At least one dead and two injured in a new shooting in the United States

At least one dead and two injured in a new shooting in the United States

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On his Twitter account, the police department posted: “A shooting incident at Xavier University is being investigated. Initial information indicates that three victims with gunshot wounds were taken to a local hospital. A suspect was arrested at the scene. Witnesses told local media that they heard between five and 12 shots and that there was an “altercation” in the parking lot.

The terrifying number of armed violence in the US

In the first 145 days of 2022, the United States has suffered 213 mass shootingsaccording to the Gun Violence Archive, which counts in this category the incidents with at least four victims (dead or wounded) not including the attacker.

United States shooting in Texas

Flowers in tribute to the 20 victims of the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

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so far this year, two great massacres mourned American society. The first occurred in Buffalo, in which an 18-year-old murdered 18 people. The second, more recent, Uvalde, Texas, where another 18-year-old killed several students at a school.

The terrifying number of killings by firearms represents more than one shooting per day somewhere in the United States. “There are more mass murders than days in the year,” said last tuesday Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy.

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