Structural Racism and Mass Shooting Events in Mountain West Cities, 2015-2019

Mohit Pande, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Nicole Diaz Del Valle, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Olivia K. Cheche, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Caitlin J. Saladino, Brookings Mountain West & The Lincy Institute
William E. Brown Jr., Brookings Mountain West

Abstract

This fact sheet presents data on the link between social and demographic metrics of principal cities in four Mountain West metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs): Phoenix, AZ; Tucson, AZ; Denver, CO; and Las Vegas, NV. This fact sheet also reports the number of people affected by mass shooting events (MSEs) as originally reported in “Association Between Markers of Structural Racism and Mass Shooting Events in Major US Cities,” published by The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Surgery. The original article derives data from 865 MSEs across 51 MSAs in the United States.