Another day, another American mass killing

After neighbors complained about the noise he was making, a Texas man went next door with an AR-15-style rifle and shot them, killing five people – including an eight-year-old child – as well as wounding three others at a home in Cleveland, Texas, on Friday night. Law enforcement patrolling the community more than 40 miles outside of Houston were searching for Francisco Oropeza, 39, who had been intoxicated and fled the scene.

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Family members had walked to his fence and asked Oropeza to cease shooting rounds in his yard because an infant was trying to sleep.

Oropeza responded by saying that it was his property. Capers told reporters that video footage showed Oropeza walking up to the neighbors’ front door with the rifle.

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That puts the United States at a record pace of mass killings this year. Currently, mass killings happen once every six and a half days, according to an analysis by the Associated Press and USA Today.

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The killing [...] marked the 174th mass shooting and 17th mass killing in the United States so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

The archive defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more victims are killed or wounded. It defines a mass killing as one in which four or more victims are slain.

  Guardian

One, two, or three killings won't get you on the books.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.