But every time, there’s a mass shooting, there will be anguish and maybe, anger. And there’ll also be a lot of talk about stricter gun control.
That’s the only thing they'll ask for because they will never ban firearms. In the end, nothing will come of it. Gun reform is mere rhetoric.
These types of shootings – regardless of how they are classified – often play out in a similar way: a shooter, frequently male, frequently working alone or as part of a pair, brings untold grief to the places where people gather: shopping centers and nightclubs and high schools and churches. There is no place that is safe.
On April 03, in Quincy, Florida, seven people were injured by gunfire near a nightclub after a fight broke out into gunshots, according to CNN affiliate WCTV.
In Tuscaloosa, Alabama, two men were arrested and charged with attempted murder after five people were injured during a shooting outside a bar, police said.
In Wilmington, North Carolina, three people were killed and four others injured in a mass shooting at a house party, according to CNN affiliate WECT.
On April 04, in Beaumont, Texas, a man arrived at a home, threatening residents with a firearm before shooting four victims.
In Birmingham, Alabama, an argument between two groups of men devolved into more than 30 shots fired at a park and killing a woman and wounding five other people, including four children.
In Monroe, Louisiana, police responded to Bobo's Bar, where they found six victims with gunshot wounds, according to CNN affiliate KNOE.
On April 05, in Baltimore, Maryland, five victims were taken to a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.
On April 06, in Detroit, Michigan, one person was killed and three others injured after gunfire erupted from a car, according to CNN affiliate WDIV.
On April 07, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a 26-year-old man was charged with the shooting that killed two people and injured two others at a gas station, according to CNN affiliate WDJT.
In Rock Hill, South Carolina, former NFL player Phillip Adams shot six people. Robert Lesslie, a prominent doctor, was killed along with his wife, two of their grandchildren and two air conditioning technicians who were working at their home. Adams also killed himself. His brain is now being examined for possible degenerative disease that has been shown to cause violent mood swings and other cognitive disorders in some athletes and members of the military.
On April 08, in Bryan, Texas, a gunman killed one person and wounded at least five others – four of them critically – at a cabinet manufacturer.
On April 09, one person was killed and at least five others injured when people in two vehicles shot at each other on a Fort Worth, Texas freeway.
On April 10, in Allendale, Michigan, an incident outside a house party resulted in four people being shot and one critically injured, according to CNN affiliate WWMT.
In Waterbury, Connecticut, police responded to calls of a weapons complaint and found blood trails and four injured victims, reported CNN affiliate WFSB.
In Koshkonong, Missouri, one person was killed and three others injured in a shooting at a convenience store, according to CNN affiliate KY3.
In Memphis, Tennessee, one person was killed and three others were injured, including a mother and child, after gunfire was exchanged in one neighborhood, according to CNN affiliate WHBQ.
On April 11, in Seattle, Washington, a toddler and three other people were injured when suspects fired into a business parking lot, according to CNN affiliate KIRO 7.
In Wichita, Kansas, one person was killed and three others injured in a shooting at a house party at an East Wichita Airbnb, as reported by CNN affiliate KWCH.
On April 12, in Chicago, Illinois, four people were shot, one fatally, and a fifth person was hit by a car in a shooting on the Eisenhower Expressway, affiliate WMAQ reported.
On April 13, in Baltimore, Maryland, police said a dice game turned violent when two shooters opened fire on a group, injuring four, according to CNN affiliate WJZ-TV.
On April 15: Washington, DC, four people were shot, including a teenage girl, affiliate WRC reported.
In Pensacola, Florida, at least six people were injured at an Escambia County apartment complex, as reported by CNN affiliate WEAR-TV. No suspects are in custody.
And in Indianapolis, Indiana, eight people were killed when a gunman, 19-year-old former employee Brandon Scott Hole opened fire at a FedEx facility, later killing himself.
Early yesterday, three people were killed and three wounded in a shooting at the Somers House Tavern in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
As of midday Sunday, the US has recorded 150 mass shootings so far in 2021, according to data compiled by the Gun Violence Archive, a US non-profit that defines a mass shooting as any incident in which four or more people are shot or killed, not including the attacker.
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