Back

List of mass shootings in the United States in 2022

Map of Alaska showing the locations of mass shootings
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2022
Mass shootings in Alaska in 2022
Map of Hawaii showing the locations of mass shootings in 2019
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2022
Mass shootings in Hawaii in 2022
Map of Puerto Rico showing the locations of mass shootings
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2022
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2022
Mass shootings in Puerto Rico in 2022
Map of the United States Virgin Islands showing the locations of mass shootings
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2022
Mass shootings in the United States Virgin Islands in 2022

This is a list of shootings in the United States that occurred in 2022. Mass shootings are incidents involving several victims of firearm-related violence. The precise inclusion criteria are disputed, and there is no broadly accepted definition.[2][3]

Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that tracks shootings and their characteristics in the United States, defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people, excluding the perpetrator(s), are shot in one location at roughly the same time.[4] The Congressional Research Service narrows that definition to four or more killed and excludes the injured who survive.[5][6] The Washington Post and Mother Jones use similar definitions, with the latter acknowledging that their definition "is a conservative measure of the problem", as many shootings with fewer fatalities occur.[7][8] The crowdsourced Mass Shooting Tracker project applies the most expansive definition: four or more shot in any incident, including the perpetrator.[9][10]

A 2019 study of mass shootings published in the journal Injury Epidemiology recommended developing "a standard definition that considers both fatalities and nonfatalities to most appropriately convey the burden of mass shootings on gun violence."[11] The authors of the study further suggested that "the definition of mass shooting should be four or more people, excluding the shooter, who are shot in a single event regardless of the motive, setting or number of deaths."[12]

  1. ^ "Mass Shootings in 2022". Gun Violence Archive.
  2. ^ Borchers, Callum (October 4, 2017). "The vague definition of 'mass shooting' complicates media coverage". Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2018. ...'mass shooting' is a term without a universally-accepted definition.
  3. ^ Bjelopera, Jerome (March 18, 2013). "Public Mass Shootings in the United States" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2018. There is no broadly agreed-to, specific conceptualization of this issue, so this report uses its own definition for public mass shootings.
  4. ^ "General Methodology". Gun Violence Archive. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  5. ^ Borchers, Callum (October 4, 2017). "The squishy definition of 'mass shooting' complicates media coverage". Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2018. ...'mass shooting' is a term without a universally-accepted definition.
  6. ^ "Public Mass Shootings in the United States: Selected Implications for Federal Public Health and Safety Policy". Congressional Research Service. April 16, 2013. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  7. ^ Berkowitz, Bonnie; Lu, Denise; Alcantara, Chris (September 14, 2018). "More than 50 years of U.S. mass shootings: The victims, sites, killers and weapons". Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  8. ^ Follman, Mark; Aronsen, Gavin; Pan, Deanna (September 20, 2018). "A Guide to Mass Shootings in America". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  9. ^ "About the Mass Shooting Tracker". Mass Shooting Tracker. Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  10. ^ Michelle Ye Hee Lee (December 3, 2015). "Obama's inconsistent claim on the 'frequency' of mass shootings in the U.S. compared to other countries". Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  11. ^ Marisa Booty; Jayne O'Dwyer; Daniel Webster; Alex McCourt; Cassandra Crifasi (2019). "Describing a "mass shooting": the role of databases in understanding burden". Injury Epidemiology. 6: 47. doi:10.1186/s40621-019-0226-7. PMC 6889601. PMID 31828004.
  12. ^ Clayton, Abené (December 13, 2019). "What counts as a mass shooting? The dangerous effects of varying definitions". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 23, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2021.