There have been more than 380 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2024, according to Gun Violence Archive. According to CNN, there have been at least 83 school shootings in America in 2024 — 27 on college campuses and 56 in K-12 schools. In 2020, there was a decrease in shootings due to the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Christian school in Madison, Wis., had killed two people and injured six others on campus, and the gunman is dead. Barnes later clarified the death toll had risen from three to five. Officers were notified of an active shooter at Abundant Life Christian School at 10:57 a.