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| 10.30.23

Multiple Mass Shootings Over Halloween Weekend

Tell your representatives to start saving lives and pass common-sense gun control measures now. 

What’s the story?

  • There was a string of deadly mass shootings over the weekend in several U.S. cities, leaving at least 11 people dead and 76 injured. 
  • The Gun Violence Archive reported 12 mass shootings – defined as when at least four victims are killed or injured – between Friday and Sunday, the popular pre-Halloween weekend. Many of the shootings took place at large gatherings Saturday night into early Sunday morning. Here’s what we know from the investigations into some of the events.

Texarkana, Texas

  • Three people were killed, and three were injured, in a shooting at a party in Texarkana a little after 9 p.m. on Saturday. Police are searching for the suspect, 20-year-old Breoskii Warren. 
  • The victims range from 19 to 31 years old.
  • Texarkana Texas Police Department posted on Facebook Sunday morning:

“Apparently, this all started when a fist fight broke out between two men at at the party. At some point during this fight, at least two men there pulled out rifles and started shooting.”

Indianapolis, Indiana

  • Nine people between the ages of 16 and 22 were injured, and one killed, in a shooting at a large party in northeast Indianapolis around midnight on Sunday. No arrest has been made, but multiple firearms were found at the scene, and several people were detained. 
  • Police said there is no known active threat to the area.

Tampa, Flordia

  • A 14-year-old and a 22-year-old were killed, and 16 people were injured in the Ybor City neighborhood in Tampa on Sunday around 3 a.m. Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw said the shooting occurred from a dispute between two people. 
  • One suspect was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. 
  • Bercaw said five of the victims remain hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. 

Chicago, Illinois

  • There were two mass shootings in Chicago this weekend. 
  • One shooting left four people dead after someone fired shots at a group from a car. 
  • The other shooting in North Lawndale left fifteen people injured early Sunday morning after a man opened fire at a large gathering. The suspect was taken into custody. The victims range from 26 years old to 53 years old. 

Atlanta, Georgia

  • Four people were shot near the Georgia State University campus in Atlanta Sunday morning around 5 a.m. All victims were taken to the hospital, one of which is in critical condition. 
  • Police have not confirmed whether or not a suspect has been taken into custody. 

 

Enough is enough. Tell your representatives to start saving lives and pass common-sense gun control measures now. 

 

-Jamie Epstein

(Photo credit: iStock/tillsonburg)

  • 478
    Jeffery
    12/07/2023

    The oxymoron statement of passing common sense gun laws is completely pathetic.  The uneducated grasp at what the Democratic Party regurgitates of weapons of war, assault rifles.  The stupidity here is so thick you could cut a chunk off and use it as a door stop.  The Armilite Rifle 15 was made first, in 1947.  The M16 was made for the military in 1962 for use in Vietnam.  The M16 was made to take the place of the M14 because the M16 could be either single shot or full automatic.  The M16 was never made for civilian use.  Later the fully automatic was taken off and three round burst put on the M16.  The grenade launcher was later attached to the M16 to make it the M203. 
    So stop the bullshit about weapons of war, do not attempt to discuss something you have no idea about because your stupidity is showing. 
    Scare tactics by the politicians to their end game is to disarm the public period.  In the 1930's Adolph Hitler used the common sense gun control to disarm the Jews.  Don't believe it?  Google it.
    Ask the politicians why they have had metal detectors at the capitol building since the 1970's, why do they have armed security, why did they set up a shooting gallery by designating gun free zones.  That hasn't worked very well has it.  It is where the shooter goes first, why, because like the politicians, they are cowards and don't want to be shot till they get their victims down first.  
    What stops a bad guy with a gun? A good guy with a gun because it takes upwards of 15 minutes for the police to arrive on scene.  

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    Eric_S
    11/20/2023

    Instead of adding more and more laws to the books, that will never be enforced. Why don't we enforce the laws we already have. Adding more laws won't fix anything enforce the law with judges who are willing to stand up and say enough will.

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    Charles
    11/01/2023

    THIS IS A" PRO LIFE" ISSUE !

    How come so many "pro birth" CONGRES MEMBERS have remained silent on this issue?

    Is the NRA whispering in ther ears?

  • 378
    dionrdixon
    11/01/2023

    All of these people already broke multiple laws in the commission of their horrendous acts. Please tell me how passing more laws is going to stop these criminals from doing crimes.

    The government has already done a bang-up job on the War on Drugs and the War on Poverty...so yeah, let's hand them more power to "solve" this problem too.

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  • 3,354
    Steph
    10/31/2023

    People with guns kill people.  It's not rocket science.

    Get the NRA out of Mike Kelly's pocket and pass common sense gun laws!

  • 2,418
    Martha
    10/31/2023

    These mass shootings are not going to decrease without commonsense gun control measures-like ban the damn assault weapons for one, expand background checks, close gun show loopholes, ban ghost guns, raise the age for gun ownership, institute red flag laws nationally.  The tiresome line by the fucking Republicans that now is not the time to do anything or the one I love-our thoughts and prayers are with you is pure bullshit.  Get off your collective asses and pass gun control measures that will help decrease these senseless acts of violence.