Silke Jasso
The United States has tragically seen 45 mass shootings in the past month as the states begin to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with a total of 147 mass shootings recorded this year alone. The incidents are now being tracked by the Gun Violence Archive which defines a mass shooting as when 4 or more people are shot. The most recent mass shooting located in an Indianapolis FedEx facility had multiple deaths, including eight people killed and several others injured.
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President Joe Biden has called on Congress to ban high-capacity magazines and assault weapons after several mass shootings occurred earlier this month, as well as issuing several executive orders on the issue. Republicans and Democrats have been at battle over gun legislation with Democrats wanting to crack down on assault weapons and Republicans refusing to move on the measures they see as restricting the Second Amendment Rights. There are also measures telling the Justice Department to propose a system in order for states to implement red flag laws, proposing several rules to make guns that a person assemble themselves at home subject to background checks and putting pistols that have a stabilizer brace on the National Firearms Act.
Witness Describes Scene Of Mass Shooting At Indianapolis FedEx Facility
Below is a list of the mass shootings that occurred in March and April.
- April 15th, Indianapolis: Eight people were killed and several others wounded in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility.
- April 15th, Pensacola, Florida: At Least six injured at an Escambia County apartment complex. No suspects are in custody.
- April 15th, Washington DC: Four people were shot including a teenage girl in Northeast Washington DC.
- April 13th, Baltimore: A dice game turned violent when shooters opened fire on a group, injuring four.
- April 12th, Chicago: Four people were shot, one fatality and a fifth person was hit by a car and a shooting on the Eisenhower Expressway.
- April 11, Wichita Kansas: One person was killed and three injured in the shooting at a house party at an East Wichita Airbnb.
- April 11, Seattle: A child and three others were injured when a suspect fired into a business parking lot.
- April 10, Memphis Tennessee: One person was killed and three others were injured, including a child in a mother after gunfire was exchanged in a Memphis neighborhood.
- April 10, Koshkonong, Missouri: One person was killed and three others injured in a shooting at a convenience store.
- April 10th, Waterbury Connecticut: Police responded to calls of a shooting complaint and found blood trails and four injured victims.
- April 10, Allendale, Michigan: A fight inside a house party resulted in four people being shot in one critically injured.
- April 9, Fort Worth Texas: One person was killed and at least five others injured when people in a vehicle shot each other on Texas Freeway.
- April 8th, Bryan Texas: A gunman killed one person and wounded at least five others out of cabinet manufacturer, four of them are in critical condition.
- April 7, Rock Hill, South Carolina: A former NFL player killed five people including a doctor, his wife, and their two young grandchildren before killing himself.
- April 7, Milwaukee: A 26-year-old man was charged with a shooting that killed two people and injured others at a gas station.
- April 6th, Detroit: One person was killed in three others injured after gunfire erupted from a vehicle
- April 5, Baltimore: Five victims were taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds according to Baltimore Police.
- April 4, Monroe Louisiana: Police responded to Bobo’s bar where they found six victims of gunshot wounds.
- April 4, Birmingham Alabama: An argument between two groups of men developed into more than 30 shots fired at a park which killed a woman and wounded five others, including for children.
- April 4, Viewmont Texas: A man arrived at a home threatening several people with a firearm before shooting for victims.
- April 3, Wilmington, North Carolina: Three people were killed and four others injured in a mass shooting at a house party.
- April 3, Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Two men were arrested and charged with attempted murder after five people were injured doing a shooting outside at an Alabama bar.
- April 3, Dallas: Police believe this is an apparent murder-suicide plot, 21-year-old and 19-year-old brothers made a pact to kill their parents, sister, and grandmother.
- April 3, Quincy Florida: Seven people were injured by gunfire in your nightclub after a fight broke out into gunshots.
- March 31, Orange California: Four people, including a toddler, were killed and another person wounded in a mass shooting at an office complex located in Orange California.
- March 31, Washington DC: Five people were shot in Washington, according to the DC police department. The incident started as a dispute that left two people dead and three injured.
- March 28th, Cleveland: Seven people were shot out of Cleveland nightclub. The victims were four men and three women between the ages of 20 and 30. Police believe several people fired inside the nightclub.
- March 28th, Chicago: Four people in an SUV were shot on the I-57 Expressway and were all taken to the hospital in critical condition.
- March 28, Essex, Maryland: A Man fatally shot his parents before shooting three people at a convenience store, killing two of them. The suspect died by suicide.
- March 27th, Chicago: Four people were shot in Chicago’s South Austin neighborhood. The victims included men aged 42, 53, and 64.
- March 27th, Yazoo City, Mississippi: At least seven people were injured in a mass shooting that took place in a nightclub. At least six people were shot and another person has suffered several lacerations.
- March 27, River Gorge, Illinois: A shooting commenced at a party bus left three people injured and one dead. Police stated that the argument of another vehicle fired at the bus while stopping at an intersection.
- March 26th, Virginia Beach, Virginia: coal in three shootings in the city left 8 people injured and two dead, according to the City of Virginia Beach.
- March 26, Chicago: A gathering in the Wrightwood neighborhood turned into a mass shooting. Two gunmen opened fire inside, wounding seven people and fatally shooting a 26-year-old man.
- March 26, Norfolk Virginia: Three shootings in the city left four people wounded, according to CNN affiliate WTKR. The victims were an 18-year-old man, a 17-year-old girl, and a 21-year-old woman. They sustained non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.
- March 26, Memphis, Tennessee: Five people were shot, according to the Memphis Police Department. Three victims were pronounced dead at the scene two were taken to a hospital in critical condition and one was a non-critical condition. The suspect was identified as Michael Tucker and he was found dead in a motel in Nashville. Police stated that Tucker died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
- March 23, Aliceville, Alabama: A shooting reported at an Aliceville Home left two people dead and 2 injured.
- March 23, Boulder, Colorado: A total of 10 people including a Boulder police officer were killed in a mass shooting at King Soopers supermarket.
- March 28th, Philadelphia: A person was killed and another five were injured in a shooting at an illegal party. Philadelphia police commissioner Danielle Outlaw stated that there were at least a hundred and fifty people fleeing for their lives.
- March 28, Houston: Five people were shot after a disturbance call inside a nightclub. One was in critical condition after being shot in the neck and the others were in stable condition.
- March 18, Gresham, Oregon: Four victims were taken to the hospital after shooting in the city east of Portland.
- March 17, Stockton California: Five people who were preparing a vigil in Stockton in California Central Valley were shot in a drive-by shooting. According to the San Joaquin Sheriff’s Department, none of them had life-threatening injuries.
- March 16, Atlanta: Eight people, including six Asian women, were killed when a white gunman attacked three spas.
