Mass shootings on the rise in U.S.

Less than a month into 2023, mass shootings have claimed over 70 lives in in the United States – a country with more guns than people


MASS SHOOTINGS: WORST JANUARY ON RECORD

JANUARY 2023
S M T W T F S
40

Half Moon Bay 
Killed: 7 
Injured: 1

Monterey Park 
Killed: 12 
Injured: 9


GUN DEATHS BREAKDOWN (2020 figures)

Legal intervention: 611

Unintentional: 535 

Undetermined: 400

Suicide: 24,292

Homicide: 19,384

Total gun-related deaths: 45,222


NUMBER OF U.S. MASS SHOOTINGS (to Jan 24, 2023) 
2023 40
2022 647
2021 690
2020 610
2019 417
2018 336
2017 348
2016 383
2015 336
2014 273


Mass shooting: Minimum of four people shot, either killed or wounded, excluding shooter, who may also be killed or injured


There are 120.5 guns in U.S. for every 100 citizens


Sources: AP, BBC, Gun Violence Archive
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