Multiple mass shootings over Halloween weekend leave 11 dead and scores injured (www.npr.org)

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This weekend's mass shootings come as the country mourns the victims of its deadliest mass shooting this year. Days earlier, 18 people were killed in a shooting in Lewiston, Maine.

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[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So people don't count if they're in a gang or do drugs? Mass shooting is the correct term if the shooter is "actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area. Implicit in this definition is the shooter’s use of a firearm."

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