The Gun Violence Archive said it recorded at least 14 mass shootings, in which four or more victims were shot or killed, across the nation over the long weekend.
Just after the mass shooting in Texas, Shots fired around the country over Memorial Day weekend, more than a dozen mass shootings in 72 hours. There were about 14 mass shooting the country this Memorial Day weekend.
At least nine people were killed in the shootings, with more than 60 injured, according to the organization's data. From the shooting over the weekend on Monday in Charleston, South Carolina. Many people were shot and three law enforcement were hurt after the gun fire opened.
A teenager was also rushed to the hospital with a gunshot wound to the shoulder in connection with the incident, while a man who was found shot a block away was taken to a hospital and was in critical condition, police said.
Or other were a man shot in the Coachella Shopping center early Monday, after an argument broke out.
In a post on Twitter, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly expressed anger and frustration over the incident.
"I am heartbroken for the families and the victims whose lives were upended last night by gunfire. No parent should ever have to get that call," he said. "But I am also angry. Six teenagers were shot last night in what we believe was an altercation between other teenagers. And once again, I’m standing here in front of you talking about our community’s youth getting shot. That’s outrageous and it has to stop."
"It’s ridiculous that I even need to publicly state that guns have no place in the hands of our kids," Kelly said.
The mass shooting comes days after the Robb Elementary School shooting.
On Monday, President Joe Biden pushed for a ban on assault weapons, saying: “It makes no sense to be able to purchase something that can fire up to 300 rounds."
“The idea of these high-caliber weapons — there’s simply no rational basis for it in terms of, about self-protection, hunting and I guess — and, remember, the Constitution, the Second Amendment was never absolute," he told reporters outside the White House after traveling from Delaware. "You couldn’t buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed. You couldn’t go out and purchase a lot of weaponry.”
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