Multiple-victim Homicides Rise, But Are Still a Small Share of All Homicides Homicides with three or more victims, as % ofall homicides
In all, less than 1% of homicides each year claim three or more victims. In 2010, there were 31,672 deaths in the U.S. from firearm injuries, with the biggest categories being suicide (19,392) and homicide (11,078), according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.
Multiple-victim Homicides Rise,  | But Are Still a Small Share of All  | Homicides  | Homicides with three or more victims, as % ofall  | homicides  | 1.00%  | COMPARTICALLY 8  | 0.75 0.50 AN COMPARTICALLY  | 0.75  | Q .25  | Q aged 00  | Agels  | Agels aboo abor  | aged 00  | aged sper Apes  | Apes 1993  | 1993  | aboo abor abbe  | abor abbe  | Note: Data labels shown for 1993, 2000 and 2008,  | Source Bureau ofJustice 1980-2008 Statistics Washington, 2011, Homicide Trends  | Source in the United Bureau States ofJustice 1980-2008 Statistics Washington, 2011, Homicide D.C.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 