According to new reports, ten people have been killed and 38 wounded as a result of mass shootings in Fort Worth, Philadelphia and Baltimore ahead of the Fourth of July.
As outlined in Reuters, three people were killed and eight wounded in a shooting in Fort Worth, Texas that occurred just before midnight on 3 July. The attack took place after a local festival to mark Independence Day, police said.
In another mass shooting that took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the evening of 3 July, five people were killed and two were wounded. Victims include a two-year-old boy and 13-year-old boy, both of whom were shot in the legs. Local police say that the suspect, wearing body armor, opened fire on strangers with an AR-15.
On 2 July, two people were fatally shot and 28 were injured – about half of them children – following an attack at a neighborhood block party in Baltimore, Maryland.
The news outlet highlights that the suspect motives in all three shootings remain unclear.
In a statement, US President Joe Biden responded to the mass shootings, saying that: “Our nation has once again endured a wave of tragic and senseless shootings.”