In 77 percent of school attacks at least one person, most often a peer, knew of the perpetrator's plan.

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1 in 3 Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people know or care about someone who was killed with a gun.

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Police are twice as likely to threaten or use physical force during encounters with Latinx people than with white people.

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67 percent of known trans homicide victims who were killed with a gun were Black women.

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American Indian/Alaskan Native women are three times more likely than white women to be fatally shot by an intimate partner.

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In 77 percent of school attacks at least one person, most often a peer, knew of the perpetrator’s plan.

More Stats

1 in 3 Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people know or care about someone who was killed with a gun.

Police are twice as likely to threaten or use physical force during encounters with Latinx people than with white people.

67 percent of known trans homicide victims who were killed with a gun were Black women.

American Indian/Alaskan Native women are three times more likely than white women to be fatally shot by an intimate partner.