Officials confirmed Monday the school shooter in Nashville was a 28-year-old woman.
, girls and women committed only 2% of both mass shootings and school shootings in the U.S. Of the 172 mass shooters studied, only four were women. In two cases, the women acted in partnership with a man.According to a
by the U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center, 95% of individuals who carried out deadly school shootings were male; 5% were female. They ranged in age from 11 to 19, with an average age of 16.Researchers have found that shooters who target bigger groups or schools tend to study past perpetrators, who are more likely to be male.
School buses with children arrive at Woodmont Baptist Church to be reunited with their families after a mass shooting at The Covenant School on March 27, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. According to initial reports, three students and three adults were Boys in general tend to externalize anger and sadness against other people, whereas girls are more likely to internalize those emotions and have higher rates of depression and anxiety, Peterson further explained.confirmed an "active shooter event" on Twitter, while the fire department said it responded to an "active aggressor" but did not give any specifics.
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