The Parkland school shooting perpetrator will plead guilty to all charges, including 17 counts of murder, to avoid the death penalty. With 13 shootings taking place in K-12 schools, they have taken 103 victims' lives. #shooting #school #guilty #data For more on the Parkland shooting, visit the article here. Source: Twitter Return to all … [Read more...]
Location of Mass Shooting
Classification of Firearm used in Mass Shooting
As the topic of gun laws becomes larger within the Supreme Court, our data shows that 46% of mass shootings were committed with a handgun, 20% with an assault rifle, 13% with a rifle, and 11% with a shotgun. For more data, visit https://theviolenceproject.org #data #database #gun #law Source: Twitter Return to all data visualizations … [Read more...]
Motive for Mass Shooting
The perpetrator of the shooting at a Tennessee Kroger was an employee dismissed from his job that morning. From our data, 'employment issue' was the number one specified motive behind mass shootings. For more: CNN News Article #employment #data #database #motive Source: Twitter Return to all data visualizations … [Read more...]
Gender of Perpetrator from 1966-2021
Based on the cases from 1966-2021, 98% of perpetrators of mass shootings identify as male. Visit our website https://theviolenceproject.org for more statistics and data surrounding mass shootings. #data #database #male #perpetrator Source: Twitter Return to all data visualizations … [Read more...]
How to stop a mass shooter
"We’ve tried hiding from the monsters. We’ve tried running from the monsters. We’ve tried barricading the doors so they can’t come in, and locking them up so they can’t get out. And yet, they keep creeping into our lives — more so than ever before. The monsters are mass shooters, including those who unleash hell on schools. But metal detectors, … [Read more...]