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GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE 2023
Evidence Based Research - since 2013 PUBLISHED DATE: May 26, 2023-
Total Number of GV Deaths - ALL Causes4
17,008
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Homicide/Murder/Unintentional/DGU1
7,372
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Suicide3
9,636
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Total Number of Injuries1
13,870
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Mass Shootings2
243
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Mass Murders2
23
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Number of Children (age 0-11)1
Killed 106
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Injured 248
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Number of Teens (age 12-17)1
Killed 608
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Injured 1,518
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Officer Involved Incident1
Killed 22
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Officer Killed or Injured
Injured 156
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Officer Involved Incident1
Killed 567
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Subject-Suspect Killed or Injured
Injured 347
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Defensive Use2
448
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Unintentional Shooting2
614
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Murder/Suicides Incidents2
286
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.
METHODOLOGY & DEFINITIONS AVAILABLE AT:
https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/methodology
www.gunviolencearchive.org
www.facebook.com/gunviolencearchive
On Twitter @gundeaths
Data Sources Verified: May 24, 2023
