By Kanishka Singh and Shivani Tanna(Reuters) -At least three people were killed and eight wounded in a mass shooting in Fort Worth, Texas, after a local festival, officials said on Tuesday, in the latest incident of gun violence around the Fourth of July holiday. The shooting occurred in the Como section of Fort Worth hours after the end of the neighborhood's annual ComoFest. It is too early to tell at this point," said Shawn Murray, a senior official with the Fort Worth Police Department. The United States has been struggling with a large number of mass shootings and incidents of gun violence. In a separate shooting incident on Monday night, five people were killed and two were injured in Philadelphia, and a suspect was taken into custody, according to local police.

Source: CNN July 04, 2023 12:21 UTC