two dead and dozens injured after shooting at Baltimore party

Another shooting in the United States. At least two people were killed and 28 others injured by gunfire during a block party on the night of Saturday July 1 to Sunday July 2 in Baltimore, on the east coast of the United States, police said. An 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were killed, and three of the injured are in critical condition, the Baltimore police chief said at a news conference Sunday (July 2).

The circumstances of the tragedy remain unclear, and the authorities have not yet identified a motive or a suspect. For the mayor of the city, it is “of a tragedy that should never have happened”. “This again highlights the consequences of the proliferation of illegal firearms on our streets and the need to combat this”, said Brandon Scott during a press conference. The shooting occurred in the popular Brooklyn neighborhood, during an event organized “every year”he said to the American channel CNN.

Including this firearm attack, the specialized site Gun Violence Archive already lists 194 shootings in the United States this year that killed at least one person.