This chronological list of school shootings in the United States in the year 2010s includes school shootings in the United States that occurred at K–12 public and private schools, as well as at colleges and universities, and on school buses. Included in shootings are non-fatal accidental shootings. Excluded from this list are: Incidents that occurred as a result of police actions Murder–suicides by rejected suitors or estranged spouses Suicides or suicide attempts involving only one person. Shootings by school staff, where the only victims are other employees that are covered at workplace killings.
Number of US school shootings by year with casualties YearTotal number of shootingsTotal number dead (including the shooters)Total number wounded (including the shooters)Total mass murders (4 or more deaths, not including the shooters)2010147120201112101702012124117220132619371201435153912015222341120162010280201718193212018434382220196120800Total2632073858
2010 incidents.
DateLocationDeathsInjuriesTotalDescriptionFebruary 5, 201010114-year-old student, Hammad Memon, killed 14-year-old Todd Brown at Discovery Middle School as classes were changing. The shooting was possibly related to gang activity. In May 2013, Memon pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to thirty years in prison. After Memon is released from prison, he is likely to be deported to his native Pakistan.February 10, 2010Knoxville, Tennessee022A fourth-grade teacher at Inskip Elementary School shot the principal and assistant principal, injuring both and paralyzing the principal below the waist. The shooting occurred hours after students had been dismissed due to snow. The shooter fled the scene but was arrested at a highway construction roadblock. He was sentenced to 56 years in prison.February 12, 2010Huntsville, Alabama3362010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting: During a biology department meeting with approximately twelve people in attendance, 44-year-old professor of biology Amy Bishop stood up and opened fire. After killing three and wounding three others, Bishop was pushed out of the meeting room by the survivors after her gun ran out of ammo. After being arrested without incident by the police outside the science building, Bishop denied that the shooting even happened. In 1986, Bishop shot and killed her brother in Braintree, Massachusetts, in an incident ruled an accident. In 1993, Bishop and her husband were questioned after a pipe bomb threat incident toward her lab supervisor.February 19, 2010011Less than a week after Northern Illinois University solemnly marked the second anniversary of a mass shooting on campus that claimed the lives of five students, the DeKalb school was the scene of further gun violence. 24-year-old NIU student Brian Mulder refused entry to 22-year-old Zachary R. Isaacman when Isaacman tried to follow a female resident into the Stevenson Residence Hall North, where they were living, because Isaacman was not a resident. Moments later, while outside the dorm smoking with a friend, Mulder was shot by Isaacman with a handgun in the leg above the knee. Isaacman tried to flee, but was caught by police within minutes.February 23, 2010022At Deer Creek Middle School, 32-year-old Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood opened fire from a rifle in a parking lot, and wounded two eighth-graders, Reagan Webber and Matt Thieu, before being restrained by 57-year-old Math teacher, David Benke, and held until his arrest. The boy's wounds were critical for the four days following the shooting. In October 2011, Eastwood was found not guilty by reason of insanity.February 26, 20102Including the suspect or perpetrator02A teacher was shot and killed by a stalker at Birney Elementary School, who was later killed by police in a shootout.May 11, 2010011A West Bladen High School student was shot on campus as students were leaving school for the day. Investigators said the incident started when a fight broke out between two groups of students near the high school's entrance.September 8, 2010022Two students were wounded in front of Mumford High School by 17-year-old Steven Jamal Hare. He was tried as an adult and charged with assault with intent to kill. In 2012, Hare was sentenced to 27 years in prison.September 28, 2010101A 19-year-old sophomore student Colton Tooley, wielding an AK-47 and wearing a ski mask, opened fire and then killed himself in a University of Texas libraryOctober 1, 201010115-year-old student Jose Daniel Cisneros was killed after being shot several times on an athletic field at Alisal High School while walking to school. Police said that the shooting was gang-related.October 8, 2010022Kelly Elementary School (Carlsbad) shooting: 41-year-old Brendan O'Rourke climbed over a fence and opened fire with a handgun in a playground of Kelly Elementary School, which had 230 students; two second-grade female students were grazed in the arms before O'Rourke was subdued by a construction worker. He was found guilty of seven counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to 189 years to life in prison.October 23, 2010112Two victims went to meet the two suspects on a field just outside of Topeka West High School to purchase cannabis. However, the deal either went bad or they were ambushed, but Samantha Lindsay Hochard and Austin Tabor were both charged in the murder of 20-year-old Matthew C. Mitchell, and the attempted murder of 17-year-old Treshawn Wynee, who was wounded. A total of four suspects were arrested and charged with various offenses.November 29, 201010115-year-old Samuel Hengel took 23 students and a teacher hostage inside a classroom of Marinette High School for five hours. He had stormed into the class, firing with a handgun at a movie projector. Police persuaded Hengel to release the hostages. After officers entered the building, Hengel shot himself in the head. He died the next day.December 6, 2010011In a gang-related attack outside Aurora Central High School, a 17-year-old girl was paralyzed. She was one of a group of students outside the school. 20-year-old Luis Enrique Guzman-Rincon had fired shots from a car trying to hit gang rivals. Guzman-Ricon was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison.
2011 incidents.
DateLocationDeathsInjuriesTotalDescriptionJanuary 5, 2011224At Millard South High School, 17-year-old student, Robert Butler Jr., killed assistant principal Dr. Vicki Kaspar and wounded principal Curtis Case before opening fire at police in the front office area, causing the school nurse to be wounded by gunshot debris. Butler then drove to a parking lot and shot himself as police cornered him.February 2, 2011101Custodian John Leubbers shot principal Sam LaCara at Louisiana Schnell School, as students were present on campus, in classes.March 25, 2011011Michael Phelps, a 15-year-old suspended student, returned to Martinsville West Middle School with a handgun. In the entrance of the school, Phelps shot 15-year-old Chance Jackson twice in the abdomen, critically wounding him. Phelps fled the school and dropped the handgun; he was arrested shortly after. Jackson had to undergo surgery three times to save his life; he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Phelps was convicted of attempted murder in August 2011 and was sentenced to thirty years in prison and five years of probation.March 31, 2011156Multiple gunmen opened fire during a powder puff football game at Worthing High School. One man, an 18-year-old former student named Tremaine De Ante' Paul, died. Five other people were injured.April 19, 2011033A 6-year-old boy took a semi-automatic pistol in his backpack to Ross Elementary. Later that morning, as he and more than 40 other kindergartners were having lunch in a crowded cafeteria, the boy accidentally fired the gun as he was showing it off to friends. The boy, as well as another 6-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, were injured. Houston police say the gun belonged to a friend of the boy's family.May 10, 2011303A man shot and killed two San Jose State University students in a campus parking garage, including his estranged wife. He then fatally shot himself.May 23, 2011011A 14-year-old male student was accused of firing a handgun on the campus of Highlands Intermediate School, wounding one student. The gunman was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Two other suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting.August 19, 2011Albany, Georgia011An Albany State University student was shot on campus.September 28, 2011Jurupa Valley, California20264-year-old Donaciano Aguirre fatally shot his 61-year-old wife and teacher's aide, Maria Celia Aguirre, in the parking lot of Patriot High School (California) at 10:40 am. He then committed suicide, and the school was put on lockdown. After being searched thoroughly, no other victims were found, and students were let go late in the afternoon.October 24, 2011011Cape Fear High School shooting: 15-year-old Catilyn Abercrombie was shot in the neck with a rifle by fellow student, 15-year-old Charles Underwood, at Cape Fear High School. She was hospitalized for two months in a serious condition. Underwood was arrested and charged with attempted murder. He was convicted of attempted first-degree murder and sentenced to fifteen years in prison.December 8, 201120222-year-old Ross Truett Ashley, a part-time business student at Radford University, killed a police officer engaged in an unrelated traffic stop on the campus of Virginia Tech. He then committed suicide in a nearby parking lot.December 9, 2011022Two students were shot after school at Harwell Middle School in Edinburg, Texas, while trying out for their school's basketball team. The shooting was allegedly done by an adult off campus, who was shooting at a target range.December 28, 2011011One person was shot and injured just behind Flint Northern High School as a basketball game was finishing inside.
2012 incidents.