And the agony of those close to the victims will never end.
Survivors may take months to recover, if they ever do. Mass shootings end lives in a senseless instant. It may be a day before the family snapshots of the victims emerge. Soon, muted TVs playing cable news in tire shops, bars and airports nationwide show speeding ambulances and white-coated hospital spokespeople briefing on trauma injuries. Video shows police storming into another building and snaking lines of survivors being rushed to safety. Millions of smartphones flash with news of the latest horror. “We need #GunControlNow.Even mass shootings become routine after a while for many Americans not yet directly affected.Īnother city goes into lockdown. “This is never ending,” a woman replied to GVA’s tweet listing the deadliest mass shootings over the last decade. Children run to safety after escaping from a window during a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022. Fifty people were killed and another 53 hurt when a gunman targeted a gay nightclub and gunned down partiers until he was shot by police following a three-hour standoff. The Orlando nightclub shooting in 2016 is second on the list. The 2017 Las Vegas massacre carried out by a gunman who opened fire at a crowded music festival remains the deadliest attack during that span - with 59 dead and 441 injured, according to GVA data. The Highland Park shooting, meanwhile, joined GVA’s list of 13 mass murders in the United States with 20 victims or more since 2013. Police and FBI agents continue their investigation of the shooting at Tops market on May 15, 2022, in Buffalo, New York. At least 11 people were hurt at seven different shooting scenes between late Sunday and early Monday, according to NBC Boston. Monday near Washington and Baily streets. Cops were looking into what motivated the shooter, but said there was no ongoing threat to the public, WWBT reported.Īnd in Boston, four men were shot at about 12:15 a.m. In Richmond, four men and two women were shot by “random gunfire” early Monday outside an internet café. No arrests have been made, WLS-TV reported. A 17-year-old boy was among the victims and police said the gunman may have been traveling in a black SUV.
RECENT MASS SHOOTING ARCHIVE
Reuters A total of 314 mass shootings have been tallied by Gun Violence Archive as of early Tuesday.įive people were wounded when gunfire erupted in the 6500 block of South Martin Luther King Drive in Chicago. Cops said the gunman fired from a rooftop during the parade, sending people running for cover amid the chaos. In addition to the Highland Park slaughter, five other mass shootings broke out in the US on July Fourth, including incidents in Boston, Chicago and Richmond, Virginia, according to GVA data. The nonprofit tracks shootings in which at least four people are wounded or killed, excluding the shooter.Ī total of 314 mass shootings have been tallied by the Gun Violence Archive as of early Tuesday, the latest being in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where one person died and four others were injured, the data shows. The bloodbath marked the 309th mass shooting of 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, marked the 309th mass shooting of 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Six people were slaughtered and dozens more injured when a gunman opened fire at the city’s annual Independence Day parade Monday.Īspiring rapper Robert “Bobby” Crimo, 22, was identified as a “person of interest” in the massacre and taken into custody shortly after the carnage. The Fourth of July bloodbath in Highland Park, Illinois, marked the 309th mass shooting in the United States this year, data shows.
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