Four people are dead and 30 others are injured after a spike in gun violence over the weekend, resulting in several horrific mass shootings.
The Gun Violence Archive reported six mass shootings – incidents with four or more people shot – in several states on Saturday and Sunday.
The deadliest shooting took place in Pittsburgh on Saturday with three people – two women and one man – being fatally shot, said police.
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One person died at the scene in the East Allegheny section of the North Side while two others died at Allegheny General Hospital.
Richard Ford of the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police said the shooting happened around 10.05 at night and one wounded man walked into the hospital minutes after the incident.
The investigation is ongoing, said Ford, and there are no suspects at this time.
In Harrisonburg, Virginia, eight people between the ages of 18 to 27 were shot early Sunday morning.
Tyreaf Isaiah Fleming was arrested in the shooting, however, it’s unknown if there were multiple shooters.
Everyone was treated for non-life-threatening wounds, said city officials.
Four people were injured in Atlanta, Georgia that same day at Clark Atlanta University while students were gathering for homecoming weekend.
A house party in Colorado left seven people injured and one dead early Saturday morning.
Shots were fired outside of a home in Adams County around three in the morning and multiple people were found wounded when emergency crews arrived.
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One of the victims was announced dead after being transported to the hospital.
“Due to the sensitivity of the case, the amount of info we continue to receive, and protecting the victims involved,” said the Adams County Sheriff’s Office in a tweet.
“We will release info when we can, but there will be an extended timeline.”
Also on Saturday, six people were injured in Worcester, Massachusetts and another four were hurt in Freeport, New York.
All of these incidents come after a 15-year-old shot and killed five people in a neighborhood in Raleigh, North Carolina on Thursday.
Some of the victims included the shooter’s 16-year-old brother and an off-duty police officer.
More than 500 mass shootings were recorded in the US this year with the most significant gun legislation passed in decades over the summer by Congress after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas killed 19 children and two adults.
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