My blog has been fairly full the past few weeks with writing and photographs about outdoors trips I've enjoyed. While I've now (almost) cleared the backlog on those fun things, I've accumulated a backlog of sad and infuriating things I need to acknowledge. Among these is the Tragedy of the Week. ...Or, since it's been a few weeks, the Tragedies of the Weeks. 🤬
- Three weeks ago, on March 27, a shooter entered a private school in Nashville, TN and shot multiple people. Among the dead were 3 teachers and 3 students. Example news coverage: BBC.com article, 28 Mar 2023.
- One week ago a shooter opened fire at a bank in Louisville, KY. He killed 5 people and wounded 9 others, including two police officers who responded to the situation. Example news coverage: CNN.com story, updated 16 Apr 2023; Louisville Courier Journal story, 11 Apr 2023.
- Last night shooting erupted at a Sweet 16 birthday party at a dance studio in Dadeville, AL. So far the toll is 4 dead and 28 injured, most of them teens who attended the party. Unlike the other mass-shooting events listed above it's not clear who the shooter was in this one, or if more than one person fired guns. Example coverage: AL.com article, 17 Apr 2023.
I'll note (sadly) these are only the major mass-shooting events of the past 3 weeks, the ones that have made national headlines. For each of these there are several shootings involving multiple people injured that don't make the news.