Across the 428 properties managed by the National Park Service, an average of 308 deaths annually were reported from 2014-2023. National Park Service data from 2017-2022 revealed 25 homicides during that period—fewer than four a year. But the danger almost always comes from situational action (or non-action), accidents or carelessness, not outside violence. • • •The Devil’s Den State Park attack on the Brink family was horrific, unpredictable and apparently unavoidable. Be prepared.