At least 43 killed and many wounded, including woman and child hurt at World Cup gathering in Los Angeles
A weekend of celebrations as the US marked its semiquincentennial was marred by outbreaks of gun violence that claimed dozens of lives and left multiple other people wounded.
Those hurt included a woman and a child among four shot during a gathering of Mexico soccer supporters in Los Angeles following their team’s World Cup elimination on Sunday night.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, which keeps a running total of cases, deaths and injuries involving firearms, at least 43 people were killed since early Saturday – the 250th anniversary of the US’s declaration of independence from the UK – in a succession of shootings in numerous cities and neighborhoods.
*Every weekend marked by dozens of US deaths from gun violence.
Doesn’t matter what holiday it is.
People tend to use fireworks to cover up shootings. That’s what happened overnight at Coney Island recently
It’s around one every 10 minutes or so, I believe.
Airbnb the crib like a hostel…
Summertime cheaper cuz the streets get hostile…
-Jidenna
People get violent when it’s hot out, and climate change means it stays hot out. Gun violence isn’t a problem with a single cause, there’s a lot of shit going on causing this. But theres one reason the violence always peaks in July/August. Compared to December/January
