USA – School shootings in US continue as gun violence proves to be a persistent challenge in places considered safe for children.

The latest shooting at Evergreen High School in Colorado on September 10 resulted to the shooter’s death from self-inflicted gunshot wound and several injuries among students.

The previous shooting was at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota which resulted in 2 young children’s deaths and accounted as the shooting with most casualties in 2025.

About the Annunciation Catholic Church Shooting

The shooter opened fire through the stained-glass windows of the church, as schoolchildren were gathered at the church for morning mass. The attack that was later described by authorities as an act of domestic terrorism.

The victims, ages eight and 10, were attending morning mass at their school’s adjoining church as 17 others, including 14 children, were wounded in what authorities would later describe as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime against Catholic Christians.

The shooter was identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, a “male born as Robert Westman,” according to FBI Director Kash Patel. Westman, whose mother police said worked at the school at one point, died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said.

What has been alleged to be the suspect’s YouTube channel later emerged, with some of the videos posted circulating on social media after the attack. They showed hateful and violent phrases scrawled on firearms that Westman allegedly used in the shooting – a rifle, shotgun, and pistol.

Some of the words on the weapons suggested a fascination with mass shooters, with the names of several perpetrators of past school shooters written on the magazines Westman used.

2025 Shootings Data in US

The Annunciation attack was not the first such tragedy to strike a US school this year. Yet even determining how many incidents have occurred is complicated, with tallies varying depending on definitions and methodology.

Everytown for Gun Safety – Using data from the K-12 School Shooting Database, the group reports at least 91 incidents of gunfire on school grounds in 2025, resulting in 31 deaths and 86 injuries nationwide. It also highlights the broader picture: every day in the US, 125 people are killed with guns, nearly twice as many are wounded, and countless others are affected by gun violence.

K-12 School Shooting Database – Applying the broadest standard, which counts any incident where a gun was fired or brandished on school property regardless of injuries, it records 148 incidents in 2025, leaving 134 victims dead or wounded.

Education Week – Focusing only on shootings that result in injuries or deaths during school hours or events, and drawing on multiple sources including the Gun Violence Archive, it has so far logged only eight incidents in 2025.

Notable US School Shootings in 2025

Besides the Annunciation shooting, some of the highest-casualty incidents this year include:

Lansdowne High School, Baltimore, Md. (March 4): A 16-year-old student was chased outside a nearby shopping center before being shot multiple times at close range. Police said it was an isolated, targeted attack. The victim was taken to hospital but died from his injuries.

Antioch High School, Nashville, Tenn. (Jan. 22): Two students were killed and another injured when a 17-year-old fellow student opened a fire in the cafeteria. Several staff said the student had a history of violent behavior toward students and teachers.

Wilmer-Hutchins High School, Dallas, Texas (April 15): A 17-year-old student entered the school through a locked side door opened by another student and opened fire in a hallway. Four male students were shot – one at point-blank range – before the gunman fled. All of the victims survived.