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GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE 2023
Evidence Based Research - since 2013 PUBLISHED DATE: March 28, 2023-
Total Number of GV Deaths - ALL Causes4
9,990
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Homicide/Murder/Unintentional/DGU1
4,248
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Suicide3
5,742
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Total Number of Injuries1
7,492
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Mass Shootings2
131
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Mass Murders2
13
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Number of Children (age 0-11)1
Killed 59
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Injured 130
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Number of Teens (age 12-17)1
Killed 344
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Injured 827
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Officer Involved Incident1
Killed 11
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Officer Killed or Injured
Injured 91
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Officer Involved Incident1
Killed 327
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Subject-Suspect Killed or Injured
Injured 187
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Defensive Use2
249
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Unintentional Shooting2
348
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Murder/Suicides Incidents2
166
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
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Data Sources Verified: March 26, 2023
