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US has seen at least 191 in the first 127 days of the yea

Sky News: The US has experienced more mass shootings than days so far in 2023, with thousands dead as a result.

There were at least 191 in the first 127 days of the year, with the latest in a busy Texas shopping mall leaving nine people dead, including the suspected gunman.

On average, the US has seen more than 39,000 gun deaths a year since 2014, and as of 1 May at least 13,959 people have been shot dead in 2023, according to data from Gun Violence Archive.

That is a rate of 115 deaths per day. And on each one, America is more likely to see a mass shooting than not.

Gun Violence Archive broadly defines a mass shooting to mean four or more people (excluding the perpetrator) shot at roughly the same time and location, regardless of fatalities or motives.