FBI: More active shooting incidents in 2017 than any other year recorded
The violence last year helped break two grim records when it comes to active shooters: the most incidents and the most people killed in any one year since at least 2000, the first year the FBI has data on the subject.
The 17-year high was revealed in a new report released by the bureau that delves into active shootings throughout 2016 and 2017, the gunmen and the carnage that's left behind. In 2017, there were 30 active shooting incidents throughout the nation. A total of 138 were killed in the shootings, the first time a death toll has risen above 90 for a single year.
"Am I surprised by the increase? No," said former FBI Agent James Gagliano. He added the rise could be blamed on a number of things, including video games, accessibility to guns, copycats, the news cycle and the Web.
"Part of it is these individuals who see one gunman on the news and the think, 'Wow, if they did this, I can do it, too,'" he said. "It's a vicious circle and for the most part after these incidents, nothing changes. We all retreat to our corners and bicker."
An active shooter is defined by the FBI as someone actively killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area. This data is not just mass shootings, which is the killing of three or more people. The data also doesn't include drug and gang-related shootings that appeared targeted.
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