Read my new Substack post about the Jason Aldean drama. https://open.substack.com/pub/shannonwatts/p/reflections-on-being-burned-in-effigy?r=2cqtv&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Jason Aldean may have won the battle with a number one song, but he lost the war: his legacy
BREAKING: An active shooter walking up and down Philadelphia city blocks while armed with a rifle, handgun, and wearing a ballistic vest has shot eight people and killed at least four - two of the victims are juveniles.
Police apprehended a male suspect wearing ballistic vest and recovered a rifle and handgun in the alleyway behind the 1600 block of South Frazier Street.
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NEW: At least two people were killed and nearly 30 were wounded in a mass shooting at a Baltimore block party early Sunday morning.
The two people killed were both adults, but have not yet been identified.
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Just days after two mass shooting tragedies in Serbia, President Vucic is enacting gun reforms, including buybacks and psychological checks for gun owners. "Great nations find solutions after big tragedies," he said. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/05/europe/serbia-reacts-school-shooting-intl/index.html
Serbians are reeling and demanding answers after two mass shootings in less than 48 hours left multiple people dead, with widespread calls for tough action to prevent any further repeat of such tragedies.
A 21-year-old woman was fatally shot in Oakland, California, by a man who was randomly shooting at cars coming down his street because they were too "noisy.” https://sfist.com/2023/05/03/21-year-old-oakland-woman-was-killed-by-angry-man-who-was-randomly-shooting-at-noisy-cars/
A 21-year-old woman was fatally shot last weekend in East Oakland by a man, prosecutors say, who had come out of his house mad at "noisy" cars coming down his street late at night, and began randomly shooting at them.
A Florida boy was shot to death while buying ice cream at a gas station. Police said the shooting by the gunman - who had an arrest record - was “random.” Permitless carry will make this crisis worse. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/12-year-fatally-shot-man-wounded-florida-gas-99107447
A gunman fatally shot a 12-year-old boy and wounded another man before turning the gun on himself inside a South Florida convenience store