202 mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 8 May 2023
⏱️ 81 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The gunmen behind the Texas Mall Massacre had been removed from the U.S. military because |
| 0:06.5 | of mental health issues the lead starts right now. |
| 0:10.3 | Allen, Texas. |
| 0:12.7 | Joining the ranks of Columbine, Aurora, Parkland, Newtown, another town whose name is synonymous |
| 0:18.7 | with a mass shooting. |
| 0:20.2 | Two young sisters were just identified as victims as we're learning more about the gunman's |
| 0:23.6 | extremist background into which authorities are looking. |
| 0:28.1 | New video obtained exclusively by CNN bystanders trying to hold down the man accused of plowing |
| 0:33.0 | his range rover into a group of migrants. |
| 0:36.5 | Plus, just in time for a summer travel, the new proposed rule to give you a refund if |
| 0:41.8 | you're bumped from your next flight. |
| 0:48.8 | Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tapper, another day another deadly mass shooting in America. |
| 0:52.7 | Over the weekend, a man gunned down a crowd of people at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas |
| 0:56.6 | near Dallas. |
| 0:57.6 | At least eight people were killed, seven others wounded, police are investigating whether |
| 1:02.1 | the gunman who was killed by a cop at the scene was motivated by right wing extremism. |
| 1:07.3 | This is not a monthly occurrence in the United States. |
| 1:10.5 | It is not a weekly occurrence in the United States. |
| 1:13.4 | This is now happening every day. |
| 1:16.4 | We're only 128 days into 2023 and there have already been 202 mass shootings in the United |
| 1:23.8 | States so far according to the gun violence archive. |
| 1:26.7 | We define mass shooting as when four or more people are injured or killed, not including |
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