Two individuals died and six others were injured in a shooting at a block party in Memphis, as reported by local law enforcement.
Two people were discovered dead at the location, and one of the six injured individuals is still in critical condition at a local hospital, according to Memphis Police Department on social media platform X.
The shooting took place at an unauthorized block party with around 200 to 300 attendees near Orange Mound Park in the southern state of Tennessee, the department stated on X previously.
Gun violence is prevalent in the United States, a country where there are more firearms than individuals. Efforts to restrict gun rights are consistently met with strong political opposition.
The United States has documented 120 mass shootings this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, a non-governmental organization that defines a mass shooting as four or more individuals injured or killed.
Last year concluded with a total of 656 such incidents.
AFP