Mass shooting defn =
editSource | Minimum number of people shot | Excludes perpetrator | Public place | Same location | Roughly the same time | Exclusions |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stanford University MSA Data Project | 3 | ? | Organized crime, gangs, drug wars | |||
Mass Shooting Tracker | 4 | ? | ||||
Gun Violence Archive/Vox | 4 | ? | ||||
Mother Jones | 3 | ? | ? | |||
The Washington Post | 4 | ? | ||||
ABC News/FBI | 4 | ? | ||||
Congressional Research Service | 4 (shot and killed) | ? | ? | Gang-related, profit-motivated |
George Floyd protests deaths
editDate | City | State | Name | Description |
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2020-05-27 | Minneapolis | MN | Calvin Horton Jr. | Fatally shot during a protest by a local shopowner was arrested, and police sources indicated that the suspect had blamed Horton for the looting of his store.[1] |
2020-05-30 | St. Louis | MO | Unknown | Dragged between the wheels of a FedEx truck trailer that, according to police, was fleeing from a mob.[2] |
2020-05-30 | Omaha | NB | James Scurlock | Shot outside of a bar by the owner, who had a scuffle with a group of protesters.[3] Two days later, it was announced by authorities that there will be no charges for the bar's owner and that he had opened fire in self-defense.[4] |
2020-06-01 | Louisville | KY | David McAtee | Louisville Metro Police and the Kentucky National Guard opened fire on a crowd of protesters. These authorities alleged that they returned fire after shots were fired at them. According to the victim's sister, the gathering was not a protest but rather a regularly scheduled social gathering at which McAtee served food from his barbecue restaurant.[5] An investigation of the killing is ongoing.[6][7] LMPD Chief Steve Conrad was fired later that day, as officers and troops involved in the shooting did not wear or failed to activate body cameras.[8] |
2020-06-01 | Davenport | IA | Two unknown | Two people shot on a night with significant rioting. One police officer was also wounded in a shooting.[9] |
2020-06-01 | Cicero | IL | Two unknown | Killed following an "afternoon of unrest"[10] but no "additional information about those killed or the circumstances of their deaths" was provided.[11] |
2020-06-01 | Las Vegas | NV | Unknown | Police shot and killed an armed man wearing body armor. The man was walking among protesters as a demonstration was coming to an end and allegedly reached for his weapon when he was shot.[12] |
2020-06-02 | Philadelphia | PA | Unknown | Protester shot by the owner of the gun shop Firing Line Inc. while trying to break into the store.[13] |
2020-06-02 | St. Louis | MO | David Dorn | A 77-year-old retired police captain was shot by looters at a pawn shop.[14] |
2020-06-02 | Philadelphia | PA | Unknown | A 24-year-old looter was killed by police after exploding an ATM machine and attempting to run away with its cash.[15] |
Prospective
edit- Four more deaths, including that of a police officer, were reported on during the protests, but investigations were ongoing into whether those deaths were related to the unrest.[16]
- In Richmond, Virginia in the early hours of June 2, two Richmond police officers were shot and injured while responding to a 911 call reporting gunfire.[17] Waseem A. Hackett, a 19-year-old male with no known permanent address was charged with malicious wounding of a law enforcement officer and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.[18][19]
- ^ "Man shot dead outside Lake Street pawnshop during unrest is identified". Star Tribune.
- ^ Sanders, Nicole (May 31, 2020). "Man dragged by FedEx truck dies during night of George Floyd protests in St. Louis". The Mercury News.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Jessie Yeung; Steve George; Nick Thompson; Melissa Macaya; Meg Wagner; Mike Hayes; Daniella Diaz (June 1, 2020). "Live updates: George Floyd protests across America". CNN.
- ^ Wise, John P. (June 1, 2020). "Man shot dead at 26th and Broadway identified". WAVE3 News. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ Burnside, Tina; Henderson, Jennifer (June 1, 2020). "Man dead in Kentucky after authorities fired at crowd as they cleared parking lot". CNN. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "One dead in Louisville after police and National Guard 'return fire' on crowd". NBC News. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ Wise, John P. "Louisville mayor fires police chief". www.wkyt.com.
- ^ Joens, Philip. "2 people dead after rioting in Davenport; police officer shot after being 'ambushed'". Des Moines Register.
- ^ "George Floyd fallout: 2 killed as unrest erupts in Cicero; Pritzker deploys National Guard to suburbs; 7 counties declared a disaster zone; CTA again suspends service". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. June 2, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Two killed in Chicago suburb as Trump threatens military forceāAl Jazeera Live". Al Jazeera English. Doha, Qatar. June 2, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ Komenda, Ed. "Las Vegas protest rolling updates: Officer in critical condition after shot by a protester". Reno Gazette Journal.
- ^ Martinez-Valle, Miguel; Stamm, Dan (June 2, 2020). "South Philly Gun Shop Owner Shoots, Kills Looter, Police Say". WCAU.
- ^ Press, The Associated. "Police: Retired St. Louis police captain killed amid unrest". Seymour Tribune.
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Doss, Victoria. "19-year-old suspect identified in officer-involved shooting in Richmond". nbc12.com.
- ^ "Two Richmond police officers, suspect shot". WTVR. June 2, 2020.
- ^ "19-year-old charged in overnight shootout in Richmond's Southside that injured 2 RPD officers". June 2, 2020.