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  {
    "dataset": "wapo",
    "year": 2015,
    "count": 995,
    "scope": "Fatal shootings",
    "src": "wapo_ff"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "wapo",
    "year": 2016,
    "count": 959,
    "scope": "Fatal shootings",
    "src": "wapo_ff"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "wapo",
    "year": 2017,
    "count": 984,
    "scope": "Fatal shootings",
    "src": "wapo_ff"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "wapo",
    "year": 2018,
    "count": 992,
    "scope": "Fatal shootings",
    "src": "wapo_ff"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "wapo",
    "year": 2019,
    "count": 993,
    "scope": "Fatal shootings",
    "src": "wapo_ff"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "wapo",
    "year": 2020,
    "count": 1021,
    "scope": "Fatal shootings",
    "src": "wapo_ff"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "wapo",
    "year": 2021,
    "count": 1050,
    "scope": "Fatal shootings",
    "src": "wapo_ff"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "wapo",
    "year": 2022,
    "count": 1097,
    "scope": "Fatal shootings",
    "src": "wapo_ff"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "wapo",
    "year": 2023,
    "count": 1164,
    "scope": "Fatal shootings",
    "src": "wapo_ff"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "wapo",
    "year": 2024,
    "count": 1175,
    "scope": "Fatal shootings",
    "src": "wapo_ff"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "mpv",
    "year": 2013,
    "count": 1075,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "mpv"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "mpv",
    "year": 2014,
    "count": 1039,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "mpv"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "mpv",
    "year": 2015,
    "count": 1099,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "mpv"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "mpv",
    "year": 2016,
    "count": 1065,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "mpv"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "mpv",
    "year": 2017,
    "count": 1091,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "mpv"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "mpv",
    "year": 2018,
    "count": 1138,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "mpv"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "mpv",
    "year": 2019,
    "count": 1099,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "mpv"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "mpv",
    "year": 2020,
    "count": 1161,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "mpv"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "mpv",
    "year": 2021,
    "count": 1148,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "mpv"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "mpv",
    "year": 2022,
    "count": 1204,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "mpv"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "mpv",
    "year": 2023,
    "count": 1248,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "mpv"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "mpv",
    "year": 2024,
    "count": 1270,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "mpv",
    "note": "Dataset snapshot accessed 2026-07-22. MPV's January 2025 year-end report cited at least 1,365 for 2024; a living crowd-sourced dataset drifts from point-in-time report headlines, which is part of what this study measures."
  },
  {
    "dataset": "guardian",
    "year": 2015,
    "count": 1146,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "guardian_counted"
  },
  {
    "dataset": "guardian",
    "year": 2016,
    "count": 1093,
    "scope": "All killings",
    "src": "guardian_counted"
  }
]