This page serves to display all school shootings and statistics since Columbine (1999).

Basic Facts:
According to this Washington Post article:

• School shootings disproportionately affect Black children. Though Black people make up 16.6% of the school population, a staggering 33% are exposed to gun violence.
• The median age of a school shooter is 16. It is clear that the majority of school shootings wouldn’t have been possible without
• School shootings on the rise. 2018, 2021, 2022 all have had record breaking years. Pandemic seemed to have exacerbated the issue.

deaths will be called: empty chairs

children exposed to gun violence will inducted to the glass club

Columbine High School, Littleton, Colo

April 20, 1999
13 empty chairs
1820 new glass club members
Two high school juniors in black trench coats opened fire indiscriminately, starting in the parking lot and moving to the cafeteria. Students initially mistook the gunfire for firecrackers, but soon realized it was real as they witnessed their peers being shot.
Total empty chairs*: 13
Total Glass club members*: 1820