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Near real-time reporting of American gun violence incidents. Non-profit. Non-advocacy. Just the data. (Tweets by the GVA team)
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OOO Notice: GVA’s Twitter team will be on summer break from June 30th until July 18th and won’t be tweeting as usual during this time. Please refer to the daily summary ledger posted each morning and event-driven tweets when necessary. Recaps will be posted upon our return.
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Since we tweeted this over 24 hours ago, our team has added: +88 gun deaths +134 gun injuries +1 mass shooting +7 children shot +20 teenagers shot +6 defensive use incidents +5 unintentional shootings
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Real-time U.S. gun violence statistics* for 2022, as of June 27th: •9,663 gun deaths •18,261 gun injuries •292 mass shootings •532 children (age 0-11) shot •2,312 teenagers (age 12-17) shot •550 defensive use incidents •728 unintentional shootings •~11,748 suicides*
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The Gun Violence Archive
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Real-time U.S. gun violence statistics* for 2022, as of June 27th: •9,663 gun deaths •18,261 gun injuries •292 mass shootings •532 children (age 0-11) shot •2,312 teenagers (age 12-17) shot •550 defensive use incidents •728 unintentional shootings •~11,748 suicides*
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GVA had never logged a month of 60+ mass shootings before 2020. It happened five times in 2020, six times in 2021, and now for the second time this year.
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Weekly Mass Shooting Update: There have been 60 American mass shootings in the 27 days of June, bringing 2022's total to 292. January: 34 February: 36 March: 42 April: 57 May: 63 June: 60 There were 305 mass shootings by this date last year.
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Weekly Mass Shooting Update: There have been 60 American mass shootings in the 27 days of June, bringing 2022's total to 292. January: 34 February: 36 March: 42 April: 57 May: 63 June: 60 There were 305 mass shootings by this date last year.
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Real-time American gun violence data in 2022, as of June 23rd: –9,378 deaths –17,722 injuries –279 mass shootings –168 children killed | 351 children injured –624 teenagers killed | 1,631 teenagers injured –536 defensive use incidents –719 unintentional shootings
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American children (0-11) & teenagers (12-17) killed or injured by gunfire over the past five years: 2018: 3,547 kids & teens shot 2019: 3,820 kids & teens shot 2020: 5,153 kids & teens shot 2021: 5,695 kids & teens shot 2022: 2,755 kids & teens shot [on pace for 5,800+]
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Since tweeting this 24 hours ago, we have logged: +51 gun deaths +98 gun injuries +1 mass shooting +6 children shot +7 teenagers shot +4 defensive use incidents +9 unintentional shootings
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Real-time U.S. gun violence statistics* for 2022, as of June 20th: •9,209 gun deaths •17,423 gun injuries •277 mass shootings •509 children (age 0-11) shot •2,224 teenagers (age 12-17) shot •526 defensive use incidents •702 unintentional shootings •~11,286 suicides*
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American mass shooting totals since 2014: -2014: 272 -2015: 336 -2016: 382 -2017: 348 -2018: 336 -2019: 417 -2020: 610 -2021: 692 -2022: 278 [on pace for ~590]
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There have been 278 American mass shootings in 34 different states (and Washington D.C.) in the 172 days of 2022. gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-s
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Weekly Mass Shooting Update: There have been 45 American mass shootings in the 20 days of June, bringing 2022's total to 277. January: 34 February: 36 March: 42 April: 57 May: 63 June: 45 There were 288 mass shootings by this date last year.
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*FAQ: Because of the way suicides are reported, this number is an estimated calculation based on CDC data with today being the 171st day of the year. Please refer to our methodology for more information on suicide data collection processes.
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Real-time U.S. gun violence statistics* for 2022, as of June 20th: •9,209 gun deaths •17,423 gun injuries •277 mass shootings •509 children (age 0-11) shot •2,224 teenagers (age 12-17) shot •526 defensive use incidents •702 unintentional shootings •~11,286 suicides*
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