Six people were shot in the week ended June 11 alone.
Normally, the school year ends several weeks from now, at the end of May.
Sales rose 15 percent, to $393.8 million for the five weeks ended April 1.
The previous record level, 661.2 million shares, was for the four weeks ended June 15.
The table for the week ended Sept. 7 appears today on page 20.
Initial claims fell 45,000 for the week ended April 27.
Their analysis ends with patients admitted in the week ended April 15.
The report was the first since the one that provided data for the week ended Dec. 9.
Through the week ended Dec. 15, the record industry is off 10.8 percent, compared to a year earlier.
The record high was reached the week ended Oct. 4.