US Mass Shooting: In the year 2022, the process of mass shooting continued continuously in America. Mass shootings that have cost thousands of lives, including children, show that the average American is not safe on the streets. In fact, an NGO report has revealed that in 2022, more than 6,000 children have been killed or injured by bullets in America. This figure is the highest in the history of the last 9 years.
There are still 4 days left for this year to end, but according to the Gun Violence Archive, in 2022, 6,023 American children age 17 or younger will be killed or injured by gunfire. Whereas, in the year 2021, 5,708 children were killed or injured. This is the highest number of gunshot deaths or injuries in a year since 2014.
306 children 11 years of age or younger
According to Gun Archive, in 2022 at least 306 children aged 11 or younger will be killed by gunfire. 1,323 children between the ages of 12 and 17 died from gunshot wounds. The Gun Violence Archive began releasing shooting statistics in 2014. In 2014, 2,859 children 17 years of age or younger were killed or injured by gunfire.
19 students were also involved in the deaths of children.
The grim statistics come just after a 3-year-old girl was killed in a shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on Christmas Eve. Let us tell you that 19 students are also involved in the deaths of children during the mass shooting in 2022. All of them are 11 years of age or less. The shooting took place on May 24 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
At the same time, a 5-month-old girl named Cecilia Thomas is also included in the youngest children killed by a bullet this year. This incident took place on 24 June 2022 when the girl was sitting in a car with her mother in Chicago.
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