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Government expert: Sutherland Springs killer was basically defending his wife FacebookTwitterEmail Colbey Workman pushes her husband, Kris Workman, into the Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church, repaired and turned into a memorial after the Nov. 5, 2017 mass shooting.SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS /SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS A leading researcher of mass shootings testified for the Air Force on Friday that the Sutherland Springs gunman targeted First Baptist Church to “defend” his second wife fro...

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 Yorks de...

Mass shootings in Ohio increased to 25 in 2020 from 14 the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped nearly...

Mass shootings in Wisconsin increased to 10 in 2020 from three the year before, while nationally mass shootings...

Mass shootings in Pennsylvania increased to 34 in 2020 from 19 the year before, while nationally mass shootings...

Mass shootings in North Carolina increased to 20 in 2020 from 11 the year before.

Mass shootings in Florida increased to 34 in 2020 from 15 the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped...

Mass shootings in Ohio increased to 25 in 2020 from 14 the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped nearly...

Mass shootings in Louisiana increased to 27 in 2020 from 26 the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped during the pandemic.

Marco della Cava and Mike Stucka USA TODAY NETWORK Mass shootings in the United States jumped nearly 50% during 2020, a year that brought a pandemic, 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 the national numbers in 2021. Early results are promising, says Mark Bryant, founder of the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, which tracks gun incident tren...