- 26 February 2020 Milwaukee WI, 6* killed (shot) (https://www.wisn.com/article/active-shooter-at-millercoors-in-milwaukee/31119531)
Incidents 11
Killed 49
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- 1 March 2020 Maple Hill KS, 5* killed (vehicular homicide) (5 dead, 1 injured in head-on crash on I-70 near Maple Hill)
Incidents 12
Killed 54
Characterizing a traffic accident as “killings” renders the term a bit meaningless. People were killed, but that’s not what “killings” is usually taken to mean.
The rules say that I am counting cases where the killer was charged or would have been charged had he lived. If you are the sort who picks out the cashews from the mixed nuts it is easy enough to do so.
- 4 March 2020 Reno NV, 4* killed (shot) (Four dead in Reno murder-suicide, police say)
Incidents 13
Killed 58
- 8 March 2020 Fort Bend County TX, 4* killed (shot) (https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/03/08/police-4-dead-including-2-teens-after-apparent-murder-suicide-at-texas-home/)
Incidents 14
Killed 62
The driver wasnt charged. Who know if he would have been?
It’s just a tragic accident, not a “mass killing”.:rolleyes:
He wasnt charged.
The Midway GA incident?
Thank you. He was not charge since he was dead and all. He would have been charged had he lived.
How do you know?
I have to make a judgement call. I admit a tendency toward publication. I figure it is better to include than exclude.
- 10 March 2020 Dallas TX, 4* killed (shot) (Father, sons among 4 shot to death in possible murder-suicide, Dallas police say)
Incidents 15
Killed 66
Will the pandemic be associated with more or fewer mass shootings in the US?
Charged with what, though? First-degree homicide for deliberately mowing down a family of four with an SUV, or vehicular manslaughter because he was innocently changing the radio station?
- Near Fresno CA, 13 March 2020 4* killed (vehicular homicide) (https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/4-killed-2-injured-in-head-on-crash-near-millerton-lake/)
Incidents 16
Killed 70
Again, this is just another tragic accident.
If you want us to take this seriously, you have to stop including accidents.
Otherwise your entire data becomes worthless.
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Had the driver lived he likely would have been charged with a crime. Further, I added cases like this in response to claims my work was meaningless without it.
It is better, I think to include all the vehicular homicides I can find than excluding them all. Worst of all would be trying to include only the vehicular homicides that were “really” homicides.
How can we determine which vehicular homicides really count? Too much of a judgement call.
If you would like to exclude them, it is easy enough for you to do. But I would caution you that you are likely to be criticized by those who would prefer you do your project according to their rules.
The Internet is like that.