Democracy Dies in Darkness

Double mass shootings over weekend set grim U.S. record

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Updated December 4, 2023 at 6:39 p.m. EST|Published December 4, 2023 at 4:50 p.m. EST
Authorities in Dallas transport a stretcher at the scene of a shooting that left four people dead on Sunday, including a 1-year-old boy. (Shafkat Anowar/AP)
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In less than 90 minutes on Sunday afternoon, two 911 calls led police in Texas and Washington to two mass shootings that pushed the nation to a gruesome milestone.

They were the 37th and 38th shootings this year in which four or more victims were killed, the highest number of mass killings in any year since at least 2006. Last year’s 36 was the previous record.