us news Tracking mass shootings: How 2023 compares with previous years

CNN  — 

There have been more shootings than days so far this year and more shootings than at this point in any year since at least 2013.

CNN is tracking mass shootings in the US 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 2023 compares with previous years:

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated when the Gun Violence Archive was established. It was in 2013.