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The shooters in this category were between 20 and 34 years old, with an average age of 28 years old.

In 2025 the open space location category included a diverse array of outdoor attacks with the majority occurring on roadways.

Additionally, in over 70% of these incidents, law enforcement apprehended the shooter.

Incidents: 6 | Casualties: 16 (3 killed, 13 wounded) | Mass Killings: 0

In 2025, active shooter incidents in the government location category occurred in both local and federal government facilities including a sheriff’s office, a public library, a military base, and federal campuses.

Overall, six of 34 active shooter incidents (18%) occurred in government spaces, which increased from 13% in 2024.

These events predominantly occurred at federal government facilities; however, two targeted local government locations.

Attackers at government locations killed three (including one law enforcement officer) and wounded 13 (including three law enforcement officers).

The average fatality rate was 0.5 per incident, lower than the average of 1.5 in all incidents in 2025.

Government location incidents accounted for nearly 10% of the total casualties, with an average of 2.7 per incident, which is about half the overall average of 4.9 for all location categories combined.

Of the six incidents, none met the threshold for a mass killing.

Over half of the active shooter incidents (four) in the government location category took place at federal facilities.

Two occurred at Department of Homeland Security facilities: one at the Border Patrol Annex in Texas, and the other at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office in Texas.

At the Border Patrol facility, as the shooter opened fire, a civilian employee arriving at work attempted to intervene by firing towards the shooter from his vehicle.

The shooter then attempted to enter the facility and exchanged gunfire with responding officers before he was killed at the scene.

At the ICE field office, the shooter fired from a nearby elevated position and died by suicide as law enforcement arrived on scene.

Although the incident at 17th and I Street NW, Washington, D.C., was included in the open space location category, it is important to highlight the shooter specifically targeted government personnel. During this incident, uniformed members of the National Guard on duty in Washington, D.C., were attacked.

Similarly, the incident at Canfield Mountain in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was an attack on local firefighters, a group of local government employees.

Civilians | Law Enforcement 3 10 1 2 Killed | Wounded

One incident occurred at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Georgia, where the shooter fired from an elevated