FBI: Active shooter incidents down 4% last year, up 89% over past 5 years

A NEW F-B-I REPORT IS SHEDDING LIGHT ON ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS IN AMERICA. 

ACCORDING TO ITS ANNUAL ACTIVE SHOOTER REPORT RELEASED MONDAY – 20-23 SAW FEWER ACTIVE SHOOTING INCIDENTS THAN 20-22… LEADING TO A 4 PERCENT DECREASE. 

HOWEVER – OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS… ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS HAVE GONE UP 89 PERCENT, ACCORDING TO THE F-B-I. 

BUT WHAT DO THOSE STATISTICS ACTUALLY MEAN? 

LET’S START OFF WITH WHAT CONSTITUTES AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. 

THE F-B-I DEFINES “ACTIVE SHOOTER” AS ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN KILLING OR ATTEMPTING TO KILL PEOPLE IN A POPULATED AREA. 

AS WE MENTIONED, ACTIVE SHOOTINGS WENT DOWN 4 PERCENT FROM 20-22 TO 20-23 – BUT WHAT DOES FOUR PERCENT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? 

TWO. 

THERE WERE TWO FEWER ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS IN 20-23 (48) THAN THERE WERE IN 20-22 (50). 

OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS – THE F-B-I SAYS THERE WERE 229 ACTIVE SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE U-S. 

THAT’S UP 89 PERCENT FROM THE 121 ACTIVE SHOOTINGS IN THE FIVE YEARS BETWEEN 20-14 AND 20-18. 

IN THE 48 ACTIVE SHOOTINGS IN 20-23… 449 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 773 WOUNDED. 

TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE… MORE PEOPLE DIED AS A RESULT OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTING INCIDENT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS – THAN THE FIVE YEARS BETWEEN 20-14 AND 20-18 – WHICH INCLUDED THREE OF THE DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTINGS IN U-S HISTORY. 

LAST YEAR ALONE 105 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN ACTIVE SHOOTINGS AND ANOTHER 139 WERE HURT… 

THE SHOOTINGS HAPPENED IN 26 STATES – WITH CALIFORNIA SEEING THE MOST… EIGHT. 

FOLLOWED BY TEXAS AND WASHINGTON WITH FOUR EACH. 

THE F-B-I’S REPORT COMES JUST WEEKS AFTER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELEASED PRELIMINARY NUMBERS SHOWING A 15 PERCENT DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 20-24 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.