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This is a list of the most notable mass shootings in the United States that have occurred since 1900. Mass shootings are incidents involving several victims of firearm-related violence. The precise inclusion criteria are disputed, and there is no broadly accepted definition.
The highest rate was found in the District of Columbia (10.4 shootings per one million people), followed by Louisiana (4.2 mass shootings per million) and Illinois. [7] Perpetrator demographics vary by type of mass shooting, though in almost all cases they are male.
Feb 15, 2024 · Between 2019 and 2020, the total number of mass shootings each year jumped from 414 to 610. Then, 2021 became the worst year for mass shootings since GVA began tracking them in 2013, with...
Mar 23, 2021 · There have been dozens of mass shootings in the United States in just the past five years, according to the Violence Project, which maintains a database of attacks in which at least four people...
Oct 30, 2023 · Data updated as of July 15, 2024. Since 2006, guns have been used in an average of 25 mass killings per year in the United States, killing 2,501 people in all. We use the term “mass...
Mar 23, 2021 · At least 39 people have been killed in mass shootings around the United States so far in 2021. A gunman shot and killed eight people at a FedEx operations center near the Indianapolis...
Jan 24, 2023 · The Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as one with four or more people injured or killed, not including the perpetrator, counted more than 600 such shootings in 2020, compared...
Feb 3, 2022 · Persons who committed public mass shootings in the U.S. over the last half century were commonly troubled by personal trauma before their shooting incidents, nearly always in a state of crisis at the time, and, in most cases, engaged in leaking their plans before opening fire.
Jul 7, 2022 · In the U.S., a spate of gun violence in May, including two of the deadliest mass shootings so far this year, came at too fast a pace to grasp. May 1: North Charleston, S.C. 1 dead, 3 injured. May...
Jul 3, 2024 · Violence and mass shootings often surge in the summer months, especially around the Fourth of July, historically one of the deadliest days of the year. A flurry of shootings around the holiday a year ago left more than a dozen people dead and over 60 wounded. Just two years ago, another mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade left seven people ...
