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This is a list of mass shootings that took place in the United States in 2024. Mass shootings are incidents in which several people are injured or killed due to firearm-related violence, specifically for the purposes of this article, a total of four or more victims. As of August 31, a total of 527 people have been killed and 1,755 people have ...
2024 For a more comprehensive list, see List of mass shootings in the United States in 2024. Date Location Dead Injured Total Description September 21, 2024 Birmingham, Alabama 4 17 21 September 2024 Birmingham shooting: Four people were killed and seventeen others were wounded after multiple shooters opened fire outside a bar in the Five Points South neighborhood. September 7, 2024 Laurel ...
Tucson: Arizona: 2 2 4: Two men were killed and two wounded in the desert near Tucson International Airport in the early morning. [96] October 31: Sacramento (5) California: 0 4 4: Four people were wounded in a drive-by shooting in the Natomas area. Those wounded had gathered at a home there. [97] October 31: Sumner: Washington: 0 5 5
Gun-related suicides and homicides in the United States [1] Gun deaths in U.S. in proportional relationship to total population (2012 analysis, based on 2008 data). Gun violence is a term of political, economic and sociological interest referring to the tens of thousands of annual firearms-related deaths and injuries occurring in the United States.
Violent crime in the United States has been in decline since colonial times. The homicide rate has been estimated to be over 30 per 100,000 people in 1700, dropping to under 20 by 1800, and to under 10 by 1900, though these estimates, particularly the older ones, should be regarded as highly speculative.
The following 50 cities have the highest homicide rates in the world of all cities not at war, with a population of at least 300,000 people. [1] This is based on 2022 data from El Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal (The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice), an advocacy group from Mexico City.
List of United States cities by crime rate. The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system. [1]
The annual average number of justifiable homicides alone was previously estimated to be near 400. [4] Updated estimates from the Bureau of Justice Statistics released in 2015 estimate the number to be around 930 per year, or 1,240 if assuming that non-reporting local agencies kill people at the same rate as reporting agencies. [5]