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Shootings in Georgia and Oklahoma Add to Staggering U.S. Gun Violence Toll

HeadlineMay 05, 2023

Back in the United States, in Georgia, at least three people were killed in two separate shootings Thursday. A gunman is accused of killing his mother and grandmother at their homes and a McDonald’s store manager in Moultrie. The suspect then took his own life. This came a day after another shooting in Atlanta left at least one person dead and four injured.

In Oklahoma, authorities said Wednesday they found the bodies of seven people at a home in Henryetta. A man who was convicted of rape and was facing a child sex abuse trial is suspected of shooting dead his wife, his three children, and two teenage girls who were there for a sleepover, before taking his own life. The youngest victim was 13 years old.

Meanwhile, in California, a former UC Davis student was arrested Thursday in connection with three recent stabbings, including the killings of an unhoused man and another college student. The 21-year-old suspect was charged with murder and attempted murder. The two victims have been identified as David Breaux, who was unhoused and a beloved figure in Davis, and UC Davis senior Karim Abou Najm.

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