Mass killings in the U.S. were the highest in 2019 than they have been in 40 years, a database shows.
, there was a total of 41 mass killings in 2019. For this database, mass killings were defined as four or more people killed, excluding the perpetrator. Of those, 33 were mass shootings. More than 210 people were killed in total., and Northeastern database began tracking such events back to 2006, which had the second-most killings in a year with 38.
The 211 people killed in the mass murders in 2019 aren’t the largest number, however. The Las Vegas shooting of 2017, with 59 victims,in modern U.S. history, and led to a total of 224 victims of mass killings that year. The database also showed this isn’t a problem exclusive to big cities or small towns — it’s everywhere. Almost half of U.S. states have experienced a mass killing, from New York City to tiny towns
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