Alabama, Florida and Tennessee each have been the site of three mass killings, with a total of at least 12 victims in each state.
Six more states – including Maine and North Carolina – have had two mass-killing incidents this year, while eight states have had one.
Since 2006, nearly 3,000 victims have died in mass killings in the U.S., and approximately 2,000 more have been injured.
The analysis accompanying the database also notes that fatal public shootings typically make up a smaller portion of mass killings overall, and that victims of mass killings most often are family members or acquaintances of the killers.
Among 42 mass killings in 2022, for example, fatal public shootings – unrelated to other criminal activity – accounted for seven incidents, while mass killings involving family accounted for 17.
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