At least 43 killed and many wounded, including woman and child hurt at World Cup gathering in Los Angeles

A weekend of celebrations as the US marked its semiquincentennial was marred by outbreaks of gun violence that claimed dozens of lives and left multiple other people wounded.

Those hurt included a woman and a child among four shot during a gathering of Mexico soccer supporters in Los Angeles following their team’s World Cup elimination on Sunday night.

According to the Gun Violence Archive, which keeps a running total of cases, deaths and injuries involving firearms, at least 43 people were killed since early Saturday – the 250th anniversary of the US’s declaration of independence from the UK – in a succession of shootings in numerous cities and neighborhoods.

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    5 days ago

    Airbnb the crib like a hostel…

    Summertime cheaper cuz the streets get hostile…

    -Jidenna

    People get violent when it’s hot out, and climate change means it stays hot out. Gun violence isn’t a problem with a single cause, there’s a lot of shit going on causing this. But theres one reason the violence always peaks in July/August. Compared to December/January

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      Hot as balls in Australia in summer and we don’t have mass shootings. Our 2 worst shootings were in the 2 coldest states.

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        Yeah. But the Australian army already proved that guns aren’t as effective as attack emus, so why would any Aussie have a gun instead of a pack of Emus?