Depending on the database used, there were between 8 and 146 incidents of gun violence at schools across the US in 2025.
By Mohammed Haddad
On Wednesday, as students continue to return to schools this week after the summer break, a man armed with three guns fired dozens of rounds into a school mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing two children and injuring 17 others.
The shooting ended when the suspect, 23-year-old Robin Westman, “took his own life” at the rear of the church, Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara said, and authorities are still investigating the motive.
School shootings have become a grim reality, occurring far too often in the United States, yet efforts to impose stricter gun ownership laws continue to face strong opposition from conservative groups and politicians.
