First Baptist- Topical Discussion: N.C. Missing Persons/Gun Violence

Join us tonight for a Topical Discussion: N.C. Missing Persons/Gun Violence . Two topics that plague our community.

North Carolina has the 34th highest number of missing persons cases per capita. That's according to VivintSource.com, which analyzed statistics from the National Crime Information Center's "Missing Person and Unidentified Person" system. The authors set out to determine which states have the most missing persons per capita and which have the least.

North Carolina has 327 total missing persons, according to the report. That's about 3.2 missing people per 100,000 residents. And while even one missing person is too many, that number pales in comparison to Alaska, where 41.8 people are missing per 100,000 residents.

In GunViolence    The numbers across the state are staggering: since Memorial Day, at least 420 shootings have killed 184 people and injured 305 others, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive and analyzed by the ABC11 I-Team. The 420 incidents mean there has been an average of five such shootings daily, or one incident every 4 hours and 48 minutes.