It is historically one of the nation’s deadliest days of the year.
Shootings and other violence during the extended July 4 weekend have left at least 33 people dead across the US, including 11 in Chicago, and injured dozens more nationwide, authorities said.A flurry of shootings around the holiday a year ago left more than a dozen people dead and over 60 wounded.
A community rally was planned for Friday evening, and the city will beef up police presence over the weekend, Mr Johnson said in a statement. Authorities arrested a suspect after responding to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon on Thursday night. The wounded, which included four juveniles, were being treated at hospitals for various injuries that were not considered life-threatening.Three shootings occurred in the Boston area following the city’s July 4 celebrations, leaving one man dead.At about the same time, three other people were wounded in the city’s Jamaica Plain neighbourhood.A 17-year-old male suffered a stomach wound in another shooting Thursday night in a condominium parking lot in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
The two men drove their car to the front of the Pink Pussycat Lounge and one of them shot the security guard with a handgun, police said.Three other men suffered unspecified minor injuries. Police said both suspects were arrested and charged with several crimes. In High Point, North Carolina, a shooting at an unofficial fireworks display left one person dead after a large crowd had gathered in the parking lot of the city about 90 miles west of Raleigh, police saidShootings at two St Louis-area July 4 gatherings left two men dead and five others injured, two critically, police said.
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