China News Service, December 27. According to statistics from the US Gun Violence Archives website, as of the 26th, there have been 6,021 minors killed or injured by gun incidents in the United States in 2022.
This is the highest record since the website began to collect this data in 2014. The number of minors killed and injured in gun-related incidents exceeded 6,000 for the first time in the 9 years of records.
Data map: On May 26, local time, in Uvalde, Texas, the United States, people mourned the victims of the elementary school shooting.
A shooting at a local elementary school on May 24 killed 21 people, including 19 children.
In 2022, at least 306 children aged 11 and younger and 1,323 teenagers aged 12 to 17 will be killed by shootings, the website said.
Nineteen students, all aged 11 and under, were killed in the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, ABC reported.
Cecilia Thomas, a 5-month-old baby girl, was the youngest victim of the shooting to die this year, ABC said.
On June 24, a shooting occurred on the streets of Chicago. She was shot in the head in a car and died unfortunately.
The U.S. Gun Violence Archive website began tracking shooting incidents in the United States in 2014 and disclosed relevant information.
In its first year, the site recorded 2,859 shooting deaths and injuries of minors 17 and younger.
According to statistics from the website, since 2014, the number of minors killed and injured by shooting incidents in the United States has been increasing every year.