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Shooting incidents across US continue to rise

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According to the ABC, people in the United States are living with gun violence, as shootings across the country continue to rise.

According to a recent ABC report, there were 1,500 people shot in Philadelphia through October this year, with nearly 400 people killed.

According to the report, gun violence is not limited to Philadelphia, and homicides have been on the rise in cities across the country this year.

According to data from the Gun Violence Archive, there were 430 deaths and over 1,000 people shot in just one week in July.

So far this year, there have been 17,723 gun-related deaths, not including suicides.

In 2020, there will be more than 19,400 shooting deaths, up from 15,400 in 2019.

“The environment is a hostile environment,” Joshua Corneilius, a 17-year-old senior at a north Philadelphia school, told ABC News. “It’s a real war zone.”

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