A gunman opened fire at an elementary school in south Texas on Tuesday, killing 18 children. The deadly violence in Texas follows a series of mass shootings in the United States this month.
On May 14, an 18-year-old white man shot 10 people dead at a Buffalo, New York grocery store. The following day, a man blocked the door of a church in Laguna Woods, California and opened fire on its Taiwanese-American congregation, killing one person and injuring five.
Here is a look at how gun violence has soared in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.