This chronological list of school shootings in the United States in the 2020s 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)20201513020211962120225098120233961120242883120253611102026Total2941804124
2020 incidents.
DateLocationDeathsInjuriesTotalDescription January 8, 2020 Belle Glade, Florida011An individual who was not a student accidentally shot himself in the leg in the parking lot of Glades Central High School. January 11, 2020 Dallas, Texas112A 15-year-old was arrested after two people were wounded by gunfire during a fight at a high school basketball game between South Oak Cliff and Kimball High School. An 18-year-old man was badly wounded in the shooting, and a bullet fragment grazed a Dallas ISD police officer. The 15-year-old shooter, who turned himself in at Dallas police headquarters, was initially charged with aggravated assault; however, after the 18-year-old student died from his injuries, the shooter was charged with murder. The shooter was sentenced to 15 years in prison in a plea deal. January 14, 2020 Bellaire, Texas101A 19-year-old student was shot in the chest and killed at Bellaire High School. A 16-year-old student was arrested and convicted of manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. January 14, 2020 Fort Worth, Texas022An adult male and a 10-year-old child were injured at North Crowley Ninth Grade Campus after a youth basketball game. January 17, 2020 Howell, Michigan011A father accidentally shot himself while in the Three Fires Elementary School parking lot and was picking up his child when his gun went off by mistake when the man was adjusting himself inside his car. January 23, 2020 Oxnard, California011A stray bullet fired during a street altercation struck a 9-year-old student at McAuliffe Elementary School. January 23, 2020 Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands000 A woman fired two shots in the air at the Antilles School before pointing her gun at another woman.January 31, 2020Antioch, California101A 16-year-old student was killed after a large fight broke out after a basketball game at Deer Valley High School. February 3, 2020 Commerce, Texas213Jacques Dshawn Smith, 21, gained access to Pride Rock Residence hall at Texas A&M University–Commerce, where he is suspected of shooting his ex-girlfriend Abbaney Matts, 20, and her sister Deja Matts, 19, to death. Abbaney's two-year-old son was also injured during the shooting. Smith pled guilty and was sentenced to life in prison plus 35 years.February 4, 2020Baton Rouge, Louisiana101A 22-year-old employee of the Louisiana Culinary Institute was killed in the institute's parking lot by the ex-boyfriend of his girlfriend. The ex-boyfriend was later arrested and claimed he did not know the weapon was loaded and planned to use it as a scare tactic.March 5, 2020Weston, Florida011A school security officer was with a school maintenance worker in the parking lot of Sagemount School when he unintentionally shot the worker in the eye. The officer was not authorized to carry the weapon on campus.March 11, 2020Shenango Township, Pennsylvania022 Byron Benetas shot at a school van carrying seven elementary school students. Two bullets hit the van. Nobody was hit, although two children were injured by flying glass. Benetas was arrested a short time after and later pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in exchange for other charges, including attempted murder, being dropped. He was sentenced to three to six years imprisonment and two years' probation.https://www.ellwoodcityledger.com/7895003002 March 15, 2020Humble, Texas101A large group of men jumped a fence to gain access to Atascocita High School's football field, when an argument escalated, and a 19-year-old was killed. The shooter, Jaqwaun Glenn Pradia, was sentenced to 50 years in prison with 25 years before parole.March 30, 2020Madison, Wisconsin20218-year-old Khari Sanford abducted his girlfriend's parents from their home and brought them to the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum, where he shot both of them in the head. Sanford, who was previously staying with the victims, had reportedly gotten into a dispute with them over COVID-19 social distancing restrictions.May 5, 2020Visalia, California303https://tulareda.org/two-convicted-for-role-in-visalia-triple-slaying/July 27, 2020Oro Valley, Arizona101A worker fixing the roof of Canyon del Oro High School was fatally wounded after his unholstered weapon accidentally discharged.July 29, 2020Collinsville, Illinois011Responding officers to a report of a student in distress at Collinsville High School opened fire after a 17-year-old pointed a weapon at them, wounding the teenager. September 16, 2020 Sonora, California101 At Sonora High School in downtown Sonora, a student named Eric Aguiar, 17, was shot and killed in the High School's parking lot. The shooter, Joshua Amondo Rodriguez was found guilty of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted second-degree murder and sentenced to 71 years, eight months plus 50 years to life in prison, with eligibility for parole in 20 years. September 16, 2020 Macomb, Illinois011 Kavion Poplous, 18, was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, and aggravated discharge of a firearm in the shooting of a student in a dorm at Western Illinois University. Poplous was sentenced to 18 years in prison plus three years of supervised release. September 19, 2020 San Francisco, California000 At Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan Armenian School, a 1-2 am shooting happened, which was believed to be a hate crime targeting the Armenian people. Nobody was killed or injured in the shooting. November 25, 2020 Garden City, Kansas112A man was arrested after a 4-year-old girl was shot and killed at a house, and a 16-year-old was injured nearby in the Abe Hubert Elementary School parking lot.December 17, 2020Birmingham, Alabama101A 20-year-old University of Alabama at Birmingham student was shot and killed in a campus parking lot outside the student center. Investigators believed the shooting occurred during an arranged meeting to sell headphones. The shooter Carlos Stephens was originally convicted of capital murder in her death and sentenced to life without parole but had his conviction vacated and later pled guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
2021 incidents.