US ‘Active Shooter’ Incidents Surged in 2021, FBI Says – By Masood Farivar (VOA News) / May 23, 2022
There were 61 “active shooter” incidents in the United States last year, an increase of more than 50% from 2020 and more than twice as many as five years ago, the FBI reported.
The shootings in 2021 left 103 people dead and 140 wounded, excluding the gunmen, the FBI said in a report released on Monday.
The FBI defines an active shooter as “one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.”
An active shooter attack is not to be confused with a mass shooting, which is typically defined as a shooting that involves four or more victims and can take place in public or private spaces.
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