5 years old was shot and killed by a teenager, making a video on social networks in the US: Police

Gun violence and homicides have been on the rise in the US during the pandemic. (Represent)

Washington:

A five-year-old child was fatally shot in Minnesota by a teenager who was filming a social media video with friends, police said.

The shooting happened on Thursday, on a normal Thanksgiving holiday, but also saw another 5-year-old die in a shooting near Atlanta, while a suburban Philadelphia man was killed. when hit by a stray bullet at Thanksgiving dinner.

In the Minnesota incident, the 5-year-old boy was in a home where several teenagers were filming, police said in a Facebook post.

When a 13-year-old opened fire, the young child was hit and killed.

Police in the Brooklyn Park suburb said their initial investigation found the shooting was accidental but added that the 13-year-old boy was arrested and is being held at a juvenile detention center. adult.

Separately, another five-year-old child died in a shooting accident in the Atlanta suburb of South Fulton.

Family members told ABC’s WSB-TV that the young girl, identified as Khalis Eberhart, hit a gun while sitting in a chair and it exploded.

Neighbors said her father ran with her in his arms to get to the paramedics. Khalis, who was described as “a very intelligent girl”, was taken to hospital, but later died.

And in the third incident, police said 25-year-old Edilberto Pelaez Moctezuma was having Thanksgiving dinner with his family when a stray bullet struck him, NBC reported.

Police say 19-year-old Kevon Clarke has been charged with murder. They say he was involved in an argument after he and his girlfriend were asked to leave a nearby house.

According to the Gun Violence Archive website, the death toll was 36 out of at least 36 on Thanksgiving Day.

Gun violence and homicide have increased in the US during the pandemic, making last year the deadliest year in decades, and this year will break that pace.

According to a Washington Post analysis, in the first five months of this year, about 54 people died from gun violence every day. This is up from an average of 40 per day over the corresponding period six years ago.

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