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California Birthday Party Shooting: 4 Dead in 2025's 17th Mass Killing

12/2/2025

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A shooting at a California children's birthday party last weekend killed four people.
It was the 17th mass killing in 2025 and the lowest since 2006.
Criminologist James Alan Fox cautions mass killings are volatile and declines may not signal a trend.
Factors include lower homicide rates and improved emergency responses; 82% of mass killings involve firearms.

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Story summary

A shooting at a California children's birthday party last weekend killed four people.
It was the 17th mass killing in 2025 and the lowest since 2006.
Criminologist James Alan Fox cautions mass killings are volatile and declines may not signal a trend.
Factors include lower homicide rates and improved emergency responses; 82% of mass killings involve firearms.