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Jul-2
Leading with 30 shot ... 2 of whom happen to be dead?
Two people were killed and 28 others injured in a mass shooting at a block party in South Baltimore, Baltimore Police said. The shooting occurred around 12:35 a.m. at the 800 block of Gretna Court in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood.
Read more from Baltimore SunJul-4
Bullet proof vest, assault style weapon.
A gunman opened fire, killing five people and wounding two boys, in the latest outbreak of gun violence in the United States.
Read more from HuffPostAug-24
Shooter was a retired cop.
Authorities say three people were killed and five others were wounded in a shooting at a Southern California biker bar. The gunman was also killed by deputies.
Read more from AP NewsAug-31
Breanna Gayle Devall Runions, 25, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse in the death of Evangaline Gunter in Tennessee.
Read more from HuffPostSep-27
A three-year-old girl shot herself while sitting on the couch next to a relative who was watching football at a Florida home.
Oct-5
A study found the rate of gun deaths among children and teens increased by 87% in the past decade, while drug-related deaths rose 133%.
Read more from USA TODAYOct-6
Rates without raw counts are easily mis-leading -- that is manipulative, not unbiased metrics.
Other than that, the information, including context, appears valid and worthwhile.
Oct-26
Ten-year-old Zoey Levesque, who was there with her mother, told WMTW-TV she was grazed by a bullet.
“It’s scary,” she said. “I had never thought I’d grow up and get a bullet in my leg. And it’s just like, why? Why do people do this?"
A man shot and killed at least 16 people at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Maine and then fled into the night, sparking a massive search by hundreds of officers while frightened residents stayed locked in their homes Thursday under a shelter-in-place advisory. A police bulletin identified Robert Card, 40, as a person of interest in the attack in Lewiston that sent panicked bowlers...
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