Gun Violence Either Killed or Injured More Than 6,000 Children in 2022
Over 6,032 children under the age of 17 were wounded or killed by gun violence this year, 2022, based on the data shown. This year’s number is the highest number recorded in a year since the nonprofit began collecting data in 2014. This number increased from 5,708 dead or injured in 2021.
According to a published post by The Hill, data also revealed that 306 children under the age of 11 were killed in the shootings, and 668 were injured. Furthermore, 1,325 teenagers aged 12-17 were killed in the gun violence and 3,732 were injured.
2022 Report: More Than 6,000 Children Killed or Injured By Gunfire
According to the website, in 2014, GVA first began recording data, 603 kids and 2,318 teens in the U.S. were killed or injured due to gun violence. The statistic follows a year of conspicuous shooting violence, including the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students aged 11 and under.
This year’s youngest to die in gun violence was a 5-month-old, Cecilia Thomas, who died after being shot in the head in Chicago while sitting in a car during a drive-by shooting in June. This year, 2022, a total of 43,675 individuals died from gun violence, with 19,849 deaths from murder, homicide, or accident causes, and 23,826 people were categorized as suicides.
