Back in February, just after the Parkland shooting, I copied this data down after some "news" stations tried claiming there were 18 school shootings in 2018 (as of 2/15).
Was there really 18 school shootings this year? Not if you look at the facts, where they included far more than actual shootings (or even attempted shootings).
This broad definition places
• two separate suicides,
• a January 9 incident where a man shot a BB gun at a bus window resulting in no injuries;
• a January 10 incident where a student in a criminal justice club accidentally shot a peace officer's real gun at a target on a classroom wall instead of a training gun resulting in no injuries;
• a January 9 incident where gun shots were fired from somewhere outside of Cal State San Bernardino, which struck a building on campus without injuries;
They also included an incident at a nightclub on campus
• the murder of a Winston-Salem State University student at a nightclub on the Wake Forest University campus
Then finally, they listed two actual incidents of shootings apart from the Parkland incident.
• the January 22 shooting of a 15-year-old at a Dallas-area high school,
• and Tuesday's Marshall County High School shooting which left 2 dead and 18 others injured.
