July 07, 2022 21:15 PM
On July 5, in Highland Park, the United States, people light candles to mourn the victims of the shooting.
[Overseas Network]According to a report by CBS on the 5th, statistics show that during the Independence Day holiday, shooting violence in the United States surged, with shooting incidents in almost every state, killing at least 220 people and injuring nearly 570.
The report quoted data from the US “Gun Violence Archives” website as saying that from July 1 to 4, there were more than 500 shooting incidents in the United States, and only five states did not report shooting incidents.
Eleven of those mass shootings were mass shootings. Among them, a shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, left seven people dead and more than 20 injured, including children. Mass shootings counted by the Gun Violence Archive are those in which at least four people are killed or injured, excluding the shooter.
The report also said that it is not uncommon for shootings to increase sharply around Independence Day. More than 180 people were killed and 516 injured in shootings during the 2021 Independence Day holiday.
CNN issued an article on the 5th that a mass shooting occurred on Independence Day in Highland Park, which filled the joyous patriotic parade with death and fear.
This tragedy also shows a chilling reality, that is, the United States has no safe place, and the frequent mass shootings in the United States have become an “anomaly” among developed countries.