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☆ 4 Killed and 7 Wounded in Shooting at July 4 Party in Louisiana
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | Remy Tumin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Four people were killed and seven others were wounded in a shooting at an Independence Day celebration in Shreveport, La., on Tuesday night, the authorities said. Officers responded to a call of shots fired shortly before midnight at a gathering in the northwest section of the city, Sgt. At least one gunman opened fire at a gathering of about 100 people, she said. A motive for the shooting was not immediately clear and no arrests have been made. Sergeant Willhite said the police found “some rifle shell casings on the scene,” but it was unclear whether the casings were from the same gun.

Persons: Angie Willhite, Sergeant Willhite Locations: Shreveport, La

☆ Philadelphia mass shooting suspect arraigned on five murder charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

July 5 (Reuters) - A Philadelphia resident arrested in one of a series of mass shootings across the county over the Fourth of July weekend was arraigned in court on Wednesday on five murder counts and other charges, online court records showed. The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Kimbrady Carriker, made an appearance in Philadelphia County Municipal Court for an arraignment on charges that also included four counts of attempted murder plus reckless endangerment and aggravated assault charges, court records showed. Another mass shooting occurred in Salisbury, Maryland during a block party. The rash of gun violence over the last several days is part of a surge in mass shootings in the United States since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. As of Wednesday, 351 mass shootings have taken place across the country so far this year.

Persons: Carriker, Larry Krasner, Krasner, Angie Willhite, James Alan Fox, Fox, Brendan O'Brien, Rich McKay, Kanishka Singh, Mark Porter, Chris Reese Organizations: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County Municipal Court, CNN, Authorities, Shreveport police, Northeastern University, Washington D.C, Thomson Locations: Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Shreveport , Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, Baltimore, Salisbury , Maryland, United States, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington

CNN —Mass shootings, like the ones that occurred Monday in Philadelphia and Fort Worth, Texas – and over the weekend in Baltimore — are not uncommon around the Fourth of July. The holiday has accounted for the most mass shootings of any other days of the year in nearly a decade, according to a CNN analysis of the Gun Violence Archive’s mass shooting data since 2014. So far, there have been at least 10 mass shootings on July 4 and 5, according to GVA. Summer days overall have higher numbers of mass shootings than other times of the year, according to CNN’s analysis. Of the top 10 calendar days with the highest number of mass shootings since 2014, all but one — New Year’s Day — was in June, July or August.

Persons: David Laughlin, WEWS, Angie Willhite, Cassondra Fovel, —, Leslie Parson Organizations: CNN, Mason, Community Center, WEWS, Akron Police Department, Sheriff’s, Twitter, Shreveport Police, WILX, Hayward Police, Metropolitan Police Locations: Philadelphia, Fort Worth , Texas, Baltimore, GVA, Akron , Ohio, Edgewood , Maryland, Harr, Edgewood, Harford, Shreveport , Louisiana, Lansing , Michigan, Hayward , California, Washington

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