Highland Park Massacre Marked the 309 Mass Shooting in U.S. This Year.

[Stuart G]

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Source: New York Post

The Fourth of July bloodbath in Highland Park, Illinois marked the 309th mass shooting in the United States this year, data shows.

Six people were slaughtered and dozens more injured when a gunman opened fire at the city’s annual Independence Day parade Monday.

Aspiring rapper Robert “Bobby” Crimo, 22, was identified as a “person of interest” in the massacre and taken into custody shortly after the carnage.

The bloodbath marked the 309th mass shooting of 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

The nonprofit tracks shootings in which at least four people were wounded or killed, excluding the shooter.

Read more: https://nypost.com/2022/07/05/highland-park-massacre-marked-309th-mass-shooting-in-us-this-year/

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The headline says it all... Very Sad.

[IronLionZion]

1. So about 2 each day now

We are on the 185th day of this year.

[Initech]

2. The NRA is turning America's gun lust into a genocide.

[Omaha Steve]

3. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

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