Just 93 days ago, 17 were killed in the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida. In the 13 weeks since, there have been 71 mass shootings in the US, killing 70, including the 10 who were murdered today in Santa Fe Texas. Another 280 suffered gunshot wounds in those 71 mass shootings. #NEVERAGAIN
69 dead in 71 mass shootings in 93 days – all incidents where 4 or more are shot or killed. #ENOUGH
These shocking statistics are kept by the Gun Violence Archive. (More about the Gun Violence Archive below.)
[Editor: The following table was taken from the Gun Violence Archive early on 5/18, with only preliminary count on the victims in Santa Fe Texas. LATER: updated the Santa Fe numbers. – RS]
Mass Shootings since Parkland, Florida on 14 Feb 2018 (Source: gunviolencearchive.org) |
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| Incident Date | State | City Or County | # Killed | # Injured |
| 18-May-18 | Texas | Santa Fe | 10 | 13 |
| 16-May-18 | Texas | Ponder | 5 | 1 |
| 14-May-18 | Maryland | Baltimore | 0 | 4 |
| 13-May-18 | California | Stockton | 3 | 2 |
| 13-May-18 | Mississippi | Byhalia | 0 | 4 |
| 13-May-18 | California | Los Angeles | 2 | 2 |
| 12-May-18 | Nebraska | Omaha | 0 | 6 |
| 12-May-18 | New Jersey | Paulsboro | 0 | 4 |
| 11-May-18 | Oklahoma | Talihina | 1 | 4 |
| 11-May-18 | Missouri | Saint Louis | 0 | 4 |
| 9-May-18 | Nebraska | Omaha | 0 | 4 |
| 9-May-18 | Missouri | Saint Louis | 0 | 4 |
| 7-May-18 | California | San Diego | 0 | 5 |
| 6-May-18 | Oklahoma | Stillwater | 0 | 4 |
| 6-May-18 | Tennessee | Memphis | 2 | 4 |
| 5-May-18 | Georgia | Columbus | 0 | 5 |
| 4-May-18 | North Carolina | Henderson | 0 | 4 |
| 4-May-18 | Illinois | Chicago Heights | 0 | 4 |
| 2-May-18 | Illinois | Chicago | 1 | 4 |
| 2-May-18 | Minnesota | Minneapolis | 0 | 6 |
| 2-May-18 | New York | Brooklyn | 1 | 4 |
| 1-May-18 | Louisiana | New Orleans | 0 | 5 |
| 30-Apr-18 | Florida | Pompano Beach | 0 | 4 |
| 30-Apr-18 | District of Columbia | Washington | 0 | 4 |
| 29-Apr-18 | Tennessee | Wartburg | 0 | 4 |
| 29-Apr-18 | Washington | Seattle (Skyway) | 2 | 2 |
| 29-Apr-18 | North Carolina | Monroe | 1 | 3 |
| 29-Apr-18 | Florida | West Palm Beach | 1 | 3 |
| 28-Apr-18 | North Carolina | Maxton | 0 | 5 |
| 25-Apr-18 | Arkansas | Pine Bluff | 0 | 4 |
| 25-Apr-18 | Missouri | Saint Louis (Spanish Lake) | 3 | 1 |
| 24-Apr-18 | Michigan | Flint | 0 | 4 |
| 22-Apr-18 | Tennessee | Antioch | 4 | 3 |
| 22-Apr-18 | Louisiana | New Orleans | 1 | 5 |
| 21-Apr-18 | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 2 | 2 |
| 20-Apr-18 | California | San Francisco | 1 | 5 |
| 18-Apr-18 | North Carolina | Asheville | 4 | 3 |
| 15-Apr-18 | Louisiana | Shreveport | 0 | 6 |
| 9-Apr-18 | California | Vallejo | 0 | 4 |
| 8-Apr-18 | North Carolina | Hickory | 1 | 3 |
| 8-Apr-18 | Florida | Miami | 2 | 2 |
| 6-Apr-18 | Florida | Jacksonville | 0 | 4 |
| 6-Apr-18 | Virginia | Virginia Beach | 1 | 3 |
| 4-Apr-18 | Louisiana | New Orleans | 2 | 2 |
| 2-Apr-18 | Texas | Houston | 1 | 3 |
| 1-Apr-18 | Alabama | Mobile | 1 | 4 |
| 1-Apr-18 | Michigan | Saginaw | 0 | 5 |
| 31-Mar-18 | New Jersey | Asbury Park | 0 | 5 |
| 29-Mar-18 | Texas | Plano | 1 | 3 |
| 29-Mar-18 | New Jersey | Camden | 0 | 4 |
| 24-Mar-18 | Utah | Salt Lake City (West Valley City) | 0 | 4 |
| 21-Mar-18 | California | San Francisco | 1 | 5 |
| 17-Mar-18 | Kentucky | Louisville | 0 | 7 |
| 17-Mar-18 | Illinois | Harvey | 0 | 4 |
| 13-Mar-18 | Florida | Macclenny | 0 | 4 |
| 12-Mar-18 | California | Modesto | 0 | 4 |
| 11-Mar-18 | Illinois | Champaign | 1 | 3 |
| 11-Mar-18 | Indiana | South Bend | 0 | 6 |
| 11-Mar-18 | Michigan | Saginaw | 0 | 5 |
| 9-Mar-18 | North Carolina | Wadesboro | 3 | 1 |
| 7-Mar-18 | Alabama | Hurtsboro | 2 | 2 |
| 4-Mar-18 | Illinois | Rockford | 1 | 4 |
| 3-Mar-18 | Florida | Miami | 0 | 4 |
| 3-Mar-18 | New York | Brooklyn | 1 | 3 |
| 27-Feb-18 | Connecticut | Bridgeport | 0 | 4 |
| 26-Feb-18 | Michigan | Detroit | 5 | 0 |
| 23-Feb-18 | Florida | Palm Beach Gardens (Riviera Beach) | 1 | 3 |
| 18-Feb-18 | Texas | San Antonio | 0 | 5 |
| 17-Feb-18 | Kansas | Kansas City | 1 | 7 |
| 17-Feb-18 | Tennessee | Memphis | 0 | 5 |
| 16-Feb-18 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City | 1 | 3 |
Feb 15 to present |
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280 |
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Mission Statement
Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is a not for profit corporation formed in 2013 to provide free online public access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the United States. GVA will collect and check for accuracy, comprehensive information about gun-related violence in the U.S. and then post and disseminate it online.
What GVA considers Gun Violence…and why
Our definition of gun violence is intended to be fully inclusionary of disparate elements of gun related incidents…in that, all types of shootings are included, whether officer involved shooting (OIS), accidental, children shooting themselves, murders, armed robberies, familicide, mass shootings, defensive gun use (DGU), Home Invasions, drivebys and everything else. We derive our definitions from CDC, FBI, NIH, and other organizations who have established standards.
Only by being totally inclusionary in our definitions is our data accurate, allowing the researcher to decide which parts of the complete dataset they need for their work. Our goal is to provide a complete picture of impact. Users then glean what they need from the whole. We intentionally have no GVA POV on the subject… but put in more real terms, GVA is against gun violence, not guns or gun owners and in that we strive to provide an unbiased, complete view of the subject.
Why are GVA Mass Shooting numbers higher than some other sources?
GVA uses a purely statistical threshold to define mass shooting based ONLY on the numeric value of 4 or more shot or killed, not including the shooter. GVA does not parse the definition to remove any subcategory of shooting. To that end we don’t exclude, set apart, caveat, or differentiate victims based upon the circumstances in which they were shot.
GVA believes that equal importance is given to the counting of those injured as well as killed in a mass shooting incident.
In that, the criteria are simple…if four or more people are shot or killed in a single incident, not involving the shooter, that incident is categorized as a mass shooting based purely on that numerical threshold.
How does GVA define School Shootings?
Gun Violence Archive defines a school shooting as an incident that occurs on property of the elementary, secondary or college campus where there is a death or injury from gunfire. That includes school proper, playgrounds, “skirt” of the facility which includes sidewalks, stadiums, parking lots. The defining characteristic is time…Incidents occur when students, staff, faculty are present at the facility for school or extracurricular activities. NOT INCLUDED are incidents at businesses across the street, meetings at parking lots at off hours.
In those incidents where someone is injured/killed we include any gunfire, whether intended to shoot/kill students or not. Those can be sorted by extra characteristics such as suicide or accidental.
Suicides
Because of the way Law Enforcement and Coroners report suicides, they cannot be collected in near real time so they DO NOT appear on our Daily Summary Ledger. They ARE added to our End of Year totals in AGGREGATE when they become available.
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