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A Study of Active Shooter Incidents in the United States Between 2000 and 2013

Publication Date: 2014
File: Active_Shooter_Incidents_Between_2000_and_2013.pdf
Abstract:
In 2014, the FBI initiated a study of active shooter incidents with the goal to provide federal, state, and local law enforcement with data so they can better understand how to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from these incidents. As a result, the FBI identified 160 active shooter incidents that occurred in the U.S. between 2000 and 2013. The FBI has since published… (read more)
Tag(s):
active shooter, critical incident response, law enforcement, targeted violence
Author(s):
Katherine W. Schweit, J. Pete Blair, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)