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Nearly one-third of all shootings at HBCUs occurred during October.

Source: Percentage of campus shootings at HBCUs (n = 111) and non-HBCUs (n = 278) by month. Everytown Research analysis of Gunfire on School Grounds database. Analysis limited to shootings on college and university campuses, August 1, 2016–July 31, 2026.

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Every day, nearly 130 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2020–2024; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.

Last updated: 1.15.2026