Gun Violence Continues; Senate Does Nothing

More than 150 people were killed across America during the Memorial Day weekend, as gun violence soared across the country just days after the school massacre in Uvalde left 19 children and two teachers dead.  There were at least 14 'mass shootings' across the US over the weekend, according to the Gun Violence Archive, an institute tracking shootings in the country.

At least nine people were killed in the mass shootings and more than 60 people were injured, according to the Archive, which defines mass shootings as an incident where at least four people are shot and injured or killed, not including any shooter.   Overall, gun violence over the Memorial Day weekend saw 156 people killed and 412 injured.

Philadelphia and Chicago saw the worst of the shootings with 20 fatally shot, with 12 killed in the city of brotherly love and 8 killed in the Windy City.  At least 12 people were killed in Philadelphia, including a nine-year-old boy, while 12 people were injured.  A man, aged between 18 and 21, died of his injuries sustained in Overbrook on Sunday afternoon. Another man, 30, was shot in the Mill Creek neighborhood and died of his wounds. There was a double shooting in Kensington killing one man, a 49-year-old man was fatally shot in North Philadelphia at 9.30am on Sunday and a man was also killed in East Germantown.  In the Wissinoming neighborhood, a father and his son, 9, were killed in a drive-by shooting, according to NBC Philadelphia. The shooting happened on Carver Street around 10.30pm. Police also said multiple weapons were involved and several shots were fired.  A one-year-old boy was killed in another drive-by shooting in downtown Pittsburgh.

A man was shot in the head in the city's Chicago Lawn neighborhood at 1.31pm on Saturday and later died at Advocate Christ Medical Center, NBC5 reported.  Another two men, 29 and 28, were fatally shot when they opened fire on each other in the Englewood neighborhood at 5.04pm on Saturday. They later died at the University of Chicago Medical Center.  In South Carpenter, a man was shot in the head and body while standing on a sidewalk at 1.05am on Sunday.   A fifth fatal shooting occurred in West Madison at 6.40am on Sunday when a man, 33, was shot while driving eastbound.  Five were also injured in a mass shooting near Daniel Webster Elementary School, The Tribune reported.

In Oklahoma, a 26-year-old man opened fire at a Memorial Day festival in a mass shooting, killing a 39-year-old woman and injuring seven victims.  Authorities said a 26-year-old man is in custody after the shooting on Saturday night at an outdoor festival in eastern Oklahoma, where witnesses described frantic people running for cover amid gunfire.

One person was killed and six people were injured during a shooting on East Shelby Drive in Memphis, Tennessee at 6:30 pm. on Saturday.  Two male victims were taken to Regional One Health in critical condition, where one died, according to Memphis Commercial Appeal.  In another shooting, near the intersection of Chelsea Avenue and Peres Avenue at 11pm on Saturday, two people sustained gunshot wounds.

Two people were killed in separate shootings in New York City during Memorial Day weekend, according to police.  Donovan Davy, 45, was shot in Brooklyn and was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital, The New York Post reported.  Elsewhere, a victim was killed at an apartment complex in Brownsville, Brooklyn.  A man was also shot in Queens before 12am on Sunday and three others were hit by gunshots in Brooklyn.

Shots were fired in an amphitheater in Inner Harbor, Baltimore, at 7.35pm on Saturday killing a 17-year-old boy, it was reported by The Baltimore Sun.  Two men were also killed in a triple shooting on Saturday night and a woman was fatally shot.  Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said: 'I am sickened that this plague continues to grip our city.  "I will continue to push every public safety agency to do more, but it will also require all of us to collectively say enough is enough, that we’re not going to accept or allow violence in our city," he said.

One adult died and three teenagers were left injured in Fresno, California. Police responded to gunfire and found multiple victims with gunshot wounds, Your Central Valley reported.

One person was killed at graduation party inside the Park Lane Event Center in Atlanta, Georgia. More than 200 teenagers were celebrating the occasion when a gunman opened fire leaving two more injured.  Akeem Ellison, 18, later died at Upson Regional Medical Center, however cops have not made any arrests to date.

One person was killed at the exact same nightclub in Florida that a victim was killed three years previously.   According to Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, shots were fired at the Blue Lounge club in Tampa at 3am on Sunday.