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Blind shootings in America hit a record in 2023

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, studies conducted on armed violence in the United States show that in 2023, the number of “blind shootings” in this country will reach a new record in the past 17 years. Blind shooting is defined in different ways. Some institutions, such as the non-profit organization …

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, studies conducted on armed violence in the United States show that in 2023, the number of “blind shootings” in this country will reach a new record in the past 17 years.

Blind shooting is defined in different ways. Some institutions, such as the non-profit organization Gun Violence Archive, define any incident in which a large number of people are targeted as a blind shooting. The Armed Violence Archive lists the number of blind shootings at 630.

But according to the FBI definition, blind shootings refer to incidents in which at least 4 people are shot dead. According to this definition, 38 blind shootings have occurred in America this year. Last year, 36 blind shootings took place in America, which was a new record compared to previous years.

Two shootings on Sunday in Dallas, Texas and Vancouver, Washington broke last year’s record. The number of victims of these shootings is now 197 people, not including the armed assailants.

According to the Hill website, shootings with mass casualties in the United States in recent years, especially since the beginning of the Corona epidemic. has been increasing. Twenty-one cases of blind homicide occurred in 2020, which reached 31 in 2021 and 36 in 2022.

The most notable shooting this year in America happened in October in Lewiston, Maine, when the shooter killed 18 people and injured 13 others; His escape from the shooting scene led to a search for days and finally his body was found.

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