Talk:List of mass shootings in the United States in 2023/Archive 1

Should the Yakima shooting be on here?
The perpetrator of the Yakima shooting killed three people at one location & killed himself, hours later, at another location. Wouldn't this qualify as a spree shooting instead of a mass shooting? Silent-Rains (talk) 02:55, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Atkins Nursery Fallbrook
3 shot, 1 dead. Fits Stanford definition. https://abcnews.go.com/US/multiple-people-injured-shooting-southern-california/story?id=97047256 2600:1012:B1AD:55A4:8918:26C7:D70B:E4AB (talk) 20:04, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

Covenant School shooter
My opinion is that the fact that shooter attended this school as a child is relevant (and can be succinctly put); but that their gender identity is not relevant as far as this article goes. It’s a footnote at best in main article on shooting. Nick Levine (talk) 08:33, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Which is how the article appears at this time. WWGB (talk) 09:27, 30 March 2023 (UTC)
 * We should at least put man. Cis or trans doesn't really matter but not saying a gender at all is weird when other shootings that mention who the perpetrator was do say a gender. TomCat4680 (talk) 09:39, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

The map
If anyone wants to add mass shooting events listed in the chart to the map so it stays up to date and current, it can be found at Template:Map of United States mass shootings/2023. You can copy and paste previously used lines but make sure to have the correct location, date, and latitude and longitude, for each event you are listing. Thanks Leaky.Solar (talk) 20:11, 23 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks 2603:6011:9600:52C0:40F7:7F84:19FB:9D66 (talk) 23:52, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * There is an issue with the dot placed in northwest Arkansas. There doesn’t appear to be an event in the list that occurred here. All four cities are not located in NWA. 2600:1700:7231:4100:BC34:4C0C:B75B:18AC (talk) 23:00, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Monthly statistic.
You forgot to add July. JimiDragon (talk) 14:27, 5 August 2023 (UTC)

"shot" v. "injured"
An editor mass-changed all incidents of "shot" to "injured". I believe this is a mistake, as the term "injured" is ambiguous, whereas "shot" is not. While I would assume most injuries during a mass shooting are from being shot, history has shown that people can become injured in other ways during these events (crowds trampling people, people fleeing unsafely and hurting themselves, etc). In addition to being shorter, "shot" is just better for our readers. —Locke Cole • t • c 03:20, 4 October 2023 (UTC)


 * It was me. I suppose you're right. TomCat4680 (talk) 03:42, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

Map
To keep the map up to date and/or if anyone wants to add the events to the map the page is Template:Map of United States mass shootings/2023. Thanks. Leaky.Solar (talk) 18:57, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Shooting in November 2023
A hospital security guard was shot dead by a gunman and the gunman also shot himself. This took place in New Hampshire. Can this incident go on the page? 103.100.11.3 (talk) 07:11, 18 November 2023 (UTC)
 * There has to be four or more total victims, sounds like there was only two. TomCat4680 (talk) 07:33, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Two missing in my home town alone
https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/10/two-in-critical-condition-from-jersey-city-shooting-that-left-5-injured.html

This article references two mass shootings in Jersey City this fall 100.35.105.228 (talk) 02:13, 19 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the info. I added them. TomCat4680 (talk) 02:51, 19 December 2023 (UTC)