Visualizing how mass shootings in 2024 compare with past years
![<i>Scott Morgan/Reuters</i><br/>Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a shooting at Perry High School in Perry](https://ktvz.b-cdn.net/2024/01/cnn-L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2ltYWdlL2luc3RhbmNlcy9jbHIwdXJwcWUwMDBrcHZxaGI1MXg3OWF3-L19jb21wb25lbnRzL2FydGljbGUvaW5zdGFuY2VzL2NscjB1cnBxZTAwMHBwdnFoOWxodzE3cHg.jpg)
Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a shooting at Perry High School in Perry
(CNN) — CNN is tracking mass shootings in the United States using data from the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit group formed in 2013 to track gun-related violence. Both CNN and GVA define a “mass shooting” as a shooting that injured or killed four or more people, not including the shooter.
Here’s how 2024 compares with previous years:
Last year ranked second for most mass shootings in a year since 2013. Read the full breakdown from 2023.
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