A man was arrested after shooting people on Facebook live
A man was arrested after shooting people on Facebook live
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According to the Memphis Police Department, a 19-year-old man suspected of being involved in multiple shootings in Memphis, Tennessee, was apprehended on Wednesday (local time). “Suspect is in custody,” the Memphis Police Department tweeted. “The in-place shelter has been removed.”

Ezekiel D. Kelly, the 19-year-old suspect wanted in connection with multiple shootings, has been apprehended for gunning down people at random on Facebook live, according to a local media report, adding that the incident sparked fear among Memphis residents on Wednesday afternoon.

Several people were shot in multiple locations, according to local media, and the suspect was streaming the violence on Facebook live, but the exact number of victims is unknown. In another case, a 19-year-old man, Dontae Ramon Smith, was charged with murder in a series of random shootings in Detroit last weekend that killed three people on September 1. The accused went on a shooting spree and killed three people.

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Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden stated that he is determined to ban assault weapons in the United States, despite the country’s rising gun violence.

To combat rising gun violence in the United States, the US Senate passed a bipartisan bill to address gun violence in the United States, the first major piece of federal gun reform in nearly 30 years. The measure was approved by a vote of 65 to 33, with 15 Republicans joining Democrats in support, marking a significant bipartisan breakthrough on one of the most contentious policy issues in the United States.

In addition to providing millions of dollars for mental health, school safety, crisis intervention programmes, and incentives for states to include juvenile records in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” aims to take firearms away from dangerous people. The bill does, however, provide states new tools to take weapons from dangerous people, even though it does not outright outlaw assault-style rifles or dramatically increase background checks for gun transactions.

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In the United States, civilians own over 390 million firearms. Over 45,000 Americans died from firearm-related injuries, including homicides and suicides, in 2020 alone. This action follows the May 24 massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers. It was the bloodiest mass shooting in the United States this year, and it occurred only 10 days after another shooting at a Buffalo supermarket that killed ten people. (ANI)