At least six people died overnight from Saturday to Sunday in the United States during the shootings, adding to a series of tragedies to which elected officials have struggled to respond, as they are hampered by reluctance. to further regulate the carrying of weapons.
In Chattanooga, Tennessee, two people were shot and a third died of his injuries after being hit by a vehicle in a shootout, according to local police.
More than one shooter was involvedChattanooga Police Chief Celeste Murphy told reporters.
In Philadelphia, three people were killed and eleven others were injured when several armed men opened fire on people in a crowded street.
Fourteen people, to our knowledge, were hit by the gunfire and hospitalizedPolice Inspector DF Pace told reporters. Three of those people, two men and a woman, died after arriving at hospitals with multiple gunshot wounds.
Inspector Pace told local media that police went to the scene observed some active shooters firing at people on the busy side of South Street of Philadelphia.
According to him, police fired at one of the shooters who dropped the weapon and fled, but did not know if he was hit.
According to the inspector, two semi-automatic weapons were found in the area, one of which had a large capacity magazine.
A witness to the shooting, Joe Smith, 23, told the newspaper The Philadelphia Inquirer having plagued with reminiscences of recent hunts in the United States from the first shots heard.
To begin with, I didn’t expect it to endhe said. There were hoarse criesHe added, I just heard screams.
Another witness, Eric Walsh, was described in the Philadelphia Inquirer as seeing people fleeing the hunt there were blood splatters on white sneakers and scratched knees, scratched elbows.
Millions of guns in circulation
Following the Uvalde massacre in Texas, Democratic President Joe Biden on Thursday called on Congress to restrict the sale of assault rifles and condemned elected Republicans who oppose it, regretting that so many everyday places (that) have become places of killing, battlefields.
The president returned to the case on Sunday, denouncing laws deemed too lax.
In Texas, you can be 18 and buy an assault weapon – even if you can’t buy a gun until you’re 21. If we can’t ban assault weapons properly, we need to at least raise the age to buy an assault weapons at 21he tweeted.
393 million guns were transferred to U.S. territory by 2020, more than the American population.
Democratic Senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphy, is working with a group of parliamentarians from two major American parties on reforms, a difficult task because Republicans almost systematically reject most measures intended to fix weapons.
Murphy said Sunday that the group hopes to draft a series of laws that could have the support of at least ten Republicans, in addition to the agreement expected by nearly all Democrats.
I think the probability of success is better than everhe told CNN. But I think the consequences of failure for all of our democracies are greater than ever..
The measures developed are likely to include, he said, a huge investment in mental health, funds for school safety and some small but powerful changes to gun lawsincluding expanding background checks for gun purchases.
According to a CBS News poll, most Americans say they favor stricter gun ownership rules, with 81% saying they support background checks for all potential consumers, for example. However, they believe that the lack of political action precludes the enactment of such restrictions.
In addition to the Texas killings, a series of deadly shootings have rocked the country recently. On May 14, a white man identified himself as racist at anti-Semitic killed ten black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, on the border between the United States and Canada.
And four people were killed in the shooting at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The shooter targeted the doctor who operated on his back and held him responsible for his pain, according to police.
Source: Radio-Canada
