{"id":139619,"date":"2019-08-05T12:01:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T11:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=139619"},"modified":"2019-08-05T08:52:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T07:52:19","slug":"gun-violence-in-2019-there-have-been-251-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-in-216-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/08\/gun-violence-in-2019-there-have-been-251-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-in-216-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Violence in 2019: There Have Been 251 Mass Shootings in the U.S. in 216 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St Pius X Church held a vigil for victims after the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday 3 Aug 2019. Mario Tama\/Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n

4 Aug 2019 – <\/em>It was a particularly deadly 24 hours in the United States as a shooting spree early Sunday [4 Aug] \u00a0morning in Dayton, Ohio, which left at least 10 dead<\/a>, including the gunman, took place less than a day after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, and killed at least 20 people<\/a>. The violence in Dayton, which took place on the 216th<\/sup> day of the year, marked the 251st<\/sup> mass shooting of 2019, according to the Gun Violence Archive<\/a>. The nonprofit organization counts as a mass shooting any incident in which four or more people were shot or killed, without including the shooter.<\/p>\n

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Update, 15 minutes later: According to initial reports, there have now been 3 mass shootings in August \u2013 Dayton being #251 of the year. https:\/\/t.co\/9e6rti7AzM<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Gun Violence Archive (@GunDeaths) August 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n