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There have been at least 308 mass shootings in the United States this year so far, according to the File of Armed Violence or Gun Violence Archive (GVA, for its acronym in English).
In 2022, two great massacres are already mourning American society: the one in Buffalo, in which an 18-year-old murdered 18 people, and the one in Uvalde, Texas, in which another 18-year-old murdered several students in a school.
In July, 6 people were killed in an Illinois parade on Independence Day.
CNN reports mass shootings based on data from GVA, a nonprofit organization that tracks gun violence in the United States.
CNN and GVA define a mass shooting as a shooting in which four or more people are injured or killed, not including the shooter.
The number of mass shootings and casualties is not exact and is subject to change as reports from law enforcement, media and other sources relied on by GVA are updated and verified.
This graph includes mass shootings in the US to date that fall under that definition and is updated as new GVA data becomes available.
Data may lag behind breaking news reports.
With information from CNN's Daniel Wolfe and John Murphy-Teixidor
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America has a sad history of mass shootings.
In this gallery we tell you which were the deadliest.
The order is by number of deaths →
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Oct. 1, 2017 - Las Vegas shooting - A 64-year-old man opened fire at a country concert on the Strip, leaving 58 dead and nearly 700 injured (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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June 12, 2016 - 49 people were killed at Orlando's Pulse bar when 29-year-old Omar Saddiqui Mateen opened fire at the nightclub.
More than 50 were injured.
(Credit: WKMG/CNN)
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April 16, 2007 – Virginia Tech massacre: 32 people are killed in the attack on a 23-year-old student who killed himself after opening fire on the university campus.
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Dec. 14, 2012 - Sandy Hook School Massacre: Adam Lanza, 20, shoots and kills dozens of children, killing at least 20 between six and seven years old, six adults, then takes his own life.
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On November 5, 2017, a man walks into a small Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and shoots 25 people and an unborn baby dead.
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Oct. 16, 1991 – Luby's Cafe Massacre in Killeen, Texas: A 35-year-old man crashed his truck through the door of a Luby's Cafe in Killeen, Texas.
23 people were killed and the attacker committed suicide.
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On August 3, 2019, twenty people were killed when a man walked into a Walmart in El Paso and opened fire.
22 people died.
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On February 14, 2018, a former student opens fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, opens fire.
There were 17 deaths.
(Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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November 5, 2017 - At least 26 people were killed in a shooting at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
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August 3, 2019 - In El Paso, Texas, 22 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart store.
Authorities say they found an anti-immigrant document espousing white nationalist and racist views, which they believe was written by suspect Patrick Crusius, 21.
It is investigated as internal terrorism.
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May 24, 2022 - At least 19 children and two teachers are killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
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July 18, 1984 – San Ysidro, California McDonald's Massacre: A 41-year-old man killed 21 people at a local restaurant.
Police killed the attacker an hour after the shooting began.
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February 14, 2018 - Nikolas Cruz, 19, attacked students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing at least 17 adults and children.
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August 1, 1966 - Massacre at the University of Texas at Austin: 16 people were killed and at least 30 wounded when a former military man opened fire from a tower at the university.
The police shot him down.
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December 2, 2015 - San Bernardino Massacre: A married couple opened fire at a meeting of employees at a center in San Bernardino killing 14 people.
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