2021-07-11 02:05:09 GMT2021-07-11 10:05:09(Beijing Time) Xinhua English by Matthew Rusling WASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The COVID-19 pandemic has given birth to a nationwide crime wave that shows no signs of abating. Experts, police officers and ordinary Americans fear that cities will once again plunge back into the wave of violent crime that characterized the early 1990s. More than 180 people were shot dead nationwide over the July 4 holiday weekend, as major U.S. cities continue to see a surge in violence, according to data gathered by the Gun Violence Archive, a database that tracks the latest acts of gun violence.