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In 2025, the FBI identified 34 active shooter incidents nationwide, a 42% increase from the 24 incidents in the previous year.

The total number of casualties (166) also rose significantly, marking a 57% increase from the 106 casualties recorded in the previous year.

STATE: Active shooter incidents in 2025 occurred across 21 states and the District of Columbia with the most occurring in Texas (6).

MONTH: September had the highest number of incidents (7).

DAY: Active shooter incidents occurred every day of the week with the most occurring on Wednesdays (10).

CATEGORIES: Attacks occurred in five location categories:

41% - Commerce (14)

21% - Open space (7)

18% - Government (6)

12% - Education (4)

9% - House of Worship (3)

MULTIPLE SHOOTERS: No incident involved multiple shooters.

GENDER: All of the shooters were male.

AGE: The shooters’ ages ranged between 16 and 77 years old.

INSIDER THREATS: Seven shooters were considered insider threats.

FIREARMS: Across all attacks, 49 firearms were used: 26 handguns (53%), 16 rifles (33%) and seven shotguns (14%).

ARMOR: One shooter wore body armor.

RESOLUTIONS: Of the 34 shooters, 16 were apprehended by law enforcement (47%), 10 died by suicide (29%), and seven were killed by law enforcement or security personnel (21%).

At the time of publication, one shooter remains at large (3%).

KILLED AND WOUNDED: Among the 166 casualties, 51 were killed and 115 were wounded.

HIGHEST CASUALTY: The incident with the highest number of casualties (30) involved two killed and 28 wounded.

NO CASUALTIES: Three incidents did not have any casualties.

MASS KILLING INCIDENTS: Seven incidents were classified as mass killings.

LAW ENFORCEMENT: Law enforcement officers sustained casualties in six of the 34 active shooter incidents in 2025 with three officers killed and five wounded.

Percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding.

See the glossary for definition of mass killing.