Six teenagers were shot and two are in critical condition after gunfire broke out in downtown Chattanooga, Tenn., on Saturday.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, 13 mass shootings have occurred so far during the Memorial Day long weekend in the U.S.
The organization classifies a “mass shooting” as an incident in which at least four victims are injured, killed or shot. Police officers patrolling the area responded to the Tennessee shooting just before 11 p.m.
after hearing shots ring out near the city’s riverfront. “The officers observed multiple parties fire and then they observed multiple victims who had been hit by the gunfire,” Chattanooga Police Department Chief Celeste Murphy said at a news conference on Sunday. Read more: Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala shot dead in India, police probing Canadian gang link Among the six victims, four were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, but two remain in critical condition, Murphy said. “Kids have always gotten into scuffles with each other,” Mayor Tim Kelly said. “What is new is they now have access to handguns and firearms. “Easy access to illegal guns is killing kids.” Last night, our city felt the terrible cost of gun violence.