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GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE 2023

Evidence Based Research - since 2013 PUBLISHED DATE: August 07, 2023

Total Number of GV Deaths - ALL Causes⁴
25,962
Homicide/Murder/Unintentional/DGU¹
11,508
Suicide³
14,454
Total Number of Injuries¹
22,855
Mass Shootings²
430
Mass Murders²
28
Number of Children (age 0-11)¹
Killed 177
Injured 427
Number of Teens (age 12-17)¹
Killed 901
Injured 2,519
Officer Involved Incident¹
Killed 34
Officer Killed or Injured
Injured 227
Officer Involved Incident¹
Killed 859
Subject-Suspect Killed or Injured
Injured 498
Defensive Use²
702
Unintentional Shooting²
985
Murder/Suicides Incidents²
414

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: August 05, 2023