2023-07-04 17:38:19
At least 8 people died this Monday in two shootings that occurred in the states of Texas and Pennsylvania, produced in the hours before the US celebrated Independence Day on Tuesday, a day that, according to statistics, is usually one of the most violent of the year.
The first event occurred in the Kingsessing neighborhood, in the city of Philadelphia (USA), in the northeast of the country, where a shooting left five people dead and two more, two under the age of 2 and 13, injured.
The suspect, a man wearing a bulletproof vest, has already been detained by authorities, the media reported. Subject had multiple magazines, an AR 15 assault rifle, and a pistol.
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A city police officer heard the shooting, which took place southwest of the city, and found at least one victim at the scene.
The city’s police stations also received several calls denouncing a man who was shooting in the street, armed with a rifle.
The man, who has not yet been identified, was intercepted and detained by the agents who went to the area and also found two firearms in different places near where the victims were.
In another violent event in the city of Fort Worth, in the state of Texas, at least three people were killed and eight were injured (including a minor) after a shooting in a parking lot, the city Police Department reported.
So far no arrests have been made and the motive for the shooting is unknown. According to authorities, “it is too soon to say if the shooting was gang related, a domestic dispute or something else.”
However, the first versions ensure that the event could be related to a celebration of July 4 in the neighborhood where the events occurred.
“Traditionally, (in) the Como neighborhood, July 3 is their big celebration. So they have their parade and then on July 3 night they come together as a community,” the Fort Lauderdale Police Department said. Worth, quoted by CNN.
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3 killed, 8 injured in late-night shooting in Forth Worth, Texas
Ten of the gunshot victims were adults and one was a child, police said. [Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office] pic.twitter.com/HM4NsVFek0— George Vitkos Press (@GVitkosPress) July 4, 2023
These two events were the deadliest in recent hours, in which, according to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a non-profit project that follows armed violence in the United States, at least 35 people died in various violent events, with dozens of wounded.
The United States celebrates Independence Day this Tuesday, a day that according to statistics is usually more violent than normal.
According to research by Professor James Alan Fox of Northeastern University in Boston, using figures from the Gun Violence Archive, the country has seen five mass shootings every Independence Day on average over the past decade, more than any other. day of the year
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A year ago, a gunman murdered seven people on the day of the independence of the United States.
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Last year, for example, a man armed with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, killing seven people and wounding nearly fifty.
This year, the municipality will hold a remembrance ceremony and a march, without floats or artists, along the route that the parade normally travels.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, so far in 2023 there have been 345 mass shootings.
The organization defines a mass shooting as one that ends with four victims, whether dead or wounded, not including the perpetrator of the attack if he died or was injured during the event.
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