At least 125 Americans have been killed by guns since Sunday’s Orlando massacre… as two teens are shot dead in the city
Shocking stats show mass shootings are still rife in the US
AT least 125 Americans have been killed by guns in the five days since the Orlando nightclub Massacre.
The shocking stats come the day after two teens were shot dead in the same city as the Pulse club shooting on Sunday.
Orange County Sheriffs said the victims, aged 16 and 18, were gunned down on their front lawn as the attackers drove off in a dark-coloured car.
The world was stunned at the weekend when Omar Mateen, 29, slaughtered 49 people and wounded 53 more in a depraved shooting spree.
But gun crime has remained rife in the US.
More than 270 people have been injured by guns and 125 killed, stats show.
Five were mass shootings, according to data from the , a non-profit group tracking America’s growing gun casualty list.
On Monday night, a gunman shot and killed three men in West Virginia.
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Authorities say suspect Erick Shute murdered the trio over a dispute over firewood, NJ.com .
He allegedly hid behind a tree and fatally blasted the men near his secluded home.
On Tuesday, 17-year-old Reggina Jefferies was killed at a memorial service to two drowned neighbours in California.
At around 6pm, two gunmen fired into the crowd killing Regina and injuring three others.
On Wednesday a man gunned down 46-year-old chiropractor Robert Sowers in Roy, Washington before turning the weapon on himself.
Yesterday a father allegedly shot and killed his wife and daughter during an argument in Houston, Texas.
There has been renewed calls for tighter gun control after the Orlando attack – considered the worst mass shooting in recent history.
Mateen ambushed clubbers with a .223 caliber assault rifle bought from a gun shop near his home.
Shop owner Ed Henson, a former NYPD detective, said he legally purchased the rifle and a handgun following a full background check.
He was killed in a shoot-out with cops.
So far this year, at least 288 have died in 182 mass shootings.
In 2015, 469 people died as a result of 371 mass shootings, compared to 364 people in 325 incidents the year before, data shows.
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