Mass shooting in Akron, Ohio leaves 1 dead, dozens injured: What we know

Lina PortmanJune 2, 2024

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Top line

A man was killed and dozens of others were injured early Sunday morning in a mass shooting on a street in Akron, Ohio, several local media reported, one of several shootings that took place taking place this weekend in states across the country.

Highlights

A 27-year-old man was killed in the Akron shooting and 26 people were injured, leaving at least one in critical condition Sunday morning, according to local ABC News affiliate 5 Cleveland.

Police have not identified any suspects in the shooting, but removed a gun and several dozen shell casings from the scene, according to the Akron Beacon Journal.

The shooting in Ohio was one of several mass shootings over the weekend, including one that left two people dead and seven injured at a suburban Pittsburgh bar.

First responders say a man and woman were killed at Ballers Hookah Lounge and Cigar Bar in Penn Hills early Sunday morning after an “altercation” inside the bar led to several people opening fire , ABC News reported.

A total of 29 people were killed in gun violence incidents Saturday, according to the Gun Violence Archive, including a police officer killed in a shooting in Arizona that injured five others, four people killed in two shootings in Cleveland and Cincinnati and two men who were shot and killed in their car in South Los Angeles.

Contra

June 1 saw the fewest Saturday deaths from gun violence in the United States in at least the last six weeks. Between 41 and 71 people were killed every Saturday between April 20 and May 25, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

Key context

Mass shootings, defined by the Gun Violence Archive as an event in which at least four people, not including the shooter, are injured or killed, are actually down so far in 2024. There have been 187 mass shootings mass in the United States, so far in 2024, compared to 271 as of June 2, 2023. Deaths are down 35% this year compared to last year – 341 people have died by this time in 2023, compared to 220 until 'so far this year – and injuries are down 27.6%, from 1,073 to 776. Florida has led the year in the number of mass shootings so far – there have been 16 mass shootings in the state from January to June – but Illinois leads in deaths with 25 victims killed.