WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden called again on Tuesday (Jul 4) for stricter gun control measures while denouncing a wave of shootings that overshadowed Independence Day. Five people were killed and four wounded in a shooting in Philadelphia Monday night, police said. Another shooting overnight in For
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden called again on Tuesday for stricter gun control measures while denouncing a wave of shootings that overshadowed Independence Day.
Another shooting in Akron, Ohio, which police responded to in the early morning hours of Tuesday, left four injured, according to local media. At a Fourth of July parade last year in Highland Park, Illinois, just outside Chicago, a gunman killed seven and wounded dozens. This year, the suburb planned a remembrance ceremony in lieu of a parade and traditional festivities, officials said.
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