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Under the Microscope
ACTIVE
SHOOTER
TRAINING
at Kettering Health Network
In 2013, the FBI released a study of active shooter incidents in the US
between 2000 and 2013. The major findings are summarized below
(US Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2013)
Randy L. Carden Ed.D
Senior Research Consultant
HealthStream
• Active shooter incidents are becoming more frequent
• These incidents resulted in a total of 1,043 casualties (486 killed, 557 wounded—excluding the shooters).
• All but six of the 160 incidents involved male shooters (and only two involved more than one shooter).
• More than half of the incidents—90 shootings—ended on the shooter’s initiative (i.e., suicide, fleeing),
while 21 incidents ended after unarmed citizens successfully restrained the shooter.
• In 21 of the 45 incidents where law enforcement had to engage the shooter to end the threat, nine
officers were killed and 28 were wounded.
• The largest percentage of incidents—45.6 percent—took place in a commercial environment
followed by 24.3 percent that took place in an educational environment. The remaining incidents
occurred at the other location types specified in the study—open spaces, military and other
government properties, residential properties, houses of worship, and healthcare facilities.
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Reprint from WINTER 2017 PX Advisor