Mass shootings surge in North Carolina as nation faces record high
Mass shootings in North Carolina increased to 20 in 2020 from 11 the year before.
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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 trends. In the first seven weeks of this year, there have been 63 mass shootings — defined as four or ...