Five people, including a six-year-old child, have been wounded in a shooting during a parade in Louisiana, sending people in the crowd fleeing for cover, authorities say.
The shooting occurred shortly after the midday start of the Mardi Gras in the Country parade in Clinton, East Feliciana sheriff Jeff Travis told reporters.
Travis said three people in the area who had firearms were taken into custody but that it wasn’t clear whether they were involved in the shooting.
At the time of the shooting in Clinton on Saturday, there had been at least 24 mass shootings in the US so far in the year, according to the nonpartisan Gun Violence Archive.
Their comment is how America is viewed by the outside world. You seem offended by that and try to distract with offensive things in their country, but we should be offended that this is how people view America. But it is not their fault and it is completely valid.
Our beautiful countryside does not make up our change the fact that we are the most violent country in the world. And that we are known for that. Be offended that is our legacy and try to change it internally. But don’t blame and shame people who view our flawed country accurately.
Countries with a higher homicide rate than the U.S., I’ll name just a few.
Russia, Uruguay, Panama, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Bahamas, Jamaica, Ecuador…