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People gather in the street to pray following a shooting early on Sunday that killed several people and injured others in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., June 25, 2023. /CFP
At least seven people were killed and 23 injured in a string of gun violence and mass shootings across the United States during the past weekend, and more than 20,000 people have died from gun-related incidents in the country so far this year.
A 51-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man were slain and a dozen others wounded during a shooting at a large street party in Michigan on Saturday. Police initially said about 200 people were in the vicinity of the party and that officers had been dispersing the crowd before the shooting. Investigators determined five different guns had been fired in the shooting. No arrests were made.
At least three people have been found dead, and at least five others are thought to be injured, police in Missouri said while investigating two shootings with multiple victims in the same area of Kansas City early Sunday morning. There were no immediate arrests.
Another Sunday morning shooting in southwest Houston left one teenager dead and three other young people wounded. Meanwhile, an 18-year-old teenager was fatally shot on a street in the Lower East Side in New York City.
As of June 25, a total of 20,659 people have died from gun-related injuries in the U.S. this year, according to the latest data from the Gun Violence Archives.
(With input from AP)
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