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| FBI report reveals what most active shooter situations have in common |
| 2024-06-24 |
| [FoxNews] California had the most active shooter incidents among US states in 2023, says FBI A new report by the FBI documenting where "active shooter incidents" happened in the U.S. in 2023 reveals that open spaces – which include roads, neighborhoods, parks and outdoor venues – are the places where victims are most likely to be targeted. Federal investigators say there were 48 active shooter incidents in total last year across 26 states, resulting in 105 deaths and 139 injuries. California – which has some of the toughest gun control laws in the country – led the way with eight incidents, followed by Texas and Washington state, each with four. The FBI says it defines an active shooter as "one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area." Twenty-eight of last year’s incidents happened in open spaces, followed by 14 in commerce settings – which include retail stores and entertainment venues – three in education, two in health care and one in residential, the report says. The deadliest shooting unfolded on Oct. 25, when 18 people were killed by a gunman at a bowling alley and bar in Lewiston, Maine, before he was found dead two days later from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Of the 49 shooters involved in 2023’s incidents, all of them were males except one who identified as both female and transgender, according to the FBI. The perpetrators were between the ages of 17 and 72 years old, and 43 handguns were used in the attacks, followed by 16 rifles and one shotgun. The FBI says the release of the report Monday is to "provide an overview of active shooter incidents to help law enforcement, other first responders, and the public better understand the levels of threats associated with active shooter incidents." "In 2023, the FBI designated 48 shootings as active shooter incidents. Although incidents decreased by 4% from 2022 (50 incidents), the number of active shooter incidents increased 60% since 2019 (30 incidents)," it also said. "The FBI designated 229 active shooter incidents from 2019–2023. This represents an 89% increase in active shooter incidents (121) from the previous five-year period (2014–2018)." |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #10 Did I miss all the gang shootings in those counts? That must be on a different spreadsheet. From the report: the FBI defines an active shooter as one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area So, an active shooter is someone who is actively shooting at people. Passive shooting would be where you just sit on the porch and take potshots at passers-by. Excluded events are: • Self-defense • Gang violence • Drug-related violence • Residential or domestic disputes • Barricade/hostage situations • Shootings where the shooter’s actions were the result of another criminal act • Crossfire* as a byproduct of another ongoing criminal act In a nutshell, pretty much any time someone gets shot for some particular reason. * especially at an low-rent, off-brand upazila at 0-dark-hundred |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-06-24 22:54 |
| #9 Psychotropes weren’t named? |
| Posted by: Beavis 2024-06-24 16:36 |
| #8 My first thought was the commonality was they occur in ‘gun free zones’. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2024-06-24 16:13 |
| #7 "roads, neighborhoods, parks and outdoor venues – are the places where victims are most likely to be targeted." So ... stay off the road, don't live in a neighborhood, and stay out of crowds. Be afraid, everywhere but your own bed. Oh ... and don't look under there. |
| Posted by: Jolusing+Hatfield1692 2024-06-24 15:47 |
| #6 Most "mass shooter" events are when blacks shoot other blacks. The media only cares when they can frame whites for it and call us nazis or white supremacists. Like the Las Vegas shooter, who fired into a crowd of likely Trump supporters and the FBI could find no motive. |
| Posted by: Pearl Hapsburg1419 2024-06-24 15:20 |
| #5 "Mass shootings are widely classified as incidents in which a shooter kills at least four or more victims." The Lurid Crime is how the FBI counts. Gang shootings: 2-3 dead, 12 wounded don't count. Murder/suicides: father kills wife and 3 kids, then self, doesn't count. Home invasions, killing occupant, doesn't count. Separate incidents: 44 shot over the weekend in Chicago, 11 dead, don't count. Neighborhood: guy shoots neighbor for too much garbage can noise, doesn't count. Softly filtered 'no news' for the masses. FBI needs to get in print to maintain the image, like CENTCOM. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-06-24 14:34 |
| #4 In a nation of perhaps 167,000,000 taxpaying adult citizens, who own something in the order of 393,000,000 guns, 48 in a year is, while tragic to the individuals involved, a minuscule number. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-06-24 13:55 |
| #3 Wait. 48 "incidents" last year? Not 4-5 a day like the lamestream media and the everytown for Napoleon Bloomberg moms screech? Why, you could knock me over with a feather |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-06-24 13:01 |
| #2 Did I miss all the gang shootings in those counts? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-06-24 12:56 |
| #1 I thought it was going to be the perpetrators are all nutballs. |
| Posted by: Deacon+Blues 2024-06-24 12:51 |