Saturday, July 25, 2015

Guns Were Used in At Least 15 United States Murder-Suicides Last Week Besides Louisiana

[It's important to remain informed. ---Bozo]
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In fact, in the seven days between last Friday, July 17, and Thursday, July 23, there were at least 15 other reports of murder-suicides committed with guns in the United States:
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  • Friday, July 17, Chicago. A 38-year-old man is believed to have shot and stabbed his 72-year-old father and his 29-year-old brother at the father’s home, killing them, before shooting and killing himself.
  • Friday, July 17, Monrovia, California.  A 35-year-old man is believed to have shot and killed his 37-year-old wife before killing himself.
  • Friday, July 17, Norman, Oklahoma. A man is believed to have shot and killed his ex-wife and then killed himself in a hospital parking lot. The woman was at the hospital visiting her mother.
  • Friday, July 17, Perry Hall, Maryland. A 47-year-old man is believed to have shot and killed his 12- and 10-year-old sons before killing himself.
  • Friday, July 17, Mauldin, South Carolina. A 34-year-old man is believed to have shot and killed his 37-year-old brother before killing himself.*
  • Saturday, July 18, North Ridgeville, Ohio. A 65-year-old man is believed to have shot and killed his 62-year-old wife before killing himself. The woman may have been protecting the couple’s disabled 26-year-old daughter when she was shot.
  • Saturday, July 18, Tampa. A 32-year-old man is believed to have shot and killed his 23-year-old girlfriend at a hotel before killing himself. It was the woman’s birthday.
  • Sunday, July 19, Grady County, Georgia. A 55-year-old man is believed to have shot and killed his estranged 39-year-old wife at her home, then to have driven to his home and killed himself.
  • Tuesday, July 21, Bear, Delaware. A 35-year-old man is believed to have shot and killed a 34-year-old woman before killing himself.
  • Tuesday, July 21, Amherst, New York. A 53-year-old man is believed to have shot and killed his 55-year-old wife before killing himself.
  • Tuesday, July 21, Walnut Creek, California. A 21-year-old man is believed to have shot and killed a 19-year-old woman at her parents’ house before killing himself.
  • Wednesday, July 22, Jacksonville, North Carolina. A 69-year-old man is believed to have shot and killed his 68-year-old wife before killing himself.
  • Wednesday, July 22, Suwanee, Georgia. A man is believed to have shot and killed his wife and her two sons before killing himself. He also shot and injured his wife’s father.
  • Thursday, July 23, Vallejo, California. A man is believed to have shot and killed his ex-wife and injured another man before killing himself.
  • Thursday, July 23, Mason County, Washington. A 52-year-old man is believed to have killed a 17-month-old child before killing himself.
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The Washington incident that Waldman referenced is not included above—but only because the 33-year-old man who is believed to have shot and killed a 20-year-old woman on Thursday survived his suicide attempt. In total, then, there were at least 38 Americans who died in the last week in gun-involved murder-suicides or attempted murder-suicides.
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*Update, 4:40 p.m.: Daily Kos's Waldman pointed out on Twitter that our initial post missed the killing in Mauldin, South Carolina. It's been added to the list and the statistics elsewhere in the post have been updated.
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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/07/24/other_gun_murder_suicides_in_u_s_louisiana_mass_shooting_far_from_only_incident.html

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