<p>The deadly shooting spree at a July 4th parade in a suburb of Chicago, which left at least six dead and two dozen more wounded, is only the latest in a particularly brutal spate of gun violence in the United States.</p>.<p>This one, which President Joe Biden called "senseless," came on a holiday meant to celebrate American independence -- a day typically reserved for family summer fun, including at community parades with marching bands and other entertainment.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/6-dead-30-wounded-in-july-4-parade-shooting-in-chicago-1123855.html" target="_blank">6 dead, 30 wounded in July 4 parade shooting in Chicago</a></strong></p>.<p>Here is a brief look at six high-profile mass shootings so far this year:</p>.<p><strong>January 23: </strong>Six people are found shot dead during a welfare check on a home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A 34-year-old man has been charged with the murders, in which appeared to be a robbery gone wrong.</p>.<p><strong>April 3:</strong> Six people are killed in an apparent gun battle that erupted as nightclubs were emptying in downtown Sacramento, the state capital of California.</p>.<p><strong>May 14: </strong>A white teenage gunman kills 10 people at a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York.</p>.<p><strong>May 24:</strong> Nineteen young children and two teachers are killed when a teenage gunman goes on a shooting rampage at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas -- America's worst school shooting in a decade.</p>.<p><strong>June 1: </strong>A man who blamed a surgeon for pain he suffered after back surgery storms into a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and fatally shoots four people including the doctor.</p>.<p><strong>July 4: </strong>At least six people are killed when a gunman armed with a high-powered rifle opens fire at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois.</p>.<p>The United States has suffered 309 mass shootings so far this year, including at least three others beside the Illinois one, according to the Gun Violence Archive.</p>.<p>It defines mass shooting as one in which at least four people are wounded or killed, not including the shooter.</p>
<p>The deadly shooting spree at a July 4th parade in a suburb of Chicago, which left at least six dead and two dozen more wounded, is only the latest in a particularly brutal spate of gun violence in the United States.</p>.<p>This one, which President Joe Biden called "senseless," came on a holiday meant to celebrate American independence -- a day typically reserved for family summer fun, including at community parades with marching bands and other entertainment.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/6-dead-30-wounded-in-july-4-parade-shooting-in-chicago-1123855.html" target="_blank">6 dead, 30 wounded in July 4 parade shooting in Chicago</a></strong></p>.<p>Here is a brief look at six high-profile mass shootings so far this year:</p>.<p><strong>January 23: </strong>Six people are found shot dead during a welfare check on a home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A 34-year-old man has been charged with the murders, in which appeared to be a robbery gone wrong.</p>.<p><strong>April 3:</strong> Six people are killed in an apparent gun battle that erupted as nightclubs were emptying in downtown Sacramento, the state capital of California.</p>.<p><strong>May 14: </strong>A white teenage gunman kills 10 people at a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York.</p>.<p><strong>May 24:</strong> Nineteen young children and two teachers are killed when a teenage gunman goes on a shooting rampage at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas -- America's worst school shooting in a decade.</p>.<p><strong>June 1: </strong>A man who blamed a surgeon for pain he suffered after back surgery storms into a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and fatally shoots four people including the doctor.</p>.<p><strong>July 4: </strong>At least six people are killed when a gunman armed with a high-powered rifle opens fire at an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois.</p>.<p>The United States has suffered 309 mass shootings so far this year, including at least three others beside the Illinois one, according to the Gun Violence Archive.</p>.<p>It defines mass shooting as one in which at least four people are wounded or killed, not including the shooter.</p>