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Number of Deaths in 2020
Number of Injuries in 2020
Children Killed or Injured in 2020
Teens Killed or Injured in 2020
Mass Shootings - 2020
Officer Shot or Killed
Subject-Suspect-Perpetrator Shot or Killed
Home Invasions
Defensive Use
Unintentional Shootings
Number of Deaths in 2020 Number of Deaths in 2020
Number of Injuries in 2020 Number of Injuries in 2020
Children Killed or Injured in 2020 Children Killed or Injured in 2020
Teens Killed or Injured in 2020 Teens Killed or Injured in 2020
Mass Shootings - 2020 Mass Shootings - 2020
Officer Shot or Killed Officer Shot or Killed
Subject-Suspect-Perpetrator Shot or Killed Subject-Suspect-Perpetrator Shot or Killed
Home Invasions Home Invasions
Defensive Use Defensive Use
Unintentional Shootings Unintentional Shootings

GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE 2021

Evidence Based Research - since 2013 PUBLISHED DATE: April 18, 2021
  • Total Number of GV Deaths - ALL Causes4
    12,636
  • Homicide/Murder/Unintentional/DGU1
    5,508
  • Suicide3
    7,128
  • Total Number of Injuries1
    9,960
  • Mass Shootings2
    150
  • Mass Murders2
    11
  • Number of Children (age 0-11)1
    Killed 88
  • Injured 189
  • Number of Teens (age 12-17)1
    Killed 320
  • Injured 775
  • Officer Involved Incident1
    Killed 18
  • Officer Killed or Injured
    Injured 96
  • Officer Involved Incident1
    Killed 387
  • Subject-Suspect Killed or Injured
    Injured 277
  • Defensive Use2
    351
  • Unintentional Shooting2
    564
  • 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

  1. Number of source verified deaths and injuries
  2. Number of INCIDENTS reported and verified
  3. Calculation based on CDC Suicide Data
  4. 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:
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Data Sources Verified: April 16, 2021

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