WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Over 25,000 people have been killed across the US in gun-related violence this year, according to a monitor’s data.
The Gun Violence Archive counted 25,193 people who were fatally shot through Aug 1, according to the Anadolu Agency.
That includes 11,135 people who died as a result of gun-related homicides, murders, unintentional shootings, and defensive gun uses. Some 14,058 people died from gun-related suicides.
The archive tallied 86 mass shootings in July alone, the most counted of any month so far this year. May’s 79 mass shootings are the second-highest while February and March are tied for the lowest levels at 40 each.
Overall, there were 647 US mass shootings last year, down slightly from the 690 tallied in 2021, it reported.
The number of mass shootings saw a dramatic spike in 2020 when the figure hit 610, a significant jump from the 417 counted the year before.
In all, 22,175 people have been injured as a result of gun-related violence this year, according to the archive. Over 580 children have been shot so far this year in addition to 3,325 teenagers. — NNN-AGENCIES
