Eight people were shot overnight near James Madison University in Virginia, leaving them with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Thousands of people lose their lives or are wounded by gunshot attacks in the US yearly. Based on official statistics, there are around 270 to 300 million guns, which is almost one gun for every American.
In 2020 alone, 19,384 people were killed in gun homicides, showing a 35 percent increase from the previous year and the country's most significant one-year rise in gun homicides.
Eight people were shot overnight near James Madison University in Virginia, leaving them with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The shots rang out at around 2:20 a.m. when the shooter or shooters fired into a crowd at an outdoor gathering on a residential block of Devon Lane, which is less than a mile from the Harrisonburg university.
The victims are between 18 and 27 years old, police said, adding that they were treated at two area hospitals.
Comparing the statistics of US gun violence with other countries in the world shows that this country is a completely exceptional one in this regard; in this country, the rate of violent shootings is higher than any other country in the world; Although the United States accounts for about 5% of the world's population, it is home to nearly 31% of those who commit mass murders with guns. 219
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