到目前为止，在9月的前四天，美国已经发生了五起大规模枪击事件。
美国经历了至少484次大规模枪击事件今年到目前为止，根据枪支暴力档案。这相当于平均每天发生两起大规模枪击事件。
根据该档案，大规模枪击事件被定义为四名或四名以上受害者被枪击或杀害的事件。
尽管大规模枪击事件并没有占据美国枪支暴力事件的大多数，但它们对社区和受害者的影响是显而易见的。
达拉斯的大规模枪击事件;田纳西州的纳什维尔;纽约布法罗，以及得克萨斯州乌瓦尔迪，继续有城市在哀悼，并引发了枪支改革的反复呼吁。
枪支暴力档案在2022年跟踪了大约645起大规模枪击事件，在2021年跟踪了690起。
去年这个时候，美国经历了455起大规模枪击事件。
2023年3月28日，田纳西州纳什维尔圣约学校入口处，附近学校的学生在遇难者纪念碑前表达敬意。
约翰·艾米斯/美联社，档案
以下是今年迄今为止看到的一些大规模枪击事件:
阿拉巴马州伯明翰
阿拉巴马州伯明翰发生枪击事件，两人死亡，三人受伤。9月4日星期一，官方称共有五名受枪伤的受害者被送往UAB医院。三名受害者在UAB医院时遭到枪击，导致急诊室的门和一辆执法巡逻车受损。
华盛顿特区
九人受伤在一次驾车射击中警方称，7月5日清晨，华盛顿特区的居民仍在庆祝独立日假期。
根据哥伦比亚特区大都会警察局的说法，枪击事件发生在美国首都东北象限米德街东部时间凌晨1点前不久。
九名受害者都没有生命危险。据官员称，其中两人是儿童，年龄分别为9岁和17岁。
宾夕法尼亚州费城
一名嫌疑人身穿防弹背心，携带一支步枪和多发子弹在费城开火当局称，7月3日，造成至少5人死亡，2名儿童受伤。死者中年龄最小的只有15岁。
德克萨斯州沃思堡
警方称，7月3日，在得克萨斯州沃思堡举行的一年一度的7月4日ComoFest活动结束后，发生了一起枪击事件，造成至少3人死亡，8人受伤。
马里兰州巴尔的摩
7月2日，巴尔的摩发生大规模枪击事件，至少30人受伤，两人死亡邻里聚会。
受害者年龄从13岁到32岁不等。巴尔的摩警察局后来确认死者是18岁的艾莉雅·冈萨雷斯和20岁的凯利斯·法格贝米。
德克萨斯州达拉斯
2005年5月6日，一名持枪歹徒在得克萨斯州达拉斯北部的一个露天购物中心开枪，造成8人死亡，7人受伤。据官方消息。
佐治亚州亚特兰大
一人死亡，四人受伤在大规模枪击事件中警方称，5月3日在亚特兰大医疗中心。
德克萨斯州克利夫兰
之后有五人被杀在德克萨斯被枪杀警方称，在4月28日的一系列可怕的“处决式”枪击事件中，一名嫌疑人手持AR-15式步枪。
阿拉巴马州达德维尔
四人死亡，28人受伤当大规模枪击当局说，4月15日晚，在阿拉巴马州农村达德维尔一个拥挤的16岁生日聚会上爆发。
塔拉波萨县验尸官麦克·诺克斯已经确认了枪击事件中死亡的四人:23岁的科尔宾·达蒙特瑞·霍尔斯顿，19岁的马赛厄斯·艾曼纽·柯林斯，18岁的菲尔斯塔维厄斯·道德尔和17岁的肖恩基维亚·妮可·史密斯。
肯塔基州路易斯维尔
四人死亡，包括两名警察在内的八人受伤肯塔基州路易斯维尔的一家银行发生大规模枪击事件，据警方称在周一早上。
田纳西州纳什维尔
年，三名儿童和三名工作人员在一所私立学校被枪杀田纳西州纳什维尔据范德比尔特大学医学中心的一名官员称。
枪击事件发生在周一早上的圣约学校，这是一所为学前班到六年级学生开设的基督教学校。
警方在新闻发布会上说，被警方确认为28岁的嫌疑人在学校二楼的大厅被执法人员开枪打死。
密歇根州立大学
据当地警方称，2月13日晚，密歇根州立大学东兰辛校区多处发生枪击事件，造成3人死亡，5人受伤。官员称，嫌疑人死于自伤。
MSU警察和公共安全部代理副部长克里斯·罗兹曼(Chris Rozman)表示，警方最初在晚上8点18分接到了911枪击电话，并在回应时找到了“几名”受害者。据罗兹曼说，警方随后接到了另一起枪击事件的报告，并对MSU工会大楼做出了回应，他们在那里发现了其他受害者。
临时副局长说，警方仍在努力确定嫌疑人的可能动机。
加州奥克兰
至少一人死亡，七人受伤在一次枪击事件中1月23日晚，加州奥克兰。
当局尚未透露这起枪击案的可能动机。
奥克兰的枪击事件是三天内加州发生的第三起大规模枪击事件。
加州半月湾
1月23日，美国加州半月湾两处地点发生枪击事件，造成至少7人死亡，数人重伤。
犯罪嫌疑人已被确认为67岁的赵春丽。警长办公室表示，事件仍在调查中，动机不明。
“目前，我们知道有八名受害者，其中一人已经死亡，其余的受害者情况稳定，”OPD说。
加州蒙特雷公园
一名持枪歹徒袭击造成至少11人死亡，10人受伤在一个舞蹈室开枪1月21日，加州蒙特雷公园，临近农历新年庆典。
当局说，72岁的嫌疑人Huu Can Tran被发现死于托兰斯的一辆白色货车内的自残枪伤，执法人员包围了这辆货车，并强行进入距离大屠杀发生地约30英里的地方。
当局称，蒙特雷公园枪击案的动机尚不清楚。根据执法部门的消息来源，家庭暴力是他们正在调查的情况之一。
社区成员说，随着反亚裔种族主义和暴力的上升，大规模枪击事件加剧了亚裔美国人的持续恐惧。
犹他州伊诺克市
一家八口人，包括五个孩子，被发现死者身上有明显的枪伤据犹他州伊诺克市的官员称，1月4日，警方进行福利检查后，在犹他州的一户人家。
据城市经理罗布·多森说，那天晚上警察局接到了一张福利支票。
多森表示，警方不知道动机。他还表示，伊诺市、铁县和雪松市的执法部门正在配合调查。
“我们都知道这个家庭;我们中的许多人在教堂和社区与他们一起服务，并与这些人一起上学，”多森在新闻发布会上说。“所以这个群体在这个时候很受伤，他们感到失落，他们感到痛苦，他们有很多问题，这很自然。”
阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔
据亨茨维尔ABC附属机构报道，11人在一次争吵中被枪杀，其中两人死亡，三人情况危急WAAY.
麦迪逊县警长办公室表示，调查人员逮捕了与枪击案有关的三名16岁少年和两名成年人。
There have been more mass shootings than days in 2023, database shows
There have been five mass shootings in the United States in the first four days of September so far.
The U.S. has experienced at least 484mass shootingsso far this year, according to theGun Violence Archive.This averages out to almost two mass shootings a day.
Mass shootings are defined as an incident in which four or more victims are shot or killed, according to the archive.
Though mass shootings don’t make up the majority of gun violence incidents in America, their impact on communities and victims is evident.
Incidents like the mass shootings in Dallas; Nashville, Tennessee;Buffalo, New York, andUvalde, Texas, continue to have cities in mourning and have sparked repeated calls for gun reform.
The Gun Violence Archive tracked roughly 645 mass shootings in 2022 and 690 in 2021.
At this time last year, the country had experienced 455 mass shootings.
Here's a look at some of the mass shootings seen so far this year:
Birmingham, Alabama
Two people are dead and three others injured in a shooting in Birmingham, Alabama. On Monday, Sept. 4, officials say a total of five victims arrived at UAB hospital with gunshot wounds. Three of the victims were fired upon while at UAB hospital, leading to damage to an emergency room door and a law enforcement patrol car.
Washington, D.C.
Nine people were injuredin a drive-by shootingin Washington, D.C., early July 5 as residents were still celebrating the Fourth of July holiday, police said.
The shooting occurred shortly before 1 a.m. ET on Meade Street in the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. capital, according to the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.
All nine victims have non-life-threatening injuries. Two are children, ages 9 and 17, according to officials.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A suspect clad in a bulletproof vest and carrying a rifle and multiple rounds of ammunitionopened fire in Philadelphiaon July 3, killing at least five people and wounding two children, authorities said. The youngest of the deceased victims was only 15 years old.
Fort Worth, Texas
At least three people were killed and eight others were injured in a shooting on July 3 following an annual July 4 event called ComoFest in Fort Worth, Texas, police said.
Baltimore, Maryland
At least 30 people were injured, two fatally, when a mass shooting erupted on July 2 in Baltimore ata neighborhood party.
The victims ranged from age 13 to 32. The deceased victims were later identified by police by the Baltimore Police Department as Aaliyah Gonzales, 18, and Kylis Fagbemi, 20.
Dallas, Texas
Eight people were killed and seven others were injured when a gunman opened fire at an outdoor mall north of Dallas, Texas, on May 6,according to officials.
Atlanta, Georgia
One person was killed and four were injuredin a mass shootingat an Atlanta medical center on May 3, police said.
Cleveland, Texas
Five people were killed afterbeing shot in a Texashome by a suspect armed with an AR-15 style rifle in a horrific series of "execution style" shootings on April 28, police said.
Dadeville, Alabama
Four people were killed and 28 others injuredwhen a mass shootingbroke out at a crowded sweet 16 birthday party in rural Dadeville, Alabama, on the night of April 15, authorities said.
Tallapoosa County Coroner Mike Knox has identified the four people declared dead from the shooting: 23-year-old Corbin Dahmontrey Holston, 19-year-old Marsiah Emmanuel Collins, 18-year-old Philstavious Dowdell and 17-year-old Shaunkivia Nicole Smith.
Louisville, Kentucky
Four people are dead and eight others, including two police officers, have been injured followinga mass shooting at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky,on Monday morning, according to police.
Nashville, Tennessee
Three children and three staff members were shot and killed at a private school inNashville, Tennessee, on March 27, according to an official at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
The shooting unfolded Monday morning at the Covenant School, a Christian school for students in preschool through sixth grade.
The suspect, who was identified as a 28-year-old by police, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers in a lobby area on the second floor of the school, police said at a news conference.
Michigan State University
Three people are dead and five others are injured after a shooting at multiple locations on Michigan State University's East Lansing campus on the night of Feb. 13, according to local police. The suspect has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.
Police initially received 911 calls of shots fired at 8:18 p.m. in Berkey Hall and located "several" victims there when responding, Chris Rozman, interim deputy chief of MSU Police and Public Safety, said. Police then received a report of another shooting and responded to the MSU Union building, where they found other victims, according to Rozman.
Police are still working to determine the suspect's possible motive, the interim deputy chief said.
Oakland, California
At least one person is dead and seven more people were injuredin a shooting inOakland, California, on the night of Jan. 23.
Authorities have not yet disclosed a possible motivation for this shooting.
The shooting in Oakland was the third mass shooting in California in just three days.
Half Moon Bay, California
At least 7 people were killed and several more were left seriously injured in a shooting at two locations in Half Moon Bay, California on Jan. 23.
The suspect has been identified as 67-year-old Chunli Zhao. The incident remains under investigation and a motive was unknown, the sheriff's office said.
“At this time, we are aware of eight victims, one who is deceased and the remaining victims were listed in stable condition,” the OPD said.
Monterey Park, California
At least 11 people were killed, and 10 others injured after a gunmanopened fire at a dance studionear a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey Park, California on Jan. 21.
Suspect Huu Can Tran, 72, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a white cargo van in Torrance that law enforcement officers had surrounded and forced their way into about 30 miles from where the massacre occurred, authorities said.
A motive for the Monterey Park shooting is not clear, according to authorities. According to law enforcement sources, domestic violence is one of the scenarios they are looking into.
Still, the mass shooting has compounded ongoing fears from Asian Americans following a rise of anti-Asian racism and violence, community members say.
Enoch City, Utah
A family of eight people, including five children, werefound dead with apparent gunshot woundsin a Utah home on Jan. 4 after police conducted a welfare check, according to the officials in Enoch City, Utah.
According to City Manager Rob Dotson, a welfare check was called into the police department that evening.
Dotson indicated that police are unaware of a motive. He also said law enforcement from Enoch City, Iron County, Cedar City are cooperating in the investigation.
“We all know this family; many of us have served with them in church, and community, and gone to school with these individuals,” Dotson said at a press conference. “And so this community at this time is hurting, they’re feeling loss, they are feeling pain, they have a lot of questions which is natural.”
Huntsville, Alabama
Eleven people were shot in an altercation that left two dead and three in critical condition, according to Huntsville ABC affiliateWAAY.
The Madison County Sheriff's Office said investigators arrested three 16-year-olds and two adults in connection with the shooting.
