Mass shootings in Virginia and South Carolina leave at least 2 dead, 10 injured

Mass shootings in Norfolk, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina, early Sunday morning have left at the least two individuals useless and 10 others injured.

Why it issues: A collection of high-profile mass shootings this 12 months — together with in Buffalo, New York, Uvalde, Texas, and Highland Park, Illinois — have introduced renewed consideration on gun violence within the U.S.

In Norfolk, police responded to the capturing at 12am Sunday. They arrived on the scene to find seven individuals with gunshot wounds, in response to a press launch.

• Two of the victims, Zabre Miller, 25, and Angelia McKnight, 19, later died of their accidents, the press launch confirmed.
• A number of of the victims have been college students at Norfolk State College, the college confirmed in a tweet Sunday.

Two Charleston Cops have been on the scene of downtown Charleston simply earlier than 1am Sunday after they “noticed a capturing happen in a big crowd” and noticed “three people working on foot, instantly the place the pictures got here from,” the Publish and Courier reported, citing a police incident report.

• 5 individuals have been shot and are being handled for non-life threatening accidents at native hospitals, a spokesperson for the Charleston Police Division confirmed to Axios.
• Police initially thought a sixth particular person had been injured by gunfire however it was subsequently established that they’d sustained their harm on account of a fall through the tumult of the scene, the spokesperson added.
• Police have detained a number of individuals throughout their investigation, two of whom have been charged with firearms violations, the spokesperson mentioned.