As of September 2024, California had the most mass shootings in the United States, with 26 total shootings since 1982. The source defines a mass shooting as a shooting where three or more people were killed. Recently, a mass shooting occurred in the state of Maine on October 26, 2023, du...
Most mass shootings occur between 6pm and 6am and happen in the streets, bars, or homes.Victims of mass shootings are most commonly Black adult males, but women and children who are shot are more likely to be killed.Perpetrators of mass shootings are most commonly Black, and overwhelmingly ...
Mass shootings around the world While mass shootings are most common in the United States, there have been notable incidents in countries around the world. In many cases governments have responded to these attacks by introducing significant gun-control measures. École Polytechnique massacre (December...
As a result of the large amount of school shootings, gun control has become a central topic in U.S. politics. This widespread problem happens across the United States; however California saw the highest number of K-12 school shootings in the United States since 1970. However, the deadliest ...
Since the start of the New Year, in just 45 days, there have been 78 mass shootings across the United States, or an average of 1.7 per day, leaving 129 dead and 294 wounded. Figures also showed that the number of mass shootings across the country has been rising sharply, from 339 in...
An analysis of 196 mass public shootings in the United States since 1996 shows that nearly 98 percent,or all but five,of the perpetrators were men,and more than two-thirds of the shooters were under the age of 18.The median age of school shooters was 16.The analysis by The Washington ...
* 32 percent of guns used in mass shootings have unknown origins.RELATIONSHIP TO LOCATION:* More than 60 percent of shooters knew at least some of their victims.* Perpetrators in workplaces, houses of worship, and schools and colleges tended to be current or former students and insiders ...
Mass shootings, generally defined as incidents where four or more people are killed or injured by a firearm, excluding the shooter themselves, have become an alarmingly common occurrence in the United States throughout the last century. The U.S. has had more mass shootings than any other countr...
has persisted since then. Last year, the United States recorded 515 mass shootings, the lowest total in a year since 2019, before the pandemic began.2021 remains the worst year for mass shootings in the US since GVA began tracking them in 2013, with 689 across 44 states and Washington, ...
FBI: Mass shooting incidents occurring more frequently Worst mass shootings in the United States Officers in Austin, Texas, carry victims across the University of Texas campus after Charles Joseph Whitman opened fire from the school's tower, killing 16 people and wounding 30 in 1966. Police ...