GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE 2026

Evidence Based Research - since 2013 PUBLISHED DATE: April 17, 2026

Homicide/Murder/Unintentional/DGU¹
3,644
Total Number of Injuries¹
6,291
Mass Shootings²
106
Mass Murders²
6
Number of Children (age 0-11)¹
Killed 58
Injured 123
Number of Teens (age 12-17)¹
Killed 239
Injured 681
Officer Involved Incident¹
Killed 15
Officer Killed or Injured
Injured 89
Officer Involved Incident¹
Killed 421
Subject-Suspect Killed or Injured
Injured 208
Defensive Use²
239
Unintentional Shooting²
365
Murder/Suicides Incidents²
153

Gun violence and crime incidents are collected/validated from 5,000+ sources daily – Incident Reports and their source data are found at the gunviolencearchive.org website.

Suicide estimates from CDC extrapolations have been removed until we can get a more accurate, timely number to properly reflect the serious suicide problem in this country

Footnotes

Number of source verified deaths and injuries
Number of INCIDENTS reported and verified

All numbers are subject to change or incidents recategorized as new evidence is established and verified.

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Data Sources Verified: April 15, 2026