About 11,600 people have died in US gun violence so far in 2024
A Sept. 4 mass school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia has left two teachers and two students dead. Eight students and one teacher were injured, officials said.
The shooting has reignited discussions about the prevalence of gun violence in America.
As of Sept. 5, at least 11,598 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year -- an average of almost 47 deaths each day, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The death toll does not include suicides, which the organization used to track annually but is currently awaiting data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Of those who have died from gun violence, 802 were teens and 173 were children.
There were 18,854 total gun deaths, excluding suicides, in 2023, which was the lowest total since 2019.
Mass shootings
There have been more than 385 mass shootings in 2024 so far, which is defined by the Gun Violence Archive as an incident in which four or more victims are shot or killed.
These mass shootings have led to 385 deaths and 1679 injuries.
Mass shootings in the U.S. have more than doubled in the last decade.
In 2014, there were 272 mass shootings. In 2023, there were 656. Mass shootings peaked at 689 in 2021, according to GVA.
Other shootings
The grim tally of gun violence deaths includes 1,003 people killed in police officer-involved shootings. 55 police officers have been fatally shot in the line of duty this year.
There also have been 934 "unintentional" shootings, the Gun Violence Archive shows. Unintentional shootings reached the lowest they had been in a decade in 2023.
