GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE 2023
Evidence Based Research - since 2013 PUBLISHED DATE: December 11, 2023-
Total Number of GV Deaths - ALL Causes4
40,597
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Homicide/Murder/Unintentional/DGU1
17,827
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Suicide3
22,770
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Total Number of Injuries1
34,552
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Mass Shootings2
636
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Mass Murders2
40
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Number of Children (age 0-11)1
Killed 280
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Injured 608
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Number of Teens (age 12-17)1
Killed 1,318
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Injured 3,703
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Officer Involved Incident1
Killed 46
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Officer Killed or Injured
Injured 355
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Officer Involved Incident1
Killed 1,357
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Subject-Suspect Killed or Injured
Injured 756
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Defensive Use2
1,123
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Unintentional Shooting2
1,483
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Murder/Suicides Incidents2
637
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: December 09, 2023