Mass shootings in 2023: There have been nearly 40 so far in U.S. - The Washington Post
Mass shootings in 2023: There have been nearly 40 so far in U.S. - The Washington Post
Jan 24, 202336 secs
Comment on this storyOn Jan. 21, a shooter opened fire on the eve of Lunar New Year at a dance studio in Monterey Park, a majority-Asian Los Angeles suburb, killing 11 people.Two days later, related shootings at two locations around Half Moon Bay, near San Francisco, killed seven people.There have already been 39 mass shootings in 2023 in the United States, according to the Gun Violence Archive.There have been more shootings than any other January on the database’s records, which go back to 2014.Mass shootings — where four or more people, not including the shooter, are injured or killed — have averaged more than one per day in 2023.Less than a month into 2023, mass shootings have already killed 70 people and injured 167 this year in America.