List of mass shootings in the United States in 2020
Updated: 5/24/2026, 6:51:21 PM Wikipedia source
This is a list of shootings in the United States that have occurred in 2020. Shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm-related violence. The precise inclusion criteria are disputed, and there is no broadly accepted definition. Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that tracks shootings and their characteristics in the United States, defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people, excluding the perpetrator(s), are shot in one location at roughly the same time. The Congressional Research Service narrows that definition, limiting it to "public mass shootings", defined by four or more victims killed, excluding any victims who survive. The Washington Post and Mother Jones use similar definitions, with the latter acknowledging that their definition "is a conservative measure of the problem", as many shootings with fewer fatalities occur. The crowdsourced Mass Shooting Tracker project has the most expansive definition of four or more shot in any incident, including the perpetrator in the victim inclusion criteria. There were 614 mass shootings in 2020 that fit the inclusion criteria of this article, resulting in 446 deaths and 2,515 injuries, for a total of 2,961 victims. Compared to the previous year, there were 180 more incidents. However, according to Statista the number is only 2 for 2020 compared to 10 mass shootings in 2019.
Tables
| Date | Community | State | Dead | Injured | Total | Description |
| December 31 | Indianapolis (5) | Indiana | 1 | 3 | 4 | A shooting unfolded outside a nightclub on New Year's Eve that killed a man and sent three others to the hospital. |
| December 31 | Happy Valley | Oregon | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were wounded after a shooting at a party. All four are expected to survive. |
| December 27 | Smith Bay | United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 3 | 4 | Four men were wounded after a shooting near a restaurant. One of the wounded later died from his injuries. |
| December 26 | Lynn (2) | Massachusetts | 1 | 5 | 6 | Six people were wounded in an evening shooting. One of the victims later died at the hospital. |
| December 26 | Rockford (5) | Illinois | 3 | 3 | 6 | Three people were killed and three others injured in a shooting at a bowling alley. The shooter is believed to have selected his victims at random. A person of interest has been taken into custody by authorities. |
| December 26 | Tampa (5) | Florida | 2 | 2 | 4 | Two men were killed and two injured in an early morning targeted shooting in Ybor City. |
| December 26 | Miami (5) | Florida | 1 | 3 | 4 | Three adults and a juvenile were wounded in an afternoon drive-by shooting. One of the wounded later died at the hospital. |
| December 25 | Boynton Beach (2) | Florida | 1 | 4 | 5 | Four people were injured and one was killed after a shooting on Christmas Day. |
| December 25 | Atkins | Arkansas | 5 | 0 | 5 | A woman shot her mother and three young daughters in a murder-suicide. |
| December 24 | Lakeland | Florida | 1 | 4 | 5 | After a teenager got into a conflict with another group, four people were injured and one was killed after a shooting at the teenager's home. |
| December 22 | Meridian | Mississippi | 5 | 0 | 5 | Four individuals were discovered killed in three separate homes after wellness checks were called for them. The perpetrator died of a self inflicted gunshot wound. |
| December 20 | Mayfield | Kentucky | 4 | 0 | 4 | A man killed his wife and two sons before turning the gun on himself. |
| December 20 | Bridgeport (3) | Connecticut | 2 | 2 | 4 | Two men were killed at a sports bar in an apparent targeted shooting. Two innocent bystanders were wounded. |
| December 19 | Chicago (53) | Illinois | 0 | 6 | 6 | Six people were wounded after someone walked into and opened fire inside a South Side beauty salon in the Burnside neighborhood, shortly after midnight. The salon was hosting an after hours party. |
| December 18 | Philadelphia (27) | Pennsylvania | 0 | 4 | 4 | Three men and a woman were shot in the Kingsessing neighborhood. Cocaine and firearms were recovered on the scene. |
| December 14 | St. Louis (11) | Missouri | 0 | 4 | 4 | Following a dispute outside of a restaurant four were people shot. |
| December 13 | Elkview | West Virginia | 4 | 0 | 4 | A family member discovered two parents and two children, aged 12 and 13-years-old, killed in their home. The killer was reportedly a third teenaged child of the family. The shooter was sentenced to life in prison in 2023. |
| December 12 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | 1 | 5 | 6 | A man was killed and five other people injured at a residential complex in the Río Piedras district. |
| December 12 | San Bernardino (2) | California | 1 | 3 | 4 | A man was killed and three others wounded in an early morning shooting. |
| December 12 | Copiague | New York | 2 | 2 | 4 | A man drank at a delicatessen before suddenly opening fire, fatally shooting a customer and the deli owner and wounding two other customers. |
| December 12 | New York City (23) | New York | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four men were wounded in an afternoon shooting in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. |
| December 12 | Landover | Maryland | 1 | 3 | 4 | A man was killed and three others wounded at a large early morning gathering. |
| December 10 | Tifton | Georgia | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were wounded near the Charles Spencer Elementary School during school hours. No students were harmed or in danger. |
| December 10 | Jackson (6) | Mississippi | 0 | 5 | 5 | Five men were wounded in a late night shooting. They were playing dice outside an apartment complex when a man drove up and started shooting. The man chased them through the complex before fleeing. |
| December 10 | Metairie | Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 4 | Two people were killed and two wounded in a parking lot after an SUV pulled into it. |
| December 8 | Williamsburg | West Virginia | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2020 Williamsburg massacre: 25-year-old Oreanna Myers shot and killed five children, aged between one and seven, with a shotgun before setting her house on fire and committing suicide. |
| December 8 | Lacombe | Louisiana | 2 | 3 | 5 | A group of four men attempted to rob a home at gun point. The home owner opened fire in defense and killed two of the robbers and wounded the other two. The homeowner's four-year-old child was also wounded. |
| December 6 | Venus | Texas | 0 | 6 | 6 | Six people were wounded at a rodeo outdoor live music venue, with one to two thousand attendees present. Police had been called to the venue three times prior to the shooting, due to fights. |
| December 5 | Hayward | California | 1 | 3 | 4 | Officers responding to reports of a shooting shortly after midnight found a woman dead and three other individuals injured. |
| December 5 | Autryville | North Carolina | 0 | 6 | 6 | Shortly before midnight an argument between two men at a bonfire escalated. Six people were wounded. |
| December 4 | San Lorenzo | Puerto Rico | 2 | 3 | 5 | Two people were killed in a vehicle and three people were wounded in the area. |
| December 4 | Chicago (52) | Illinois | 0 | 4 | 4 | Three men and a seventeen-year-old girl were injured after someone shot at them from across the street. The group was standing outside a home in West Garfield Park. |
| December 1 | Falls Township | Pennsylvania | 1 | 3 | 4 | An eighteen-year-old was killed and three other teenagers were injured after a dispute between two groups escalated. |
| November 30 | Palmer | Alaska | 4 | 0 | 4 | A man was killed, and shortly later a woman and two children; aged 10 and 7-years-old were killed at a home. An additional child was found uninjured in the home. |
| November 29 | Grenada | Mississippi | 0 | 11 | 11 | Eleven people were shot at a motorcycle club. The injured were treated at nearby hospitals and no arrests have been made. |
| November 29 | Memphis (8) | Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 4 | Two people were killed and two wounded in an apartment complex near Memphis International Airport. |
| November 28 | New Orleans (9) | Louisiana | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were shot in the evening, in New Orleans East. |
| November 28 | Aiken | South Carolina | 1 | 14 | 15 | A man was killed and fourteen other people were injured shortly after midnight at a nightclub. At least three men fled in a vehicle and continued to fire from the vehicle. |
| November 27 | Macon (2) | Georgia | 1 | 5 | 6 | A woman was killed and five people wounded by gunfire and two stabbed outside a nightclub after an early morning argument. |
| November 27 | Toledo (4) | Ohio | 0 | 6 | 6 | Five people were wounded while leaving a club in the early morning. A sixth person was wounded by a stray bullet while at home. |
| November 26 | Henderson (2) | Nevada | 1 | 5 | 6 | A man, his wife, and his brother fired at motorists and people at a 7-Eleven store, killing one person and wounding four others. The shooters drove to Parker, Arizona, where they fired at other people, not hurting anyone, before being arrested after they crashed their car and one of the suspects was shot by police. |
| November 22 | Trenton | New Jersey | 0 | 4 | 4 | Four people were wounded in an evening shooting in the Stuyvesant area. |
| November 22 | New York City (22) | New York | 1 | 6 | 7 | A woman was killed and six others were injured at a party in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. |
| November 21 | Chicago (51) | Illinois | 0 | 6 | 6 | Six people were wounded in an early morning shooting in Gresham on the South Side after a man opened fire on them from the sidewalk. |
| November 21 | Phoenix (2) | Arizona | 1 | 4 | 5 | A woman was killed and three adults and a teenager were wounded at an illegal warehouse party. |
| November 21 | Bellevue | Nebraska | 2 | 2 | 4 | Two people were killed and two others wounded at a Sonic Drive-In after police responded to a call of a bomb inside a truck. A suspect has been arrested. |
| November 20 | Elberta | Michigan | 3 | 1 | 4 | A family of four, a husband and wife and their two adult sons, were shot in their home. The husband is in critical condition at a local hospital. A recently discharged gun was found at the scene and police do not believe there is a suspect at large. |
| November 20 | Wauwatosa | Wisconsin | 0 | 8 | 8 | Mayfair Mall shooting: Eight people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a person opened fire at the Mayfair Mall. Several people, including a 15-year-old boy from Milwaukee, have been arrested in the case. |
| November 19 | Haines City | Florida | 1 | 3 | 4 | One person was killed and three injured in a drive-by shooting while standing under a carport. |
| Month | Mass Shootings | Total number killed | Total number wounded | Occurred at a school or university | Occurred at a place of worship |
| January | 28 | 39 | 111 | 1 | 0 |
| February | 28 | 40 | 94 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 26 | 27 | 112 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 26 | 23 | 92 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 58 | 37 | 248 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 91 | 62 | 395 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 87 | 71 | 383 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 78 | 51 | 340 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 65 | 44 | 274 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 52 | 41 | 210 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 47 | 47 | 192 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 29 | 39 | 94 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 615 | 521 | 2,541 | 3 | 0 |
References
- Including the perpetrator
- Including an unborn child
- Including at least one of the perpetrators
- Gun Violence Archivehttps://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting
- Congressional Research Servicehttps://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R43004
- Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/04/the-squishy-definition-of-mass-shooting-complicates-media-coverage/
- Gun Violence Archivehttp://www.gunviolencearchive.org/methodology
- Washington Posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/mass-shootings-in-america/
- Mother Joneshttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass-shootings-map/
- Mass Shooting Trackerhttps://www.massshootingtracker.site/about
- "Number of mass shootings in the U . 1982-2022"https://www.statista.com/statistics/811487/number-of-mass-shootings-in-the-us/
- Stanford Librarieshttps://library.stanford.edu/projects/mass-shootings-america
- Mass Shooting Trackerhttps://www.massshootingtracker.site/about
- Gun Violence Archivehttp://www.gunviolencearchive.org/methodology
- Voxhttps://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/12/4/9850758/mass-shooting-definition
- ABC Newshttps://abcnews.go.com/US/deadly-mass-shootings-month-2019/story?id=63449799
- WISH-TVhttps://www.wishtv.com/news/crime-watch-8/1-dead-3-injured-in-shooting-in-commercial-area-in-castleton-area/
- KGW8https://www.kgw.com/mobile/article/news/crime/4-people-shot-at-party-in-happy-valley/283-b68dfed5-644e-4923-be1f-1862d069473f
- The Virgin Islands Consortiumhttps://viconsortium.com/vi-crime/virgin-islands-smith-bay-shooting-leaves-four-injured
- The Virgin Islands Consortiumhttps://viconsortium.com/vi-crime/virgin-islands-one-of-four-victims-injured-during-dec-27-smith-shooting-died-on-dec-31-bringing-territorys-total-homicides-for-2020-to-48