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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Anastasia Valeeva, Wendy Ruderman, Katie Park for the Marshall Project

US mass shootings are getting deadlier and more common, analysis shows

Flowers sit on a curb near a child's bicycle as members of the FBI's Evidence Response Team Unit investigate in downtown Highland Park, one day after a gunman killed seven people and wounded dozens more.
Flowers sit on a curb near a child's bicycle as members of the FBI's Evidence Response Team Unit investigate in downtown Highland Park, one day after a gunman killed seven people and wounded dozens more. Photograph: Ashlee Rezin/AP

On the morning of 4 July, President Joe Biden hailed the day as one to “celebrate the goodness of our nation”.

Less than an hour after his 9.25am EST tweet, a gunman on a rooftop opened fire into a crowd of spectators who gathered to enjoy a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb. He killed seven people and injured dozens.

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