An 18-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and a 20-year-old man was pronounced dead later at a local hospital. Nine of the people injured were transported to hospitals from the scene, while the other 20 victims walked into various hospitals in the area. A suspect has not been arrested in connection with the mass shooting.

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    Going to the US or living there is scary. At least in some countries like in Mexico, an innocent my get hit accidentally by gangs wars. In the US the bullets seems to be directly for the innocent people.

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      It really isn’t. You have to keep in mind the country is huge and shootings are done of the few things which makes international news. I live in Maryland and the only time I’ve felt unsafe going to Baltimore is getting lost at 11pm after a show

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      Literally. Walmart, a block party, a club, TOO MANY SCHOOLS TO COUNT, a concert, etc, etc. It never seems to end, and yet we do nothing.

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      Meh, I grew up next to some favelas, and that level of violence is another level entirely, it’s just not covered as intently. People get kidnapped, families of rival gangs are targeted, not to mention the extortion.
      That being said, the US has no fucking excuse. Central and South American countries suffering from massive gangs and civil wars, they have a good reason for having so many gun deaths.

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        The US also has a serious gang problem, accounting for the majority of murders per FBI’s tracking of crime statistics.

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      This is a shooting at midnight in Baltimore, guaranteed it’s gang-related, not just a ‘block party’.

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      Yeah that’s not even close to reality lol. This is what you think if you only get your info from headlines and have never seen actual statistics like gun deaths per capita. Mexico and US are basically tied with gun deaths per 100k people.