The country has already recorded 131 attacks from January to March, the highest number in the last 5 years.
The United States has already recorded 131 mass shootings in Q1 2023. From January to March, the attacks killed 195 people and injured another 503. The data comes from the Gun Violence Archive organization, updated on March 29, 2023.
In Q1 2023, there were 19 more shootings than in the same period of 2022, which saw 112 attacks. In 2021, 2020 and 2019 the number of attacks was 117, 70 and 66 respectively.
As for the death toll from the attacks, there was an increase in 2023. Records for Q1 2022, which marked 123 deaths, jumped to 195 in 2023.
In 2021, 2020 and 2019, 141, 84 and 92 fatalities were recorded in attacks, respectively.
The number of injuries also increased in the first quarter of 2023. The mark was 498 injured. In Q1 2022, 446 were injured. Already in 2021 458.
Of the 29 states that recorded mass shootings in Q1 2023, the 5 with the most attacks were: California (12), Florida (12), Texas (12), Louisiana (11), and North Carolina (8).
Filming in Tennessee
On March 27, 2023, police in Nashville, a city in the state of Tennessee (USA), recorded a gunshot attack on The Covenant Presbyterian School. The attack killed 3 adults, 3 children and the gunman.
The site of the shooting is a Christian private school for students from preschool through sixth grade. The school has about 200 students.
On Monday evening (March 27), police identified the shooter as 28yearold Audrey Elizabeth Hale. According to police, the shooter arrived at the school earlier in the morning in a Honda Fit car.
They say Hale was an alumnus and was shot through the school doors. He drew a detailed map of the school, including possible entry points, officials said.
Initially, the police identified the shooter as a woman. However, it was later reported that he identified as trans and defined himself with masculine pronouns. Hale was killed in a confrontation with police.
This report was prepared by journalism intern Maria Eduarda Cardoso under the supervision of editor Victor Labaki.