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Mass shootings fall in California, but nation faces record high
Marco della Cava and Mike Stucka
USA TODAY NETWORK
Mass shootings in California fell to 39 in 2020 from 49 the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped nearly 50% during a pandemic with crippling unemployment, violent protests and idle youth.
In 2020, California reported 39 mass shootings that killed 37 and injured 153. A year earlier, the state had 49 mass shootings that killed 65 and injured 193.
Among California s deadliest shootings last year was one Sept. 7 in Aguanga that killed seven.
With COVID-19 cases falling and vaccines rolling out, some criminologists hope a rebounding economy and reopened schools will drive down the national numbers in 2021.
Mass shootings jumped nearly 50% in 2020, due in large part to a pandemic year rife with crippling unemployment, violent protests and idle youth.
With COVID-19 cases falling and vaccines rolling out, some criminologists hope a rebounding economy and reopened schools will drive down those numbers in 2021.
Early results are promising, says Mark Bryant, founder of the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, which tracks gun incident trends. In the first seven weeks of this year, there have been 63 mass shootings â defined as four or more people injured or killed in one incident âwhich if continued would show a drop from 2020, he said.
âIâm hoping last year proves to be the anomaly,â said Bryant. âThe stresses caused by last year, from jobs to illness, were not just an urban thing or a rural thing. We saw bumps in towns in Louisiana and Mississippi, as well as in Chicago and Philadelphia.â
Mass shootings surge in Illinois as nation faces record high
By Marco della Cava and Mike Stucka
USA TODAY NETWORK
Mass shootings in Illinois increased to 69 in 2020 from 41 the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped nearly 50% during a pandemic with crippling unemployment, violent protests and idle youth.
In 2020, Illinois reported 69 mass shootings that killed 42 and injured 301. A year earlier, the state had 41 mass shootings that killed 28 and injured 182.
Among Illinois s deadliest shootings last year was one July 4 in Chicago that killed four and injured four. The state s bloodiest shootings included one July 21 in Chicago that injured 15.
With COVID-19 cases falling and vaccines rolling out, some criminologists hope a rebounding economy and reopened schools will drive down the national numbers in 2021.
Marco della Cava and Mike Stucka
USA TODAY NETWORK
Mass shootings in Oregon increased to two in 2020 from one the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped nearly 50% during a pandemic with crippling unemployment, violent protests and idle youth.
A USA TODAY analysis of Gun Violence Archive statistics from 2020 shows that mass shootings surged by 47% as many states reported unprecedented increases in weapons-related incidents. In 2020, the United States reported 611 mass shooting events that resulted in 513 deaths and 2,543 injuries. In 2019, there were 417 mass shootings with 465 deaths and 1,707 injured.
“Those numbers are sobering,” said Sarah Burd-Sharps, director of research at Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that works to reduce gun violence nationally. “There are lots of theories flying left and right as to why this happened and it’s too early to tell, but what’s clear is that it was a very deadly year.”