School Shootings This Year

Source: Katie Godowski, www.pexels.com

By Sam Piha

School shootings have unfortunately become commonplace but that doesn’t mean we should accept them as normal or acceptable. Over the years we have posted blogs on this topic, which can be accessed here and we will continue to speak out when they happen.

“There have been 40 school shootings this year that resulted in injuries or deaths, the most in a single year since Education Week began tracking such incidents in 2018. There have been 132 such shootings since 2018. Prior to 2022, the highest number of school shootings with injuries or deaths was last year when there were 34. There were 10 in 2020, and 24 each in 2019 and 2018.” - Education Week, School Shootings This Year: How Many and Where

Below we share Education Week's latest School Shooting Tracker, updated October 31, 2022. 

2022 SCHOOL SHOOTINGS INJURIES & DEATHS 

• 40  School shootings with injuries or deaths
• 122  People killed or injured in a school shooting 
• 34  People killed 
• 28  Students or other children killed 
• 6  School employees or other adults killed
• 88 People injured 

Here are a few organizations to help you get involved with to prevent school shootings:

• March For Our Lives
• Every Town
• Sandy Hook Promise

Source: Youth Service America