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By Biodun Busari
Americans and immigrants who died of gun violence in the United States this year were more than 13,900, as shootings have continuously made headlines in the first few months of the year.
According to Gun Violence Archive, as reported by CBS, at least 13,959 people have died from gun violence in the US in 2023 as of May 1 – which was an average of approximately 115 deaths each day.
The report stated that there were 491 teenagers and 85 children among the casualties.
There has been an average of about 66 deaths by suicide per day in 2023.
The majority of these deaths have occurred in Texas, California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Illinois and Louisiana.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, the figure of deaths includes 460 people killed in officer-involved shootings.
There have also been 494 “unintentional” shootings as revealed by the report, CBS said.
About 184 mass shootings were recorded already as of May 1, 2023, which was defined by the Gun Violence Archive as an incident in which four or more victims are shot or killed. These mass shootings have led to 248 deaths and 744 injuries.
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