In an article updated on June 5, 2022, NPR claimed there have been “over 240 mass shootings” in the U.S. thus far in 2022.
The NPR piece claimed the country experienced “at least 246 in just over 22 weeks,” which “averages out to just over 11 a week.”
The NPR reaches such a number by sidestepping the traditional FBI definition of four people killed in one incident. Instead, NPR uses the Gun Violence Archive definition of four people shot, whether fatally or not.
Using such a measure allows NPR to claim 11 mass shootings in the first week of June 2022 alone.
The U.S. has already experienced at least 240 mass shootings in just over 22 weeks. https://t.co/sqCb8nsW4J
— NPR (@NPR) June 5, 2022
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