The Spooky Shootings
Clive Williams 11/9/23
The weekend before Halloween saw a spate of deadly mass shootings in several U.S. cities that left at least 11 people dead and 76 others injured, according to data from the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive.
Florida Shooting - Between Friday and Sunday, 12 mass shootings took place, the GVA reported as of Sunday evening. The GVA says at least four people are injured or killed, excluding the shooter. Many of the shootings took place at large gatherings in the early hours of Sunday. This weekend's mass shootings come as the country mourns the victims of its deadliest mass shooting this year. Days earlier, 18 people were killed in a shooting in Lewiston, Maine.
Indianapolis shooting - In northeast Indianapolis, 10 people between 16 and 22 years old were injured, one of them was injured fatally. Around midnight on Sunday, police officers responded to reports of a large gathering at the 5100 block of East 65th Street. Officers said they heard gunshots and saw a large crowd dispersing from the area, according to a statement issued by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department on Sunday morning. Multiple firearms were found at the scene. The nine surviving victims are in stable condition. No arrest has been made, but several people were detained, police said, adding that there was no known active threat to the public.
Texas shooting - In Texarkana, Texas, three people were killed and three others were injured in a shooting at a party in the back room of a business a little after 9 p.m. on Saturday, police said. Police are searching for 20-year-old Breoskii Warren, whom they've identified as a suspect in the shootings. The victims range in age from 19 to 31 years old. One man died at the scene, and a woman and another man died overnight at the hospital. The three other victims, two men and a woman, were at the hospital recovering from what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
Chicago shooting - Chicago Police officers responding to the scene saw a man open fire at the site of a gathering just after 1 a.m., according to a news release from the department. The suspect armed with a handgun was taken into custody a short distance away after initially fleeing on foot. Six women and nine men were shot, all ranging in age from 26 to 53, police said. Attendees told local TV news station ABC7 that they had been there to celebrate Halloween. Police said at least 15 people were injured in a shooting in the North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's West Side early Sunday morning.
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