Dozens of casualties! The White House urgently announces that there have been multiple shooting incidents during the Independence Day holiday in the United States since the beginning of this year
July 4th is Independence Day in the United States. In recent days, there have been multiple shooting incidents in multiple parts of the United States, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries.
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On the evening of July 3rd, a shooting incident occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Local police confirmed that the shooting incident resulted in 5 deaths and 4 injuries. The local police have detained a man wearing a bulletproof vest, as well as another man who may be related to this case. The motive behind the gunman's crime is still unclear.
A shooting occurred at an Independence Day celebration in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, near midnight on July 3. Fireworks were set off and gunshots rang out, resulting in at least 3 deaths and 8 injuries.
On the evening of July 3rd, a shooting occurred in a residential area in St. Louis County, Missouri, USA, resulting in the death of one woman and two children, and the injury of two others.
On the early morning of July 2nd, a shooting occurred at a street gathering in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, resulting in 2 deaths and 28 injuries, of which 3 were seriously injured. A witness said that there were hundreds of people at the gathering and suddenly twenty or thirty gunshots rang out. The Baltimore shooting has become one of the deadliest large-scale shootings in the United States this year.
In addition, a shooting incident occurred at an entertainment venue in Wichita, Kansas, USA on July 2, with 9 people injured due to the shooting.
On July 4th local time, US President Biden once again called on Congress to take action on gun control.
US President Biden: Congress needs to intensify action by passing common sense gun safety laws to enhance the safety of children and educators, including banning offensive weapons and large capacity magazines, conducting extensive background checks, and so on.
Earlier that day, the White House issued a statement stating that more action was needed to address the issue of gun violence. The population of the United States is about 330 million, but the number of civilian firearms exceeds 400 million. Gun violence has become the norm in American social life.
According to data from the Gun Violence Archive website in the United States, as of July 3rd, there have been 339 mass shootings in the country this year, resulting in at least 4 deaths and injuries.
