Statistically Speaking
News |
With three school shootings occurring within one week, U.S. school officials have focused on safety. Here are some statistics on school shootings that have taken place in the past decade:
Number of people killed in school shootings this school year (since August 2006): 9
Number of teachers and principals killed in shootings in the past decade: 10
Age of youngest assailant: 11
Average age of assailant in shootings in the past decade: 15
Number of school shootings taken place in the southern United States (the region with highest number of incidents) since 1996: 15
Number of high school shooting incidents since 1996: 32
0 comments
| Post a Comment
Important: The Tartan provides these discussion boards to encourage discussion about the topics we report. The views and opinions expressed in these comments are those of their authors, and do not reflect the opinions of The Tartan.
Comment guidelines
If you provide an email address, it will be displayed. This may make you more vulnerable to spammers.
HTML is not allowed. Paragraphs are automatically created by leaving a blank line. Links are created from URLs automatically.
Off-topic or inappropriate (e.g. obscene, libelous) comments are not permitted and will be removed.