13 Killed, Many More Injured in Weekend Shootings Across U.S.

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America’s gun violence epidemic saw no break over the weekend, with at least 13 killed and more than two dozen injured as the nation still reeled from the May 24 murders of 19 children and two adults at anUvalde, Texas, elementary school and 10 people at aBuffalo, N.Y., grocery 10 days earlier.

The latest incidents shook communities in Chattanooga, Tenn.; Philadelphia; Saginaw, Mich.; Summerton, S.C.; and Mesa and Phoenix, Ariz.

“Once again, we see lives senselessly lost and those injured in yet another horrendous, brazen, and despicable act of gun violence,” Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kennedy said after a midnight Saturday shooting there involving multiple gunmenkilled three and injured 11in the city’s popular South Street nightlife district.

In Saginaw, reportsWNEM, police responded about 2:30 a.m. Sunday to reports of a shooting. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene; a third died at a hospital from her injuries.

In Summerton, according to a news release from theClarendon County Sheriff’s Office, gunfire shattered a graduation party about 11 p.m. Saturday. “Witnesses said two vehicles approached the residence, one drove into the yard and the other stayed on the highway,” said the release. “At that time, shots were fired. It is not sure whether shots were fired at specific individuals or just randomly in the crowd.” The vehicles sped off, leaving one person dead and seven others wounded.

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In Mesa, a shooting outside a bar left two men dead and two other people injured, while another person was killed and eight others wounded in a shooting Saturday at a Phoenix strip mall, reportsCBS News.

While definitions of the term “mass shooting” vary, theGun Violence Archive, an online archive of shootings, defines the term to mean a shooting in which at least four victims are shot. According to the archive, there have been more than 240 such shootings in 2022.

source: people.com