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Unclassified <br />IHEs <br />The 12 IHE shootings resulted in 60 individuals killed and 60 individuals wounded. The <br />shooters, 2 of whom were female, ranged in age from 18 to 62. The shooters included 5 <br />former students, 4 current students, 2 employees, and 1 patient visiting a medical center. <br />The most incidents occurred on Fridays (5) with others occurring on Mondays (2), Thurs- <br />days (2), a Sunday (1), a Tuesday (1), and a Wednesday (1). <br />These incidents ended when: <br />■ 5 shooters were apprehended by police at the scene (1 after 2 off-duty officers and a <br />citizen restrained him, and 1 after a being restrained by an off-duty mall security officer); <br />■ 4 shooters committed suicide at the scene (3 before police arrived, 1 after); <br />■ 2 shooters were killed by police at the scene; and <br />■ 1 shooter fled the scene and was apprehended by police at another location. <br />Schools <br />The 27 school incidents resulted in 57 individuals killed and 60 individuals wounded. In <br />2 of the incidents, an adult fired on school board members during a board meeting. Of the <br />remaining 25 incidents, 14 occurred in a high school (HS), 6 occurred in a middle school <br />or junior high school (MS), 4 occurred in an elementary school (ES), and 1 occurred at a <br />school including grades PreK-12. 64 <br />of the shooters <br />Where shootings occurred inside buildings, 14 (51.9%) took place in school classrooms <br />and hallways (9 HS, 3 MS, 1 ES, I PreK-12), 3 in the school cafeteria (2 HS, 1 MS), 2 in ultimately <br />school administrative offices, 2 in school board meeting rooms, and 2 in the school when no committed <br />classes were in session. An additional 4 incidents were initiated outside (1 HS, 2 MS, 1 ES), suicide. <br />including 2 where the shooters were in vehicles. <br />In addition to the many student victims, the casualties included school employees, resulting <br />in at least 14 killed (6 teachers, 5 five principals or assistant principals, and 3 other staff <br />members) and another 16 wounded (9 teachers, 5 administrators, and 2 staff members). <br />In a majority of HS and MS incidents, the shooter was a student at the school; this was the <br />case in 12 of 14 HS shootings and 5 of 6 MS shootings. Incidents at elementary schools did <br />not involve the actions of a student. <br />School Board Meetings <br />The 2 incidents at school board meetings resulted in 1 individual wounded. The shoot- <br />ers were 56- and 58 -year-old males. One shooter committed suicide after an exchange of <br />gunfire with the school district's armed security guard, and the other shooter was arrested by <br />police after other school administrators wrestled him to the ground. <br />Unclassified 16 <br />