Ladbible X Whatsapp
  • iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
More Children Have Been Shot Dead In US Schools This Year Than Police In The Line Of Duty

Home> News

Updated 04:25 26 May 2022 GMT+1Published 02:23 26 May 2022 GMT+1

More Children Have Been Shot Dead In US Schools This Year Than Police In The Line Of Duty

The grim statistic comes after a lone gunman killed 19 children at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang

More children have been killed in American schools by guns in 2022 than US police officers have in the line of duty this year.

The harrowing data comes after a lone gunman entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and shot dead 19 students and two teachers.

A further 37 people were injured in the attack.

Data captured by Education Week has revealed that the Robb Elementary School tragedy brings America's child death tally as a result of gun violence to 24 for 2022.

Advert

The data site says there have been 27 school shootings in the US this year, which have resulted in 27 deaths and 56 injuries.

Carlos Escalona/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy

In comparison, 20 US police officers have been killed by direct gunfire in the line of duty in 2022, as per Officer Down.

Podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen summed up the brutal reality of the latest horror statics in a now-viral tweet.

"It is more dangerous to be a student than a police officer in America in 2022," he said.

Advert

In more shocking data, there have been more mass shootings in the US this year than days elapsed so far.

The nonprofit organisation Gun Violence Archive revealed there have been 212 mass shootings in 2022 and we are only 146 days into the year.

Cohen's comments came shortly after authorities revealed that all 19 students killed in the Uvalde shooting were from the same fourth-grade class.

A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Christopher Olivarez told CNN the latest details 'just goes to show you the complete evil from this shooter'.

The first officers called to the scene could not enter the classroom and were met with bullets as they attempted to break in.

Advert

Olivarez said the officers went around breaking windows to evacuate children and staff from other parts of the building.

He said: "It's a small classroom, you can have anywhere from 25 to 30 students in there, plus there were two teachers in there.

"So I don't have an exact number of how many students were in that classroom, but it could vary. 

Family members awaiting news of missing relatives from carnage at Robb Elementary School.
ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo

"It was a classroom setting, a typical classroom setting where you have mass groups of children inside that classroom all together, with nowhere to go."

Advert

President Joe Biden has called for tighter gun control in the wake of the Uvalde massacre.

The visibly furious and upset President spoke to the press in the hours that followed the attack.

The US President said he was 'sick and tired' of America's gun violence, adding that lawmakers 'have to act'.

"Why in God's name do you need an assault weapon except to kill someone? It's just sick," Biden said.

The US President added: "Why are we willing to keep living with this carnage? It is time to turn this pain into action. It's time to act."

Advert

Such measures have so far lacked enough support to pass through Congress.

Featured Image Credit: Guerilla / Alamy Stock Photo. Ira Berger / Alamy Stock Photo.

Topics: Crime, US News

Rachel Lang
Rachel Lang

Rachel Lang is a Digital Journalist at LADbible. During her career, she has interviewed Aussie PM Malcolm Turnbull in the lead up to the 2016 federal election, ran an editorial campaign on the war in Yemen, and reported on homelessness in the lead-up to Harry and Meghan’s wedding in Windsor. She also once wrote a yarn on the cheese and wine version of Fyre Festival.

X

@rlangjournalist

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

4 hours ago
5 hours ago
  • 4 hours ago

    Man, 92, found guilty of murder of woman nearly 60 years ago in UK's 'longest cold case'

    75-year-old Louisa Dunne was murdered in her Bristol home in 1967

    News
  • 4 hours ago

    'Marriage destroyer' holiday hotspot where Brits 'can't stop cheating' revealed

    Time to cancel those flights

    News
  • 5 hours ago

    Brit ranked no.733 in world won't receive £99k prize money despite shock first round win at Wimbledon

    Oliver Tarvet won't see the money because of a sporting rule

    News
  • 5 hours ago

    Police in frantic search for victim's head after reality star girlfriend charged with murder

    Police believe he was killed nearly two weeks ago now

    News
  • Husband of mum who shot and killed her three children before turning gun on herself defends wife in statement
  • How man who shot his son's karate instructor dead on live TV ended up walking free
  • Son of dad who shot his karate instructor dead on live TV speaks out after 40 years
  • Diddy caught with disturbing reaction to shocking 'freak-off' video being shown in court