FBI report: More than 200 killed in active shooter incidents in 2016-17

Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife Sherri join a news conference near the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing and wounding many. The Pomeroy's daugher, Annabelle, 14, was killed in the shooting. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) less Pastor Frank Pomeroy and his wife Sherri join a news conference near the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in ... more Photo: Eric Gay, STF Photo: Eric Gay, STF Image 1 of / 78 Caption Close FBI report: More than 200 killed in active shooter incidents in 2016-17 1 / 78 Back to Gallery

The FBI released a report Thursday on active shooter incidents in the U.S. between 2016 and 2017, including six Texas cases that include the Sutherland Springs shooting and an active shooter in Houston.

The 18-page report identified 50 FBI incidents in the two-year span in which an active shooter engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area, according to the FBI.

The report shows there was a spike in deaths and injuries in that two-year span.

That increase was attributed to three incidents that include the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas where 58 people were killed, the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando where 50 people were killed and the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Spring, where another 26 people were shot to death.

Furthermore, the report shows that there were 943 casualties in active shooter situations. Of those, 221 people died and 722 were wounded.

That count is up from the agency's 2014-2015 report in which there were 92 deaths and 139 injuries.

Additionally, the FBI's report notes that of the 50 incidents, the FBI's data showed that armed and unarmed residents engaged the shooter in 10 cases. Their actions successfully ended the shootings in eight of those cases.

The shooters in each case were male, the report reveals. And each acted alone.

The shooters ranged in age from 14 to 66 years old. Eight shooters were stopped by citizens, 18 were apprehended by police, 11 were shot and killed by police officers and 13 committed suicide.

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