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Americans awoke Friday to news of yet another mass shooting, this time at a
FedEx facility in Indianapolis, where eight people were killed late Thursday.
By the end of the weekend, at least nine more people had died from gun
violence in back-to-back shootings across the country in Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin, Ohio, Nebraska and Louisiana. At least 10 more were wounded.
Since March 16, when eight people were killed and one wounded in shootings
at three Atlanta-area spas, at least 50 mass shootings have been reported in the United States. CNN defines a mass shooting as a shooting with four or
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(LAPLACE, La.) At least nine teenagers and juveniles have been injured after a gunfight broke out at a 12-year-old’s birthday party.
The incident occurred on the evening of Saturday, April 17, at approximately 8:37 p.m. in LaPlace, Louisiana about 28 miles west of New Orleans when officers received a call to reports of gunfire, according to St. John The Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office.
When authorities arrived they discovered that multiple people had been shot after an alleged verbal confrontation at a 12-year-old child’s birthday party somehow erupted into a gunfight.
“Through further investigation, officers discovered nine juveniles were injured,” St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a media statement. “Of the nine, seven were treated at a local hospital and released. Two remain in the hospital in stable condition. Those injured were a 17-year-old
kali9/iStock
(LAPLACE, La.) At least nine teenagers and juveniles have been injured after a gunfight broke out at a 12-year-old’s birthday party.
The incident occurred on the evening of Saturday, April 17, at approximately 8:37 p.m. in LaPlace, Louisiana about 28 miles west of New Orleans when officers received a call to reports of gunfire, according to St. John The Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office.
When authorities arrived they discovered that multiple people had been shot after an alleged verbal confrontation at a 12-year-old child’s birthday party somehow erupted into a gunfight.
“Through further investigation, officers discovered nine juveniles were injured,” St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a media statement. “Of the nine, seven were treated at a local hospital and released. Two remain in the hospital in stable condition. Those injured were a 17-year-old