2023 gun violence toll: Over 42,000 killed in US
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The reported figure encompasses 650 incidents classified as mass shootings, 40 instances of mass murders, 1,161 cases of defensive gun use, and 1,543 unintentional shootings, according to GVA.
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Students, teachers, and others participate in a rally outside a school in Brooklyn on March 29, 2023, in New York City. (AFP via Getty Images)
In 2023, over 42,000 individuals in the United States were killed due to gun violence, Sputnik reported citing the Gun Violence Archive (GVA).
The data, released on Tuesday, indicated that a significant portion of these deaths, totaling 23,760, resulted from suicide. Additionally, 18,507 individuals lost their lives due to unintentional shootings, murders, and incidents involving defensive gun use, according to GVA.
The alarming rise in gun violence in the #US continues to shatter records, with an average of one mass shooting per day in the first half of 2023, and nearly a dozen mass shootings over the 4th of July weekend alone. pic.twitter.com/HmLzZngnQ5
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) July 8, 2023
The reported figure encompassed 650 incidents classified as mass shootings, 40 instances of mass murders, 1,161 cases of defensive gun use, and 1,543 unintentional shootings, according to GVA.
Gun Violence Archive also disclosed that more than 1,600 children aged 0-17 lost their lives in gun violence, with an additional 4,444 sustaining injuries. The data further revealed that 46 law enforcement officers and 1,412 suspects were killed in gun violence incidents and officer-involved incidents, respectively.
It is worth noting that GVA monitors incidents of gun violence by utilizing information from law enforcement, media, government, and commercial sources.
Over 500 mass shootings recorded in 2023 in US
As of September 18, there have been a staggering 502 cases of mass shootings in the United States since the beginning of this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
The Archive revealed at the time that if this alarming trend of an average of two mass shootings per day persists, the year-end figure could soar to a harrowing 700 cases, a grim milestone for the United States amid inaction from officials.
Even more alarming is the revelation that the number of mass shooting cases involving four or more individuals killed or wounded has nearly tripled over the past decade. In 2014, the United States recorded 272 such cases, but by 2020, that number had surged to 610. It has been on the rise since then. This trajectory suggests that the years of President Joe Biden's tenure witnessed the highest rate of mass shootings in recent memory.
