There Have Been, on Average, 10 Mass Shootings in the US Each Week This Year |
Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=59404"><span class="small">Saeed Ahmed, NPR</span></a> |
Tuesday, 11 May 2021 08:09 |
Ahmed writes: "When a man walked into a birthday party in Colorado Springs, Colo., over the weekend, killing six people and then himself, it was the deadliest mass shooting in the state since March, when a rampage at a grocery store left 10 people dead."
There Have Been, on Average, 10 Mass Shootings in the US Each Week This Year11 May 21
We're just 18 weeks into 2021, and already the U.S. has experienced 194 mass shootings. That averages out to about 10 a week. The tally comes from the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot or killed, excluding the shooter. The full list can be found here. While a rise in gun sales and divergence of some public health funding could be linked to the spike in gun violence in recent months, experts say it can be a challenge to isolate any single cause. And advocates against gun violence lament the limited legislative response from Washington so far. Here are the 11 attacks that took place just this weekend alone: Sunday, May 9 Colorado Springs, Colorado Newark, New Jersey Phoenix Philadelphia A shooting in the Olney neighborhood on Sunday afternoon left two people dead — a 17-year-old male and a 23-year-old-male — and injured three others, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, citing police. Citrus Heights, California Four people were struck by gunfire after fights broke out at a bar in Citrus Heights, a city in Sacramento County, according to The Sacramento Bee. Saturday, May 8 Oakland, California Detroit Compton, California Woodlawn, Maryland Milwaukee Friday, May 7 St. Louis |