The shooting deaths of 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, added to a growing wave of gun deaths and violence that’s hitting American children, a USA TODAY analysis shows. It’s not just mass killings that have increased. Gun violence of all types is on the rise at U.S. schools, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database maintained by the Naval Post Graduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security. At the current rate for 2022, the number of victims appears on track to surpass 2021's total by the end of the year. Our charts show record numbers of school shootings, a surge in mass killings at schools and how guns have replaced cars as the leading killer of kids. Tap through our link in bio for more.