GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE 2021
Evidence Based Research - since 2013 PUBLISHED DATE: February 05, 2021-
Total Number of GV Deaths - ALL Causes4
4,190
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Homicide/Murder/Unintentional/DGU1
1,814
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Suicide3
2,376
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Total Number of Injuries1
3,152
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Mass Shootings2
40
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Mass Murders2
3
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Number of Children (age 0-11)1
Killed 31
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Injured 53
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Number of Teens (age 12-17)1
Killed 114
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Injured 241
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Officer Involved Incident1
Killed 7
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Officer Killed or Injured
Injured 30
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Officer Involved Incident1
Killed 110
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Subject-Suspect Killed or Injured
Injured 99
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Defensive Use2
107
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Unintentional Shooting2
174
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Murder/Suicides Incidents2
61
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
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Data Sources Verified: February 03, 2021

