On US Independence Day, Biden denounces wave of shootings

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On US Independence Day, Biden denounces wave of shootings​

President Joe Biden speaks during an event with the National Education Association in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, on Jul 4, 2023, in Washington. (Photo: AP Evan Vucci)

05 Jul 2023 05:48AM(Updated: 05 Jul 2023 06:32AM)


WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden called again on Tuesday (Jul 4) for stricter gun control measures while denouncing a wave of shootings that overshadowed Independence Day.

Five people were killed and four wounded in a shooting in Philadelphia on Monday night, police said. Another shooting overnight in Fort Worth, Texas, claimed the lives of three and injured eight, CNN reported.

And as of Tuesday afternoon, the country had already seen multiple shootings on Independence Day. Five were injured in Lansing, Michigan, and four hurt in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA).

Another shooting in Akron, Ohio, which police responded to in the early morning hours of Tuesday, left four injured, according to local media.

"Over the last few days, our nation has once again endured a wave of tragic and senseless shootings in communities across America," Biden said in a statement, mentioning the shootings in Philadelphia, Fort Worth, and Lansing, as well as recent instances of gun violence in Baltimore, Wichita, Kansas and Chicago.

"As our nation celebrates Independence Day, we pray for the day when our communities will be free from gun violence," the president said.

At a Fourth of July parade last year in Highland Park, Illinois, just outside Chicago, a gunman killed seven and wounded dozens. This year, the suburb planned a remembrance ceremony in lieu of a parade and traditional festivities, officials said.

"In mere moments, this day of patriotic pride became a scene of pain and tragedy," Biden said in reference to the shooting's anniversary.

On US Independence Day, Biden denounces wave of shootings

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden called again on Tuesday (Jul 4) for stricter gun control measures while denouncing a wave of shootings that overshadowed Independence Day. Five people were killed and four wounded in a shooting in Philadelphia on Monday night, police said. Another shooting...

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10 dead, 38 wounded in three US mass shootings mark US Independence Day​

By Kanishka Singh and Raphael Satter
July 5, 202310:01 AM GMT

Police officers work at the scene as investigations are ongoing the day after a mass shooting in the Kingsessing section of southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Bastiaan Slabbers

July 4 (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and 38 wounded in mass shootings in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Fort Worth ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, officials said, prompting a fresh call from President Joe Biden to pass gun control legislation.

In Fort Worth, three people were killed and eight wounded in a mass shooting after a local festival to mark the U.S. Independence Day holiday, police said on Tuesday.

In a separate mass shooting in Philadelphia on Monday evening, five people were killed and two were wounded, including a 2-year-old boy and 13-year-old boy, both of whom were shot in the legs, when a suspect in body armor and armed with an AR-15 opened fire on strangers, according to local police.

The Monday night shootings came a day after two people were shot dead and 28 others injured, about half of them children, in a hail of gunfire at a neighborhood block party in Baltimore.

The motives in all three recent shootings remained unclear.

The United States is struggling with a large number of mass shootings and incidents of gun violence.

There have been over 340 mass shootings in the country so far in 2023, according to data collected by the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an incident in which at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter.

Biden condemned the violence on Tuesday and renewed his calls to tighten America's gun laws.

"Our nation has once again endured a wave of tragic and senseless shootings," Biden said in a statement, calling on Republican lawmakers "to come to the table on meaningful, commonsense reforms."

Citing constitutional protections for gun ownership, Republicans in Congress have generally blocked attempts to significantly reform gun safety laws and oppose Biden's push to reinstate a ban on assault weapons.

'BEGGING' FOR ACTION​

Philadelphia officials pleaded with state and federal lawmakers to act.

"We are begging Congress to protect lives and do something about America's gun problem," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, told a news conference on Tuesday.
The city's district attorney, Larry Krasner, asked Philadelphia state lawmakers for "reasonable legislation" of the type found in neighboring New Jersey and Delaware.

might have made a difference here," Krasner said.

Philadelphia police said the suspect was a 40-year-old man who had an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and a 9mm pistol who wore body armor and a ski mask.
The dead ranged in age from 15 to 59.

Krasner vowed to present multiple charges of murder and other offenses at the shooter's first court hearing on Wednesday.

Police in Fort Worth said no arrests had been made in a shooting that broke out at Como Fest, a recent tradition celebrating the Como neighborhood's African American history.

"I choose to believe this is a few bad perpetrators that came into this neighborhood to really wreak havoc," Mayor Mattie Parker said, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Witnesses heard a barrage of gunfire just before midnight that led some to initially believe it was fireworks but soon led to a stampede for safety, the Dallas Morning News reported.
Hours later, defiant neighbors and community leaders held their July Fourth parade through Como.

In Baltimore, police have said they are seeking multiple suspects.

The latest shootings took place around the anniversary of last year's Highland Park mass shooting near Chicago, where seven people were killed and 48 others wounded at an Independence Day parade. A 22-year-old man remains in custody after being indicted on 117 felony charges for the carnage.

Ten dead, 38 wounded in three US mass shootings

The mass shootings in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Fort Worth happened ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.

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I am out of reactions! Maybe they need more guns to feel free.

 

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I am out of reactions! Maybe they need more guns to feel free.

it's just the typical inner city shooting with a Black Lives Matter irony

Gunman behind July 4 Philly bloodbath that left five dead and two children injured is revealed as Trans BLM activist, Kimbrady Carriker

Police have identified the suspected gunman in the Philadelphia mass shooting that killed five men and left two children injured as 40-year-old Kimbrady Carriker, a Trans BLM activist. Carriker of Philadelphia was arrested shortly after the killing spree on the eve of the Fourth of July holiday...

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it's just the typical inner city shooting with a Black Lives Matter irony

Gunman behind July 4 Philly bloodbath that left five dead and two children injured is revealed as Trans BLM activist, Kimbrady Carriker

Police have identified the suspected gunman in the Philadelphia mass shooting that killed five men and left two children injured as 40-year-old Kimbrady Carriker, a Trans BLM activist. Carriker of Philadelphia was arrested shortly after the killing spree on the eve of the Fourth of July holiday...

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a Trans BLM activist

Some truly weird pronouns and adjectives.

 

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Some truly weird pronouns and adjectives.

Yes, and he of course was shooting other black people while being a member of Black Lives Matter.