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Ten people were killed and 38 wounded in mass shootings in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Fort Worth during the hours leading up to the July 4 party, according to authorities. The violence experienced in the United States remains one of the most serious social problems in the country. President Joe Biden has again called for federal legislation to have greater control over guns.
In Fort Worth, three people were killed and eight wounded in a mass shooting after a local festival to commemorate the US Independence Day holiday, police said Tuesday.
Three people were killed and eight were wounded in a shooting in Fort Worth, Texas, during the community’s annual Fourth of July celebration, police said. https://t.co/HAMRFBzxbr
— The Hill (@thehill) July 5, 2023
In a separate mass shooting in Philadelphia on Monday night, five people were killed and two were injured, including a 2-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy, who were shot in the legs, when a suspect in the body armored and armed with an AR-15 opened fire on unknown persons, according to local police. The Monday night shootings occurred a day after theTwo people were shot dead and 28 others injured, about half of them children, in a hail of gunfire during a Baltimore block party.
Since the start of 2023, the United States has experienced 340 mass shootings according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter.
Mass shootings are not uncommon around the Fourth of July. The holiday has accounted for the most mass shootings of any other days of the year in nearly a decade, according to a CNN analysis of the Gun Violence Archive’s mass shooting data since 2014. https://t.co/veKAejiZ62
— CNN (@CNN) July 4, 2023
Since Biden arrived at the White House, violence has increased and mass shootings as a result of that violence have also increased.