20 hours ago · An active shooter was reported on the campus of the University of South Carolina on Sunday evening, the school said in a campus-wide alert.

20 hours ago · The University of South Carolina (USC) issued campus-wide alerts at approximately 6:45 p.m. EDT on Sunday, reporting an active shooter at the Thomas Cooper …

The FBI defines an active shooter as one or more individuals actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.

An active shooter is the perpetrator of an ongoing mass shooting. The term is primarily used to characterize shooters who are targeting victims indiscriminately and at a large scale, who …

An active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people, most often in populated areas. In most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or …

1 hour ago · An active shooter has been reported at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville (U of A), according to a U of A alert system.

3 days ago · Active Shooter Hoax Prompted Lockdown at Villanova, School’s President Says Police had surged onto the university’s campus northwest of Philadelphia, as frightened …

Aug 8, 2025 · The Atlanta Police Department said an active shooter near Emory University is dead and one officer was killed in the incident.

In the United States, the most prominent attack method used to perpetrate targeted violence is with a firearm. These incidents can often be described as “active shooter” attacks. Active …

20 hours ago · Students at the University of South Carolina received an alert about a possible active shooter near a library on the main Columbia campus.