Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Tuesday, July 5th. I'm Nailibudu. Today, a holiday

weekend moored by gun violence and it's aftermath. That's our one big thing.

Yesterday, in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, a gunman opened fire from a rooftop during

the Fourth of July parade. At least six people were killed. On a day that we came together to

celebrate community and freedom, learn instead, warning the loss, the tragic loss of life and

struggling with the terror that was brought upon us. That was Highland Park's mayor yesterday.

Body camera footage was also released this weekend in the police shooting of a 25-year-old

unarmed black man, Jalen Walker, in Akron, Ohio. Walker had at least 60 bullet wounds on his body

when he was killed just over a week ago. Police say he was fleeing a traffic stop.

Here's Walker's mother speaking with a local NBC news affiliate.

I'm sick as a mother that he came to that. If they would have spent five minutes,

it would never have ended that way. Both of these are sadly just two of the many news stories

about gun violence from this weekend. And as we get more into the summer, we know there's a seasonal

increase in gun violence. For the latest in some context this Tuesday morning, we have Jennifer

Masia with us, a news writer and founding staffer at The Trace. The Trace is a nonpartisan,

non-profit newsroom that reports exclusively on gun violence. Jennifer, thanks for being with us.

Thank you for having me. Let's start with the case in Ohio. 90 shots were apparently fired by

eight police officers at Jalen Walker. You've covered gun violence for a long time.

What stands out to you about this particular case? The reason this is really disturbing to the

community is because you have eight officers firing. It looks like a firing squad,

just unleashing ground after round when the body cam footage revealed that he collapsed within

the first few shots. Officers kept firing for six whole seconds. If you've ever sat there for

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