Texas. The shooter was killed by police.
May 13: uA 33-year-old man crashed his truck into the front door of a Florida school and continued to drive down a corridor until he hit a palm tree. This prompted the intervention of an off-duty police officer, who shot him on the spot, killing him.
April 26: A student shot himself in the bathroom of a school in the town of Ishpeming, Michigan. Upon being found by a police officer, he was taken to a nearby hospital, where he eventually died.
April 24: in the parking lot of a high school in Florissant, Missouri, around 6:40 a.m., a man was shot to death. Due to the fact, a 19-year-old boy was convicted of second-degree murder, armed criminal action and robbery in the first degree, while another 17-year-old adolescent was also judged responsible and transferred to family court.
April 21: in North Dakota, a 34-year-old individual entered a public school and was killed by a police officer who he assaulted minutes before.
March 31: A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed by a 12-year-old boy in the 700 wing of a school in Greenville, South Carolina.
