The database, which collects information about deaths and injuries linked to incidents involving firearms, updated its records early Tuesday. Published counts show that the number of shootings over the weekend nearly equaled the number of resulting injuries, with more than 500 shootings reported nationwide between Friday and Monday. There were only five states where one or more shootings were not reported in that time period. Of all the gun violence incidents that occurred over the holiday weekend, at least 11 were classified as mass shootings by the Gun Violence Archive. Any situation where four or more people, excluding the shooter, are killed or injured by gunfire is considered a mass shooting. The database lists 315 mass shootings across the country since the start of this year and about 22,500 deaths caused by any form of gun violence. The number of injuries so far identified in gun violence is approaching the total death toll. Visit for updated stats and info pic.twitter.com/h81Kog0hD7 — The Gun Violence Archive (@GunDeaths) July 5, 2022 An increase in gun violence around the Fourth of July is not uncommon in the US, and this past weekend’s reports from the Gun Violence Archive mirror those released in previous years. In 2021, more than 180 people were killed and 516 injured in shootings that occurred on the same holiday weekend. The devastating effects of gun violence were widespread during the holidays, but some areas were hit harder than others. In Highland Park, an Illinois suburb about 25 miles north of Chicago, at least seven people were killed and more than 20 injured in a mass shooting targeting the neighborhood’s Fourth of July parade. Some of the victims, including at least one child, were in critical condition when they were taken from the scene, Highland Park Fire Chief Joe Srage said Monday. A Lake County, Illinois police officer walks down Central Avenue in Highland Park on July 4, 2022, following a shooting at the Fourth of July parade. Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images About nine hours after the gunman opened fire on Highland Park marchers, authorities arrested a person of interest, identified as Robert Crimo III, in connection with the shooting. Crimo has not been charged in the attack. But the Highland Park shooting wasn’t the only crime involving gun violence in the Chicago area over the weekend. Eight deaths and 68 injuries from gun violence were confirmed in the city in the days leading up to July 4, as well as the holiday itself, according to CBS Chicago. According to information, the ages of the victims ranged from 17 to 90 years old. Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article misstated the number of states with no shootings.
