Expert explains why victim counts are increasing in mass shootings like Half Moon Bay, Monterey Park

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Expert explains why victim counts are increasing in mass shootings like Half Moon Bay, Monterey Park
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The number of mass shootings in the past several years has remained about the same, but experts say the number of victims has increased. Here's why.

ABC7 News I-Team Reporter Melanie Woodrow asked Bryant, "What if anything does that tell you?"

"It tells me that people are using high-capacity magazines. It tells me that people are using semi-automatic assault-type rifles at times," said Bryant.Contextually, he says the weapons perpetrators use speaks to their crimes as well. "While the guy in Monterey Park used an extended magazine he killed more people faster. The person in Half Moon Bay yesterday, he killed more methodically," he explained.

As compared to the rest of the country, more than 1/3 of the individuals killed in mass shootings this year have been in California.RELATED:While numbers tell part of the story, they don't capture the individual lives taken nor the toll on the victims' families and communities at large. "Gun violence is not one issue it's about eight different issues and we have to start looking at it like that," said Bryant.

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