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Retail
Violent Fatalities Drop After 2025 Surge
260 Retail Fatalities
in First Half of 2026 - Down 15% From 2025
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Customers Make Up 69% of Fatalities - Associates 13%
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C-Stores Remain #1 Most Dangerous Retailer - 44% of Incidents
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More Violence Shifting to Parking Lots
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Mid-Year
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Fatalities and incidents fall after 2025 spike
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Fatalities up
16% from 2017 - Down 15% from 2025
● Incidents up
19% from 2017
- Down 13% from
2025
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Mid-Year 2026's 260 Retail Violent Fatalities by Category
82% Victims - 18% Suspects
69% Customers - 13% Associates - 0.4% LP/LE/Security - 18% Suspects

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Mid-Year 2026 Fatalities
by Location
72% Parking Lots -
28% In-Store/Mall

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Mid-Year 2026 Total Fatalities by Gender
91% Male -
9% Female

Mid-Year 2026: 33 Associate Fatalities By Method
94% Shot -
6% Accident / Other
Mid-Year 2026 Fatality Incidents by Store Type
C-Stores Top Store Type 10 Straight Years

Mid-Year 2026 Fatality Incidents by Weekday
Tuesday
sees
the most deadly incidents

Mid-Year
2026 Fatality Incidents by State
California Returns to Top Spot

Mid-Year 2026's Top 5
1. California
2. Texas
3. Florida & Georgia
4. Ohio
5. North Carolina, New York & Tennessee
Mid-Year 2026 Fatality Incidents by City
Memphis Remains in Top Spot

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