July 6, 2020 – In Breaking News – NEW YORK POST
A wave of gun violence swept through the nation over the holiday weekend, leaving dozens dead from coast-to-coast — with children as young as 5 among the casualties.
The bloodshed marred a sunny Independence Day weekend throughout the US, including in the Big Apple, where the number of shootings tripled over the past week compared to last year, and Chicago, where police reported 87 shootings and 17 deaths.
(NYPD: 37 Shootings, 56 Victims Over July 4th Weekend. Courtesy of CBS News and YouTube. Posted on Jul 6, 2020.)
Nearly a dozen of the victims were children caught in the crossfire, according to reports:
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A 5-year-old girl was shot in the head by her 4-year-old brother in Redford Township, a Detroit suburb, early Monday.
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Police said the toddler grabbed the loaded gun from an unlocked closet and shot his sister, believing it was a toy gun. The girl is in stable condition.
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In Philadelphia, an unidentified 6-year-old boy was died after being shot in the chest on Sunday afternoon, one of five shootings in five hours in the City of Brotherly Love, the Philadelphia Inquirer said.
(More Than 30 People Shot, 7 Killed Over July 4th Weekend In Philadelphia. Courtesy of CBS Philly and YouTube. Posted on Jul 6, 2020.)
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Davon McNeal, 11, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Washington, DC, around 9:30 p.m. Saturday when he stopped by a family cookout to pick up some cellphone equipment, WTTG-TV reported.
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Authorities are now offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to his killers.
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Natalia Wallace, 7, was playing outside her grandmother’s house in Chicago’s West Side around 7 p.m. Saturday when three gunmen opened fire at the revelers, killing the girl and wounding a 32-year-old man.
(A 7-year-old girl in Chicago, an 8-year-old girl in Atlanta, and a 6-year-old boy in Philadelphia were among those killed in a spate of shootings over the holiday weekend. Dozens of people were wounded in cities around the U.S. Courtesy of WGN News and YouTube. Posted on Jul 6, 2020.)
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Police on Monday identified an 8-year-old Atlanta girl killed July 4 as Secoriea Turner.
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The girl died after a group of men opened fire on her mother’s car around 10 p.m., not far from the Wendy’s fast-food restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was shot.
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Continue reading… 4th of July shootings: Children, elderly among victims of bloody weekend
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