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According to the Centers for Disease Control, 31,672 people were killed by firearms in America in 2010. Slate’s gun-death tally, which we include at the end of each post, has recorded 7,897 deaths since the Newtown massacre last December—almost three times the total killed on Sept. 11, and nearly double the number of U.S. soldiers killed over the course of the nine-year-long Iraq War.

Sobering as this tally is, there’s still a glaring disparity between the C.D.C. figures and Slate’s running total. The reason, Slate has explained, is that its tally is culled from news reports, and the C.D.C. figures are taken from death records. “Using the most recent C.D.C. estimates…it is likely that as of today, 9/5/2013, roughly 23,381 people have died from guns in the United States since the Newtown shootings,” the site’s authors write. “Compare that number to the number of deaths reported in the news and you can see how under-told the story of gun violence in America actually is.”

Here is today’s report.

—Jennifer Mascia

7-year-old Desirae Macias was left brain dead after gunmen opened fire on her family following a fight at a Palmdale, Calif., gas station, early Wednesday. Sheriff’s deputies said the conflict began when the boyfriend of the victim’s mother got into an argument with three men. Though he tried to disengage from the fight, citing his family in the car, the suspects followed them for several miles before opening fire. The gunmen were arrested.

—KABC

A 10-year-old girl was accidentally shot and wounded during a family hunting trip in Burley, Idaho, Sunday morning. The sheriff’s office investigated the shooting and ruled it was accidental. No word on whether anyone will be charged.

—The Seattle Times

A teenage boy was shot in the chest and wounded in Mamie Hicks Park in Shreveport, La., Tuesday night. Though the area has a violent past, witnesses said it had been calm in recent years, but young people still gather at the park after dark to gamble. Police have asked the public for help in identifying suspects.

—ShreveportTimes.com

A 15-year-old boy was shot in the chest and critically injured on the west side of Indianapolis, Ind., late Wednesday. Few other details were released.

—TheINDYChannel.com

A teenage boy and a 24-year-old man were killed and at least five others were wounded in separate shootings in Chicago, Ill., Wednesday. Geanni Boyd, 16, was shot and killed and a 15-year-old boy was injured in the Washington Park neighborhood at about 7:45 p.m. Jeffrey Montgomery, 24, was shot and killed in the Gresham neighborhood at noon. A 36-year-old man standing on a sidewalk in the Jackson Park Highlands neighborhood was shot in the back at 9:45 p.m.; a 29-year-old man was shot in the hip in Englewood; one man was shot and two other people were struck with shards of glass in the West Chatham neighborhood at around 10:55 a.m.; and a 35-year-old man shot in the abdomen and bicep walked into Norwegian-American Hospital at 4:15 p.m.

—Chicago Tribune

17-year-old Jorge Navarro was killed in a drive-by shooting in Madera, Calif., Tuesday night. Police said a blue vehicle pulled up beside the victim and two others as they walked home from a neighborhood market, and the passenger pulled out a gun and shot Navarro in the head. Police are searching for two suspects.

—ABC 30

A 90-year-old jitney driver was shot several times in Homewood, Pa., Wednesday afternoon. Police said a man sitting next to the driver was the intended target. That man fled the scene, and police have not been able to find him. The victim remains in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the neck and upper body. Jason Haddock, 24, was arrested.

—WPXI.com

Two Phoenix, Ariz., police officers were shot in the legs while trying to track down a shooting suspect late Tuesday. Police said Nazario Castillo, 27, fired a sawed-off shotgun at officers while hiding beneath a truck. He and Emmanuel Castillo, the driver of the suspect’s vehicle, were arrested. The officers were treated at a hospital.

—AZCentral.com

Three people were shot and wounded in a gunfight at Patriots Park in Bakersfield, Calif., Wednesday evening. A witness said the victims were shot on the tennis court at the park and the gunman ran away.

—KERO

Megan Bookstaver, 23, was shot in the head and killed while examining firearms with her boyfriend and two others in a townhouse in Tarrytown, N.Y., Monday. The gun involved was a “long gun” that did not have to be registered, but there were other unregistered guns found in the home. Police are calling the shooting “suspicious.”

—LoHud.com

A woman in her early 20s was found shot and killed in a house in Kansas City, Kan., early Wednesday. The gunman was gone when officers found the woman, and they did not release suspect information.

—The Kansas City Star

A woman was killed and another man was injured in a shooting near a playground in the South Ward of Newark, N.J., Tuesday night. Police said the attack may have been targeted, but released few other details. The death marked the city’s ninth homicide in as many days.

—NJ.com

A targeted shooting in Rochester, N.Y., left a woman dead and a man critically wounded Wednesday morning. Police said Marcus Freeman, 26, opened fire outside a home, striking Walesy Alvarez, 27, in the backseat of a car, and a man, 32, who was near the car. Freeman was indicted for first-degree rape on June 14. A manhunt is underway.

—Democrat and Chronicle

One person was killed and another person was injured in an attempted murder-suicide at a home in Montville Township, Ohio, Tuesday afternoon. 53-year-old David Misosky was shot in the chest in the garage and critically wounded, and Thomas P. Hakli, 59, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in the driveway. A 9mm handgun was recovered at the scene.

—The News-Herald

A 22-year-old man was shot to death and a 20-year-old woman was wounded when gunfire erupted on the north side of Milwaukee, Wis., Wednesday evening. The man was walking back to his car when multiple shots were fired from an approaching vehicle, striking him and the woman. No other details were available.

—JSOnline

Two men, 22 and 24, were shot in southwest Philadelphia, Pa., Wednesday night. The 22-year-old victim was found lying on the street suffering from a gunshot wound to the back of the head. He is not expected to survive. The other victim was found around the corner, suffering from a gunshot wound to the buttocks. Police are searching for the shooter, who they say drove away in a dark-colored Crown Victoria.

—Philly.com

A tire shop employee was shot in the thigh and wounded during a robbery in the Olney section of Philadelphia early Monday. Police are searching for two gunmen.

—NBC Philadelphia

A man in his 20s was shot several times and killed on the front porch of a home on the East Side of San Antonio, Tex., Wednesday afternoon. Family began arriving on scene as police collected evidence, many of them wailing and visibly grieving. The police chief said the victim was a member of the gang, but the shooting was “more personal than gang-related.”

—mySA.com

One person was killed and another person was wounded in a shooting a few blocks from Nationals Park in Southwest Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. Police are soliciting tips.

—NBC Washington

A shooting sent at least one person to the hospital with life-threatening injuries on the south side of Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday afternoon. Detectives said the conflict began during a shootout between multiple people near the Hungarian Village area, and 23-year-old Kevin E. Brown was shot in the neck. The suspect is believed to have fled from the scene through an alley. “It’d be really tragic if a kid were to come by and get hit by one of the bullets, you know,” said Michelle Stroud, who heard the gunshots.

—10TV.com

An 81-year-old man who was lying in wait with a .22-caliber rifle for a raccoon accidentally shot himself after sneezing and falling from a chair in New Haven, Conn., Saturday night. James Pace Sr. told authorities that a raccoon had been scratching at his back door for several days. Detectives seized the rifle and are investigating the incident.

—FoxNews.com

According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 7,879 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.