Mass shootings surge in New York as nation faces record high
Marco della Cava and Mike Stucka
USA TODAY NETWORK
Mass shootings in New York increased to 38 in 2020 from nine the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped nearly 50% during a pandemic with crippling unemployment, violent protests and idle youth.
In 2020, New York reported 38 mass shootings that killed 20 and injured 175. A year earlier, the state had nine mass shootings that killed seven and injured 43.
Among New York's deadliest shootings last year was one Jan. 26 in Newburgh that killed three and injured one. The state's bloodiest shootings included one Sept. 19 in Rochester that killed two and injured 14.