Shooting near Nationals Park puts renewed focus on another weekend of gun violence in US
Written by Site Hub on July 19, 2021
This past weekend there were shootings in Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., to name a few. The shootings this weekend only add to the alarming increased rate of gun violence in the U.S.
The most prominent of the shootings happened near the National Park in D.C. The gun shots sent fans and players at the Washington Nationals baseball game into a frenzy. Other shootings injured children, one of which was a 1-year-old.
All of these shootings are apart of the increased violence since the COVID local downs were lifted.
CNN reported:
“According to the FBI’s preliminary 2020 findings, the number of murders rose by 25% between 2019 and 2020 — the largest jump recorded in the US in a one-year period since the FBI began releasing annual figures in the 1960s. Findings from the National Commission on Covid-19 and Criminal Justice were similar, citing a 30% increase in the homicide rate between 2019 and 2020 in the 34 major cities it surveyed.”
