1 High School Student Injured in Shooting Outside Nashville High School; at Least 6 Killed and 27 Injured at Schools in 2018

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A Nashville high school student was in critical condition Friday after reportedly being shot outside Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School shortly after classes were dismissed for the day.

The victim, a 17-year-old male, did not attend the school, police said, and it’s unclear why he was at the campus. A suspect was not immediately identified.

In 2018, at least six people have been killed and 27 have been injured due to school shootings. Learn more about each incident with our interactive map:

This map includes school shootings that took place on campus where a person was injured or killed. Incidents resulting in injury are labeled blue, while incidents resulting in death are labeled red. The most recent incident is indicated with a larger icon. Click on the icons to see details about each incident.

Behind the numbers:

Nationally, nearly 1,300 children (17 years old and younger) die from gunshot wounds each year, and 5,790 are treated for injuries, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. While unintentional firearm deaths and homicides of children have decreased in recent years, suicides have spiked.

Among child gun deaths between 2012 and 2014, 53 percent were homicides, 38 percent were suicides, and 6 percent were unintentional.

Less than 3 percent of youth homicides and less than 1 percent of youth suicides occur at school, according to a recent report by the National Center for Education Statistics.

If we’ve missed a school incident you think should be included in our coverage, please send an email to info@the74million.org, and bookmark this page for the latest reports of incidents involving the discharging of a firearm on school property that results in a wound or fatality.

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