US News : The Fourth of July weekend in the US has seen a rise in shootings and violence, with at least 33 people killed, including 11 in Chicago, and hundreds injured across the country. This year's Fourth of July historically proved to be the deadliest day of the year. Last year too, there were several incidents of shooting on July 4, in which more than a dozen people were killed and more than 60 were injured. A year ago, seven people were killed in a shooting at a Fourth of July parade near Chicago.
On Friday morning, 11 people were killed and 55 injured in shootings in Chicago alone. Two women and an 8-year-old child were killed in the violence, including Thursday's mass shooting. Chicago's mayor said the city has been plunged into grief by the recent violence.
Two people were killed and three others were injured in a shooting less than two hours after the Independence Day fireworks display ended in Huntington Beach, California.
A 15-year-old boy was taken into custody after a 23-year-old man was shot and killed in a residential area in the northeast community of Niles on Thursday night during a Fourth of July festivities. A 10-year-old girl, identified as Gracie Griffin, was killed in a shooting in the Cleveland area.
A 19-year-old man was killed and six others were injured in a drive-by shooting in Philadelphia on Thursday night. The injured include four minors. They are being treated in hospital for various injuries.
Three shootings occurred in Boston following the city's Fourth of July celebrations. The fatal shooting happened at a park near Boston's southern suburbs at about 1:30 p.m. Friday. Three people were injured in a shooting in the city's Jamaica Plain neighborhood. A man was seriously injured in a third shooting at a gas station. A 17-year-old was seriously injured in a shooting Thursday night in a condominium parking lot in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
A woman was found dead in her car Friday morning after being shot in Connecticut. Six young people aged 16 to 19 were injured in a shooting at a large gathering in Albany, New York.