For exactly a year during the pandemic, the United States did not see a single high-profile public mass shooting. But a surge in daily gun violence contributed to an estimated 4,000 additional murders throughout 2020, in what experts warn will probably be the worst single-year increase in murders on record. There were only two public shootings … [Read more...]
US saw estimated 4,000 extra murders in 2020 amid surge in daily gun violence
It’s necessary: America’s other deadly virus – mass shootings
The past year has been deadly, as the coronavirus pandemic claimed over a half-million lives in the United States and close to 3 million worldwide. We've stayed home, away from public places such as offices, stores and schools. But as we inch back towards normal life, a uniquely American epidemic has once again begun to surge: mass … [Read more...]
Haunted by mass violence, Colorado confronts painful history
"Dawn Reinfeld moved to Colorado 30 years ago to attend college in the bucolic town of Boulder. Enchanted by the state’s wide-open spaces, she stayed. But, in the ensuing decades, dark events have clouded her view of her adopted home. The 1999 massacre at Columbine High School. The 2012 massacre at the Aurora movie theater. On Wednesday, … [Read more...]
Recent Mass Shootings
The Violence Project's data has been cited repeatedly in the aftermath of two horrific mass shootings in Atlanta, GA and Boulder, CO. Here are a few articles that mentioned us briefly, or cited our commentary in the New York Times. Links are in bold: Recent mass shootings in the U.S., Seattle Times, March 23. In America, getting back to … [Read more...]
Boulder Shooting Suspect Charged With 10 Counts of Murder
BOULDER, Colo.—Monday afternoon was quiet at the King Soopers grocery store on Table Mesa Drive. A smattering of shoppers meandered through the aisles. Several waited for Covid-19 vaccinations at the pharmacy. At the Starbucks , Logan Smith brewed a coffee for his friend and co-worker Denny Stong. Then a man burst through the store’s front … [Read more...]