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FBI’s Quick Look: 250 Active Shooter Incidents in the United States From 2000 to 2017
Friday, May 31st, 2019
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FBI: Active Shooter Incidents in the United States in 2018
Friday, April 12th, 2019By the Numbers
* 27 incidents in 16 states
* 213 casualties – excluding the shooters
* 85 killed
* 2 law enforcement officers killed
* 1 unarmed security officer
* 128 wounded
* 6 law enforcement officers wounded
* 27 shooters – 23 male, 3 female, 1 at large
* 10 committed suicide
* 11 apprehended by police
* 4 killed by police
* 1 killed by citizens
* 1 at large
* 9 incidents ended with the exchange of gunfire between the shooters and law enforcement
The 27 active shooter incidents occurred in 16 states.
■ Four incidents occurred in California.
■ Three incidents occurred in Florida.
■ Two incidents occurred in each of the following states: Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico, Pennsylvania,
and Texas.
■ One incident occurred in each of the following states: Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee,
Washington, and Wisconsin.
Ten of the 27 incidents met the criteria cited in the federal definition of “mass killings,” that is, “three or more
killings in a single incident.
Separate alleged terror plots in Toledo, Ohio foiled by FBI
Tuesday, December 11th, 2018“…..Elizabeth Lecron was obsessed with the idea of carrying out mass murder. She was arrested Saturday after she purchased black powder and screws for making a bomb. She told an undercover agent she wanted to target a Toledo bar, and also discussed bombing a pipeline or attacking a farm…..21-year-old Damon Joseph, who investigators believe was radicalized by ISIS online, [allegedly] planned to target two Toledo area synagogues…….”
“Protecting the United States from terrorist attacks is the FBI’s number one priority. The Bureau employs a variety of disciplines and works closely with a range of partners to neutralize terrorist cells and operatives here in the U.S., help dismantle extremist networks worldwide, and cut off financing and other forms of support provided to foreign terrorist organizations by terrorist sympathizers. In particular, the FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs) across the country are essential to the nation’s success in combatting terrorism. These JTTFs bring federal, state, and local agencies together on one team, allowing members to leverage one another’s skills, authorities, and accesses to prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks across the country. The JTTFs also build relationships between the community and law enforcement on the front line, which is particularly important to combatting terrorism.”
Statement on the FBI’s Investigation of Suspicious Packages
Thursday, October 25th, 2018Between October 22 and 24, 2018, suspicious packages were received at multiple locations in the New York and Washington, D.C., areas and Florida. The packages are being sent for analysis at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia.
“This investigation is of the highest priority for the FBI. We have committed the full strength of the FBI’s resources and, together with our partners on our Joint Terrorism Task Forces, we will continue to work to identify and arrest whoever is responsible for sending these packages,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. “We ask anyone who may have information to contact the FBI. Do not hesitate to call; no piece of information is too small to help us in this investigation.”
The packages are similar in appearance, as depicted in the below photograph, and contain potentially destructive devices.
Exterior of one of the suspicious packages. Addresses have been removed to protect privacy.
The packages were mailed in manila envelopes with bubble wrap interior. The packages were affixed with computer-printed address labels and six Forever stamps. All packages had a return address of “DEBBIE WASSERMAN SHULTZ” [sic] in Florida. Packages identified to date were addressed to:
- George Soros
- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
- Former President Barack Obama
- Former CIA Director John Brennan, care of CNN
- Former Attorney General Eric Holder
The package addressed to former Attorney General Holder did not reach its intended destination, but was rerouted to the return address in Florida.
The FBI will continue to work with our federal law enforcement partners at the United States Secret Service, United States Postal Inspection Service, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as well as our state and local law enforcement partners, to identify and arrest the person or people responsible for sending these packages.
It is possible that additional packages were mailed to other locations. The FBI advises the public to remain vigilant and not touch, move or handle any suspicious or unknown packages.
If you have information about these packages, please contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or tips.fbi.gov. If you observe any suspicious activity that requires an immediate response, please call 911 or contact your local law enforcement.
“….A bomb that injured 29 people on Saturday in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, and another that failed to detonate, were filled with shrapnel and made with pressure cookers, flip phones and Christmas lights to set off a powerful explosive compound….”
Monday, September 19th, 2016
“….investigators stopped a car on the Belt Parkway near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and took five people to an F.B.I. office in Manhattan for questioning in the bombing investigation…..”