GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE 2021
Evidence Based Research - since 2013 PUBLISHED DATE: August 30, 2021-
Total Number of GV Deaths - ALL Causes4
29,508
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Homicide/Murder/Unintentional/DGU1
13,536
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Suicide3
15,972
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Total Number of Injuries1
27,102
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Mass Shootings2
462
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Mass Murders2
18
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Number of Children (age 0-11)1
Killed 211
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Injured 523
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Number of Teens (age 12-17)1
Killed 808
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Injured 2,223
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Officer Involved Incident1
Killed 42
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Officer Killed or Injured
Injured 235
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Officer Involved Incident1
Killed 874
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Subject-Suspect Killed or Injured
Injured 603
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Defensive Use2
857
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Unintentional Shooting2
1,420
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Murder/Suicides Incidents2
390
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: August 28, 2021
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