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News: Pulse Nightclub shooting 5th Anniversary
The Gun Violence Archive shows that there have been 272 mass shootings already this year, with this past weekend being responsible for a large number of events. According to data compiled by CNN and the GVA, at least nine people were killed and another 47 were injured in eight mass shootings in six states between Friday and Sunday.
Police are responding to a shooting in White Center Friday evening. https://t.co/BbMV9pzS0X
— FOX 13 Seattle (@fox13seattle) June 12, 2021
On Friday in Washington state, police found two people dead after they responded to a shooting in White Center, just south of Seattle. Two other people were also hospitalized following the shooting.
A shooting in Savannah, Georgia, left one person dead and seven others injured, including a toddler, police said.https://t.co/mRZSDhikag
— The Virginian-Pilot (@virginianpilot) June 13, 2021
A 20-year-old man was killed and seven others were wounded in a Friday night shooting in Savannah, Georgia. The victims’ ages ranged from 18 months to 33 years old.
Man arrested in connection to Winston-Salem shooting that left 1 dead https://t.co/iiuhsLWXzE pic.twitter.com/rN4xHcJ6sX
— FOX8 WGHP (@myfox8) June 13, 2021
According to the Winston-Salem Police Department in North Carolina, officers heard numerous shots fired just before 10 p.m. Friday night. They found four victims suffering from gunshot wounds. One of them was pronounced dead.
25-year-old man dies after Texas shooting that wounded more than a dozen others https://t.co/m8JFip2ITE
— WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) June 14, 2021
Five people were shot in Dallas, including a 4-year-old girl. Another shooting early Saturday in downtown Austin, Texas left one person dead and 14 injured.
1 killed, 9 injured in shooting on Chicago's South Side https://t.co/CyiaQiktSl
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 12, 2021
A shooting early Saturday in Chicago sent 10 people to the hospital, where one woman died. Police said people were standing on a sidewalk in the city’s South Side when two men approached and opened fire.
Intoxicated man doing ‘burnouts’ responsible for fatal shooting at Wayne County racetrack, sheriff’s office says https://t.co/OeIMAAUjIP
— Cleveland 19 News (@cleveland19news) June 14, 2021
Three people were shot to death outside a gas station on Saturday morning in Cleveland, Ohio. Six other people were shot and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. In Cincinnati, at least four people, including a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old, were wounded in a shooting Saturday, according to local police.
The shootings come as the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub was remembered Saturday, where 50 people were shot and killed including the shooter as well as 58 more being injured. Data from the GVA shows that the total number of mass shootings is about 40% higher than at this point in 2020 at 194 and about 65% higher than at this point in 2019 at 164.
