Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Crimes

Gun Violence 8 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes

Shootings, including attacks at schools, and the question of who bears the blame for them.

Season 2 · Episode 5
Baby Killer

Aired November 17, 2000 · Shooting death / murder

A seven-year-old who shot a classmate at recess is charged with murder until the gun leads detectives to a drug killing he witnessed.
Season 5 · Episode 2
Manic

Aired September 30, 2003 · Double murder / prescription drug diversion

A teenage survivor of a school shooting turns out to be the shooter, and his defense puts an antidepressant and its maker on trial.
Season 7 · Episode 6
Raw

Aired November 1, 2005 · Murder

A sniper’s attack on a schoolyard leads the squad to a neo-Nazi gun dealer and a skinhead shooter, and finally to a motive inside the dead boy’s own home.
Season 7 · Episode 12
Infected

Aired January 3, 2006 · Rape and murder; statutory rape

A boy who hid while his mother was killed takes revenge on the philanthropist he blames, and his case becomes a fight over whether gun violence spreads like a disease.
Season 12 · Episode 24
Smoked

Aired May 18, 2011 · Murder

A rape victim is shot dead before her attacker’s trial, and the trail leads to a hired stalker who is also a federal informant.
Season 20 · Episode 2
Man Down

Aired September 27, 2018 · School shooting / criminally negligent homicide

After his father is acquitted of raping him, a teenager opens fire at his school, and Stone sets out to hold the father responsible.
Season 25 · Episode 13
Duty to Hope

Aired May 16, 2024 · Serial rape

When the wrong man is charged in a string of gunpoint rapes, the real attacker strikes again and SVU races to free one man and catch another.
Season 26 · Episode 8
Cornered

Aired November 21, 2024 · Robbery, hostage-taking, rape and murder

Carisi stumbles into an armed robbery at his neighborhood deli and spends the day as a hostage while Benson and Rollins work the standoff outside.

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