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<br />CASUALTIES
<br />w Casualties (victims killed and wounded) totaled 1,043. The individual shooters are not
<br />included in this total.
<br />■ A total of 486 individuals were killed.
<br />■ A total of 557 individuals were wounded."
<br />■ In 64 incidents (40.0%), the crime would have fallen within the federal definition of
<br />"mass killing"—defined as "three or more" killed—under the new federal statute.
<br />INCIDENTS WITH THE HIGHEST CASUALTY COUNTS:
<br />■ Cinemark Century 16 Theater in Aurora, Colorado:
<br />70 (12 killed, 58 wounded), July 20, 2012.
<br />■ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia:
<br />49 (32 killed, 17 wounded), April 16, 2007.1a
<br />m Ft. Hood Soldier Readiness Processing Center in Ft, Hood, Texas:
<br />45 (13 killed, 32 wounded), November 5, 2009.
<br />■ Sandy Hook Elementary School and a residence in Newtown, Connecticut:
<br />29 (27 killed, 2 wounded), December 14, 2012.
<br />SHOOTERS
<br />a All but 2 incidents involved a single shooter.13
<br />■ In at least 9 incidents, the shooter first shot and killed a family member(s) in a
<br />residence before moving to a more public location to continue shooting. 14
<br />■ In at least 6 incidents, the shooters were female." -
<br />■ In 64 incidents (40.0%), the shooters committed suicide; 54 shooters did so at the scene
<br />of the crime.
<br />■ At least 5 shooters from 4 incidents remain at large."
<br />11 A handful of those counted as wounded were not injured by gunfire but rathersuffered injuries lncidentaIto the event, such as being hit by flying
<br />objects/shattered glass, orfalHng while running. These were included in the casualty tountwhen research may not have easily allowed forth type of
<br />injury to be discerned, This does natacceuntforaIF those wounded in this fashion, to include those suffering any mental ore mot! onaI town that resulted
<br />in potential medical treatment.
<br />12 Six additional studentswere Injured after they climbed out of a second floor window in Norris Hall but are not included in the study's rely of those
<br />wounded because they could be easily discerned from those wounded by the shooter.
<br />13 House Party in SouthJamalca, New York August 27,2011; Streets of Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 6, 2012.(See Appendix A.
<br />14 Amko Trading Store, January 9,2001; Red Lake High School, March 21,2005; Orange High School and Residence, August 302006; Residence, Latah
<br />County Courthouse, and First Presbyterian Church, May 19, 2007; Coffee and Geneva Counties, Alabama, March 10, 2009; Gainesville, Florida, October
<br />4, 2010; Sandy Hook Elementary School and Residence, December 14,2012; Jacksonville, North Carolina, and Brady, Texas, May 26,2013; Santa Monica
<br />College and Residence, June 7, 2013.
<br />15 Laidlaw Transit Services Maintenance Yard, April 23,2001; Santa Barbara U.S. Postal Processing and Distribution Center, January 30,2006; Louisiana
<br />Technical College, February 8, 2008; Shelby Center, University of Alabama, February 12, 2010; Publix Super Market, March 30, 2010; Kraft Foods Factory,
<br />September 9,2010.
<br />16 Burger King and Huddle House, November 22,20D5;Club LT Tana, July 25,2009; Washington, D.C. Department of Public Works, October 13,2010;
<br />House Party in South Jamaica, New York, August 27, 2011.
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