mass_shootings: US Mass Shootings

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US Mass Shootings

Description

A dataset containing records on all identifiable mass shootings in the United States from 1982-2021.

Usage

mass_shootings

Format

A data frame with 124 rows and 14 variables:

case

Short name of the incident.

year

Year in which the shooting occurred.

month

Month in which the shooting occurred.

day

Day in which the shooting occurred.

location

City and state where the shooting occurred.

summary

Brief text description of the mass shooting incident.

fatalities

Number of fatal victims in the incident (excluding the shooter).

injured

Number of injured, non-fatal victims in the incident (excluding the shooter).

total_victims

Number of total victims in the incident (excluding the shooter).

location_type

Generic location in which the shooting occurred.

male

Logical value indicating if the perpetrator was a male.

age_of_shooter

Age of the perpetrator when the incident occurred.

race

Race of the shooter.

prior_mental_illness

Did the perpetrator show evidence of mental illness prior to the incident?

Source

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-shootings-mother-jones-full-data/

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