In the past weekend, several shooting incidents occurred in many places in the United States, causing many casualties. Since June, almost every weekend in the United States has been full of gun violence.
On June 11 local time, a rally in support of gun control was held at the national square in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. A large number of people went to the scene. During this period, a man joked and shouted that he had a gun and was about to shoot. The people were panicked and scattered. Many people fell down while fleeing. Source: Vision China
According to the Washington Post, a large shopping mall near Washington, D.C., was temporarily closed due to a shooting incident on the 18th local time.
That night, a gunman in San Antonio, Texas, shot while passing a family barbecue party, killing 2 people and injuring 5. Police said that at the time of the shooting, there were six children in the house. Fortunately, they were not injured.
According to the New York Post, on the morning of the 19th local time, a shooting occurred outside a restaurant in Queens, New York, USA, killing one person and injuring two others. On the same day, a shooting incident occurred on a street in Las Vegas, killing one person and injuring another.
On the evening of the same day, a shooting incident occurred in Washington, D.C., killing a 15-year-old boy. Another three people were injured, including a policeman.
According to the website of the non-profit organization "gun violence archives", there were about 220 shooting incidents in the United States over the weekend of June 18 to 19, killing about 90 people.
However, this is not the most terrible "bloody weekend" in the United States recently. In June, shooting massacres took place in the United States. Last weekend, there were at least seven mass shootings in the United States, killing at least five people and injuring 27.
On June 1 local time, rescuers and police arrived at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. According to NPR News, a shooting occurred in a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Police confirmed that 5 people, including the gunman, were killed.
At least 10 people were killed and more than 20 injured in four shooting incidents in the United States during the first weekend of June.
According to the "gun violence archives", as of the 15th local time, 19841 people in the United States had been killed by gunfire in 2022, including 752 minors, and 16799 people were injured.
CNN pointed out that according to this trend, the number of mass shootings this year is likely to exceed that of last year, becoming the "worst year" on record.