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    Mass Shooting in Puerto Rico Leaves 6 Dead, 5 Wounded

    10.15.2019

      According to reports, a mass shooting on Monday night in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, left six people dead and five wounded. The shooting occurred a day after another shooting on the Martínez Nadal Expressway where two men were shot and killed. The majority of guns in Puerto Rico come from mainland United States, according to a July report from the Miami New Times.

      Monday’s shooting comes after a weekend in which:

      At least four people were shot and killed and at least three people were wounded on Saturday morning in Brooklyn, New York.

      That same day, at least two people were wounded during a wedding in Pelham, New Hampshire.

      Four people were shot and killed and one critically wounded on Chicago’s Northwest Side.

      Every day in the U.S. on average, 100 Americans are killed with guns, and hundreds more are shot and wounded.

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      Did you know?

      Every day, 125 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

      Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2019–2023; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.

      Last updated: 11.8.2024