US Firearms Mass-Murders 2021
The Atlanta shootings were the first public US mass-murder attack in almost a year
The United States was given much needed reprieve from public shooting attacks last year owing to the Coronavirus pandemic leading to public gatherings being banned and stay-at-home orders being put into place. Domestic mass-murders however still remained. Nonetheless, incidents of firearm mass-murders were still down significantly on the previous year.
2021 however looks to be a mixed bag. With mass-vaccinations taking place across the country and with businesses and venues beginning to reopen this could lead to far more opportunities to carry out a public assault. However, given that 2020 was such a quiet year in comparison and given that public mass-murders are statistically very rare there is still optimism within the country that mass-murders will continue to decline.
| Incident # | Date | Location | Killed | Injured | Description | Source |
| 1 | January 9th | Evanston (IL) | 5 | 2 | Spree | http://tiny.cc/hewutz |
| 2 | January 24th | Indianapolis (IN) | 6 | 1 | Domestic, one residence | http://tiny.cc/lewutz |
| 3 | February 2nd | Muskogee (OK) | 6 | 1 | Domestic, one residence | http://tiny.cc/xcwutz |
| 4 | March 13th | Indianapolis (IN) | 4 | 1 | Domestic argument over stimulus check, one residence | http://tiny.cc/oewutz |
| 5 | March 16th | Atlanta (GA) | 8 | 1 | Spree attack, unknown motive | http://tiny.cc/sdwutz |
| 6 | March 22nd | Boulder (CO) | 10 | 1 | Public attack at a supermarket, presumed jihadism | http://tiny.cc/jh9vtz |
| 7 | March 28th | Essex (MD) | 4 | 1 | Multiple locations | http://tiny.cc/72evtz |
| 8 | March 31st | Orange (CA) | 4 | 1 | Workplace shooting | http://tiny.cc/btivtz |
| 9 | April 4th | Allen (TX) | 4 | 0 | Double teenage mass-murder suicide-pact | http://tiny.cc/72evtz |
| 10 | April 8th | Rock Hill (SC) | 6 | 0 | Unknown, shooter was former NFL player | http://tiny.cc/50uvtz |
| 11 | April 15th | Indianapolis (IN) | 8 | 6 | Workplace shooting at Fedex | http://tiny.cc/qr4wtz |
| 12 | April 29th | Boone (NC) | 4 | 0 | One residence | http://tiny.cc/hfywtz |
| Total | 69 | 15 |
The map below shows the locations of each firearm mass-murder.
Firearm mass-murders in the US mapped for 2021
In addition to the above mass-shooting incidents, a man is wanted in connection with 4 deaths in Albuquerque where four dismembered bodies were found in the trunk of a car.
As of the last incident (on April 29th) there has been THIRTEEN mass-murders in the United States in 2021, leading to 69 deaths and 14 injuries, an average of one every 10 days.