A 14-year-old boy was killed in another mass shooting at a Salisbury block party, US media reported on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after a spate of gun violence killed at least three people and injured several others in Texas. Six others were injured.
“Following a report of a mass shooting, law enforcement personnel responded to an incident on Chippewa Boulevard near Kiowa Avenue at 1 a.m. Wednesday where they found seven people with gunshot wounds,” the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office said.
Police said: “The teen was taken to hospital, where he died, while the injuries of the rest of the victims are considered non-life-threatening.”
So far there have been no arrests in connection with the shooting, however, authorities have launched an investigation into the crime which has been ongoing since Wednesday morning.
The shooting also happened around the same time as a drive-by shooting west of Salisbury that injured nine people, including a 9-year-old child.
At least 10 people were killed and 38 injured in three mass shooting incidents in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Fort Worth during the July 4 holiday, officials said, prompting US President Joe Biden to call for action to save innocent lives. Urged lawmakers to act on firearms legislation.
There have been more than 340 mass shootings in the country so far in 2023, according to data collected by the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which at least four people other than the shooter are shot. Is given.
Three people were killed and eight were injured in a shooting in Fort Worth on Tuesday following a local celebration marking the US Independence Day holiday, according to police.
Another shooting Monday evening in Philadelphia left five people dead and two wounded, including a 2-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy, both of whom were shot in the legs while carrying an AR-15 in body armor. A gunman fired. The local police said, a series of murders on strangers.
