GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE 2021
Evidence Based Research - since 2013 PUBLISHED DATE: April 18, 2021-
Total Number of GV Deaths - ALL Causes4
12,636
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Homicide/Murder/Unintentional/DGU1
5,508
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Suicide3
7,128
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Total Number of Injuries1
9,960
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Mass Shootings2
150
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Mass Murders2
11
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Number of Children (age 0-11)1
Killed 88
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Injured 189
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Number of Teens (age 12-17)1
Killed 320
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Injured 775
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Officer Involved Incident1
Killed 18
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Officer Killed or Injured
Injured 96
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Officer Involved Incident1
Killed 387
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Subject-Suspect Killed or Injured
Injured 277
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Defensive Use2
351
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Unintentional Shooting2
564
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Murder/Suicides Incidents2
170
Gun violence and crime incidents are collected/validated from 7,500 sources daily – Incident Reports and their source data are found at the gunviolencearchive.org website.
Footnotes
- Number of source verified deaths and injuries
- Number of INCIDENTS reported and verified
- Calculation based on CDC Suicide Data
- Actual total of all non-suicide deaths plus daily calculated suicide deaths
All numbers are subject to change or incidents recategorized as new evidence is established and verified.
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Data Sources Verified: April 16, 2021
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