So I decided to use "AI", specifically GROK , which is Elon Musk's AI platform to analyze school shootings.
Let's just say that AI failed. And GROK is supposed to be one of the less "woke" and more accurate sources. But it clearly failed.
We really need to find out how many of the 'mass shooters' over the past 5 years were under various therapies. Depression. ADHD. Hormone therapy of all types. We need to figure out if this is a mental illness crisis or if this is a social issue.
The following is my question to GROK, and its answer:
How many of school shooters in the last 5 years were queer, transgender, non-binary or gay?
And the answer from GROK seems to be more "woke" than I expected. We know that the Minnesota shooter was Trans. We know the Minnesota shooter wanted to de-transistion. We know the Minnesota shooter was delusional and regretted "her" transition and even said "she" was 'brainwashed"
So I expected more from GROK. And again, GROK is supposed to be the 'least woke" of the AI programs. But the answer I got below proves that the can't yet trust AI for factual reporting. You may notice the GROK cites very leftist sources like CNN and the Washington Post, among others.
Below is the GROK answer:
Based on comprehensive data from sources tracking gun violence and school shootings in the United States (including Education Week, the Gun Violence Archive, CNN, and the Washington Post), there have been hundreds of school shooting incidents over the past five years (August 28, 2020, to August 28, 2025). Definitions vary slightly across trackers, but a common criterion for a "school shooting" is any incident on K-12 or college/university grounds where a gun is discharged and at least one person (excluding the shooter) is injured or killed. This excludes suicides without other victims, police-involved shootings, or non-discharged firearms.Using this framework:
- There were approximately 10 school shootings in 2020 (pandemic-low due to remote learning), 35 in 2021, 51 in 2022, 38 in 2023, 39 in 2024, and 8 in 2025 (as of August 28, including the recent Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis).
- This totals around 181 incidents with injuries or deaths. Broader trackers (e.g., K-12 School Shooting Database) count over 1,000 incidents if including non-injury discharges, but the core analysis here focuses on those with casualties for relevance to "shooters."
School shooters are overwhelmingly cisgender males (assigned male at birth and identifying as such), with data from the Violence Project (tracking mass public shootings since 1966) showing 97-98% of perpetrators are male. Transgender, non-binary, queer, or gay identities among shooters are extremely rare—less than 1% across all mass shootings (including school ones) in the past decade, per the Gun Violence Archive (GVA). In the specific five-year window, only one confirmed school shooter fits the criteria of being queer, transgender, non-binary, or gay: the perpetrator of the March 27, 2023, Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.Key Confirmed Case
- Covenant School Shooting (Nashville, TN, March 27, 2023): Audrey Hale (who identified as transgender male Aiden Hale, using he/him pronouns) killed 3 children and 3 adults before being fatally shot by police. Hale was a former student at the private Christian school. This is the only school shooting in the five-year period where the shooter's gender identity (transgender) was publicly confirmed by authorities and manifests in the queer/trans umbrella. No evidence linked the motive directly to Hale's identity, though police noted resentment toward the school.
Other Incidents and Why They Don't QualifySeveral high-profile cases have been falsely or speculatively linked to queer/trans/non-binary/gay identities by social media and conservative commentators, often based on unverified social media posts (e.g., Pride flags or pronouns) or misinformation. However, fact-checks and official reports confirm none meet the criteria:
- STEM School Highlands Ranch (Denver, CO, May 7, 2019): One shooter (Alec McKinney) identified as transgender male, killing 1 and injuring 8. This falls outside the five-year window (pre-August 2020).
- Perry High School (Perry, IA, January 4, 2024): Shooter Dylan Butler (17) killed 1 and injured 6 before dying by suicide. Social media speculated Butler was "trans/genderfluid" based on deleted posts with LGBTQ+ symbols and pronouns. Authorities never confirmed this, and no evidence supports it—Butler was referred to as male in official reports.
- Apalachee High School (Winder, GA, September 4, 2024): Shooter Colt Gray (14) killed 4 and injured 9. False claims circulated that Gray was transgender based on unverified screenshots of social media. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified Gray as male ("he" and "son" in reports); no queer/trans/non-binary/gay identity was confirmed. There seems to be questions about his transgender status.
On September 4, 14-year-old suspect Colt Gray allegedly killed two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in what has become Georgia’s deadliest school shooting. Continuing a familiar trend, fringe right-wing accounts almost immediately began claiming without evidence that the...
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- Abundant Life Christian School (Madison, WI, December 16, 2024): Shooter Natalie "Samantha" Rupnow (15) killed 2 and injured 6 before dying by suicide. Initial speculation arose from a misheard police chief comment and unverified social media, but police confirmed Rupnow identified as female (no trans/non-binary elements). No queer/gay identity reported. [again, bear in mind many sources confirm transferrer shooter]
- Annunciation Catholic School (Minneapolis, MN, August 27, 2025): Shooter Robin Westman (23) killed 2 children and injured 17 during a school mass before dying by suicide. Court records show Westman legally changed their name from Robert to Robin in 2020 (citing female identification as a minor), leading to speculation of transgender identity. However, authorities have not confirmed Westman's current gender identity or sexual orientation, and the motive remains under investigation (no links to queer/trans issues reported). This does not yet qualify as confirmed. [BEAR IN MIND, the shooter posted on YouTube he tried of being a transgender, he regretted his brain washing, etc. So clearly GROK failed its analysis]
No other school shootings in the period (e.g., Oxford High School 2021, Robb Elementary/Uvalde 2022, or the 2025 Minneapolis incident prior to confirmation) involved confirmed queer, transgender, non-binary, or gay shooters. Broader mass shooting data (non-school) occasionally includes such identities (e.g., the 2022 Club Q nightclub shooting by non-binary Anderson Lee Aldrich), but these are not school-related and remain rare (0.11% of all mass shootings per GVA).Broader Context and Data Insights
- Rarity and Demographics: Transgender/non-binary people make up ~0.6% of the U.S. population (ages 13+), yet they account for far fewer perpetrators than their population share would suggest—often victims instead. GVA data shows 41 mass shooting victims (not perpetrators) identified as trans in the last five years. The U.S. Secret Service's National Threat Assessment Center (analyzing 2016-2020 attacks) found only 2% of attackers were transgender, with 96% male overall.
- Misinformation Trends: Claims of a "trans epidemic" in shootings often stem from far-right influencers (e.g., Libs of TikTok, Elon Musk) amplifying unverified details post-shooting for clicks or political gain. Reuters, AP, and USA TODAY fact-checks consistently debunk these as cherry-picked or false. No evidence supports queer/trans identities as a risk factor; common shooter traits include male gender (97%+), prior trauma/crisis (80%+), and legal gun access (77%+).
- Why the Focus on Identity?: Experts (e.g., from Media Matters, GLAAD) attribute this to anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric amid rising legislation targeting trans rights (e.g., bathroom bans, sports restrictions). It distracts from root causes like gun access and mental health, per criminologists like James Alan Fox (Northeastern University).
School shootings are a public health crisis driven by broader factors (e.g., gun availability, bullying, mental health gaps), not sexual/gender identity. For prevention resources, see organizations like Sandy Hook Promise or Everytown for Gun Safety.
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