Two individuals have been killed and 6 others wounded in a taking pictures at a block occasion on Saturday within the US metropolis of Memphis, native police mentioned.
Two individuals have been discovered deceased on the scene, and one of many six wounded “stays in important situation” at an space hospital, the Memphis Police Division wrote on social media platform X.
The taking pictures occurred at an unpermitted block occasion with about 200 to 300 individuals close to Orange Mound Park within the southern state of Tennessee, the division mentioned on X earlier.
Gun violence is frequent in the US, a rustic the place there are extra firearms than individuals. Makes an attempt to clamp down on gun rights are all the time met with stiff political resistance.
The US has recorded 120 mass shootings this 12 months, in accordance with the Gun Violence Archive, a nongovernmental group that defines a mass taking pictures as 4 or extra individuals wounded or killed.
Final 12 months ended with a complete of 656 such shootings.
AFP
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