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Mass shootings in Indiana fell to seven in 2020 from 10 the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped...

Mass shootings in South Carolina increased to 22 in 2020 from 10 the year before, while nationally mass shootings...

Mass shootings in Texas increased to 34 in 2020 from 30 the year before, while nationally mass shootings jumped...

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...

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 — defined as four or more people injured or killed in one incident —which if conti...