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Gun-related killings rose 35 percent in 2020, a surge that exacted an unprecedented toll on Black men, the C.D.C. said.

Tuesday, May 10, 2022 1:31 PM ET

More than 45,000 Americans died in gun-related incidents as the pandemic spread in the United States, the highest number on record, federal data show. More than half of the deaths were suicides, which did not increase substantially from 2019 to 2020.

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