Meanwhile, a man and a woman in their late teens or early 20s were shot dead in the parking lot of an Austin, Texas nightclub early Sunday morning.
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The local Travis county sheriff’s office spokesperson, Kristen Dark, stated that the shooting followed an altercation at approximately 4 am.
“I can’t say that it stems from the nightclub at all,” she said.
“It happened in the parking lot of the nightclub, but we don’t know at this point in time what led to the altercation.”
Investigators in Austin were simultaneously handling another firearm fatality involving a man killed in a sports bar parking lot late Saturday, where another male was injured.
In Compton, California, three people lost their lives during separate Independence Day block parties on Saturday, according to the Los Angeles county sheriff’s office.
The first Compton shooting resulted in the deaths of a woman and a man, while another man became the victim in the second neighborhood shooting.
Additionally, police in Centreville, Mississippi are investigating a mass shooting early Saturday that left two adult men dead and at least nine others wounded.
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The high rates of firearm violence have led to persistent public calls for Congress to implement stricter federal controls, though legislative restrictions have faced continuous hurdles over the years.
