Violence and mass shootings often surge in the summer months, especially around the Fourth of July, historically one of the deadliest days of the year.
A flurry of shootings around the holiday a year ago left more than a dozen people dead and over 60 wounded. Just two years ago, another mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade left seven people dead near Chicago. The mother of a 10-year-old boy left paralyzed by the attack said Wednesday that her family won’t go to this year’s parade, which is returning for the first time since the shooting.
“I don’t know if we’ll ever be able to attend the parade again,” said Keely Roberts, who also was wounded.
