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Multiple mass shootings over Halloween weekend leave 11 dead and scores injured (www.npr.org)
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This weekend's mass shootings come as the country mourns the victims of its deadliest mass shooting this year. Days earlier, 18 people were killed in a shooting in Lewiston, Maine.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After some quick googling I think fourth of July weekend 2021 might be the record holder.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shootings-gun-violence-180-people-killed-4th-july-weekend/

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Mass shootings got the "covid bump" -- people making up for lost time shooting each other bc they had to quarantine etc