A Secret Service study released Thursday concluded there were three times more mass attacks at business places than schools in 2017.
Of the 28 total incidents that took place at 31 different sites, 13 of those incidents, or 46 percent, happened at businesses, such as a bank, retailer, law office, or warehouse, according to the Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center’s Mass Attacks in Public Spaces new report.
The second most common location for attacks in which three or more people were harmed were open spaces, including sidewalks, streets, or outdoor events. Nine attacks, or 32 percent, happened in this type of environment.
In third place was schools, with four of the total 28 incidents. Two incidents took place in elementary schools, one at a high school, and another at a university.
Students affected by the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., have continued to urge Congress and the White House to reform gun policies to prevent future similar attacks on schools.
Following the Florida school shooting, MSNBC host Brian Williams reported it was the 12th school shooting of 2018.
Gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety then said it was the 18th such incident on school grounds since Jan. 1.
Those claims were swatted down by a number of the media.
