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Unclassified <br />These incidents ended when: <br />■ 16 shooters committed suicide (13 did so at the scene before police arrived, 1 did so at. <br />the scene after police arrived, and 2 shooters fled the scene and committed suicide at <br />another location); <br />■ 3 shooters wereapprehendedat the scene (2 after being restrained by citizens); <br />s 3 shooters were killed by police (2 at the scene and 1 elsewhere); and <br />■ 1 shooter fled and was apprehended by police at another location. <br />Malls <br />The 6 incidents that occurred in malls resulted in 17 killed and 18 wounded. It appeared the <br />shooters were neither employed by businesses in the affected malls nor had relationships <br />with mall employees. The most incidents occurred on Sundays (2), with others occurring on <br />a Monday (1), a Tuesday (1), and Wednesday (1), and a Thursday (1). <br />These incidents ended when: <br />■ 3 shooters committed suicide at the scene before lacy enforcement arrived; <br />s 2 shooters were apprehended by law enforcement at the scene (I after being restrained Ll <br />by a citizen); and <br />■ 1 shooter was killed by law enforcement during an exchange of gunfire with respond- <br />ing officers, including an off-duty officer at the mall at the time. educational <br />Incidents in educational facilities account for some of the higher casualty counts. For <br />example, the highest death tolls among the 160 incidents occurred at Virginia Polytechnic <br />Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia (32 killed, 17 wounded) and Sandy <br />Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut (26 killed, 2 wounded [I additional <br />death at a residence]). Other high casualty counts occurred during the shootings at Northern <br />Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois (5 killed, 16 wounded) and Santana High School in <br />Santee, California (2 killed, 13 wounded). <br />No law enforcement officers were killed or wounded in school incidents, and no officers <br />were killed in incidents at IHEs. One officer was wounded in 1 incident at an IHE, however, <br />it occurred at a medical facility on the campus and not in a campus residence or classroom. <br />Unclassified 15 <br />facilities <br />EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTS <br />The 39 incidents that occurred in educational environments (27 schools, 12 IHEs) <br />account for <br />resulted in 117 individuals killed and 120 wounded. Note that in this study, schools are <br />some of <br />defined as pre -kindergarten through 12th grade (PreK-12) educational facilities; incidents <br />the higher <br />that occurred at school -related facilities such as school administration buildings are also <br />included in this category. <br />Casualty Counts. <br />Incidents in educational facilities account for some of the higher casualty counts. For <br />example, the highest death tolls among the 160 incidents occurred at Virginia Polytechnic <br />Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia (32 killed, 17 wounded) and Sandy <br />Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut (26 killed, 2 wounded [I additional <br />death at a residence]). Other high casualty counts occurred during the shootings at Northern <br />Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois (5 killed, 16 wounded) and Santana High School in <br />Santee, California (2 killed, 13 wounded). <br />No law enforcement officers were killed or wounded in school incidents, and no officers <br />were killed in incidents at IHEs. One officer was wounded in 1 incident at an IHE, however, <br />it occurred at a medical facility on the campus and not in a campus residence or classroom. <br />Unclassified 15 <br />