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Minneapolis, Minnesota. Annunciation church memorial for the mass shooting victims that killed two children and injured 21 people. (Photo by: Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON - The U.S. has already experienced more than 300 mass shootings , according to recently released data from the Gun Violence Archive.

The Gun Violence Archive (GVA), which compiles data on every reported gun violence incident in the United States from publicly available sources, defines a "mass shooting" as an event involving at least four people shot, excluding the shooter.

By the numbers:

According to the data, there were 340 mass shootings in the U.S. between January and October 14.

Last year, there were a total of 503 mass shootings. In 2023, 659 mass shootings

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