A weekend in America: Shootings in Washington spotlight growing problem

In one weekend, a series of shootings affected all of these Washington DC residents - and shocked a city all too familiar with the plague of gun violence.

Three people were injured - including an innocent bystander who was waiting for her Uber.

US mass shootings, in which four or more people are shot, make national - and international - headlines.

Across major US cities, rates of homicides and shootings are up, says University of Pennsylvania Professor David Abrams, who created the website City Crime Stats last summer to track how the pandemic has affected crime.

Prof Abrams calls the reason for the increase in shooting and killings "a big puzzle".

The series of society-rattling events of last year - from Covid lockdowns to youth programmes being closed to protests over racially-charged police killings - could certainly have contributed.

Philadelphia, which has recorded over 300 homicides this year, saw three more murders, with another 33 people injured in shootouts.

Four people were injured and one killed in a shooting in the city of Gainesville, Florida, on Sunday night.

On Saturday, hours before the Nationals Park shooting, DC Police Chief Robert Contee told reporters: "I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.".

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