53 People Died in Mass Shootings in August Alone in the U.S.

The month of August ended as it began: with a shooting rampage and a significant death toll.

Seven people were killed near Odessa, Tex., on Saturday as a gunman started shooting indiscriminately at cars, bringing the number of victims of mass killings by firearms to 53 for the month. The authorities on Sunday revised the death toll from the shooting in Odessa to seven from five, excluding the gunman.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/31/us/us-mass-shootings.html