30,288 Americans Killed in Gun Violence in the First Nine Months of 2019, Including 11,610 Homicides, and 18,678 Suicides

October 10, 2019


San Antonio, TX, gun shooting resulting in killing two people and injuring one, October 9, 2019

Two men killed in East Side shooting

By Jacob Beltran

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Police on scene of a triple shooting on the city's Eastside on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019.

Police Chief William McManus said the shooting started due to an argument between three individuals. Two male victims were dead on the scene and a third transported to SAMC in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the face. Local residents gathered near the Pit Stop near the 4500 block of Lakewood Drive as police gathered evidence while two lifeless bodies laid on the ground. (

Two male victims were dead on the scene and a third transported to SAMC in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the face. Local residents gathered near the Pit Stop near the 4500 block of Lakewood Drive as police gathered evidence while two lifeless bodies laid on the ground. (Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News).

San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said one of the men killed was in his late teens or early 20s and the other victim was in his 40s.

A third man, in his 50s, was shot in the face and taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center in critical condition.

McManus said two of the men began arguing with the other in the parking lot of the Pit Stop, 4506 Lakewood Drive.

SAPD responded to the shooting at about 8 p.m.

At least two people had guns, but it is not known who started shooting at the other or why, the chief said.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/At-least-2-dead-in-East-Side-shooting-14505441.php

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Most recently recorded gun-violent episode:

10-09-2019 Texas San Antonio 3-0

Location

October 09, 2019

Pit Stop 4506 Lakewood Dr San Antonio, Texas Geolocation: 29.4023, -98.405

Participants

Type: Victim Age Group: Adult 18+ Gender: Male Status: Killed

Type: Victim Age Group: Adult 18+ Gender: Male Status: Injured

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, suicide) Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)

Notes

parking lot, shots exchange, 2 shooters unclear, both with GSW

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

Type: Unknown Stolen: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/At-least-2-dead-in-East-Side-shooting-14505441.php

District

Congressional District: 23 State Senate District: 19 State House District: 120.

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CDC report: US gun deaths reach highest level in nearly 40 years

By Morgan Gstalter - 12/13/18

Last year marked a record-high for gun-related deaths in the U.S. in nearly four decades, according to new data released from Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention's WONDER database.

Nearly 40,000 people were killed by guns last year, according to the data.

The 39,773 recorded deaths from firearms marked an increase of more than 10,000 compared to the 28,874 deaths recorded in 1999.

When adjusted for age fluctuations, the estimate represents a total of 12 deaths per 100,000 people — a jump from 10.3 deaths per 100,000 people in 1999.

CDC statisticians told CNN that gun deaths have reached a record-high going back to at least 1979, when firearm deaths started to be coded in mortality data.

An estimated 14,542 people are killed in homicides with guns, according to the CDC.

Last year had previously been deemed the deadliest for mass shootings, following massacres such as the Las Vegas concert shooting and the Sutherland Springs church shooting in Texas.

The steady rise of gun-related suicides also contributed to the record number. An estimated 23,854 people died from suicide using guns in 2017, compared to the 17,352 suicides by firearm recorded in 2007.

The age-adjusted suicide rate by firearm was highest among white men in 2017 at 14 per 100,000 people.

Homicide deaths by firearm affected black men the most, with an age-adjusted rate at 33 deaths per 100,000 people in 2017.

The CDC study also calculated that 486 gun deaths were unintentional, 338 were undetermined and 553 contributed to legal intervention and operations of war.

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who was nearly killed during a shooting in 2011, reacted to the CDC report through her gun control organization.

“This data from the CDC reminds us how many lives our gun violence crisis alters every year – and why so many Americans are rising up to demand action,” Giffords said in a statement.

“It’s unacceptable that the number of deaths from shootings keeps escalating while Washington DC refuses to even debate policies we know would help save lives. But activism leads to change and come January, more gun safety champions will be joining Congress and making this public health problem a priority,” she added.

The National Rifle Association (NRA), the country's largest gun rights group, said on Twitter that gun control laws are not the answer to preventing gun deaths.

"If we want to prevent more horrific acts of violence our leaders need to stop demonizing the men and women of the @NRA and find solutions that will save lives," the organization wrote Wednesday.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/421306-cdc-report-us-gun-deaths-reach-highest-level-in-nearly-40-years

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