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
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