Camron Harris (19) threw his life away and authorities haven't disclosed any possible motives for this mass shooting.
In an average year, 1,226 people die by firearms in the Commonwealth of Virginia (pop 8.8m) which has a gun law rating of C+.
By contrast, Quebec Canada, with a similar population of 8,501,833 people, suffered a total 97 homicides in 2024. Nationally, there were 287 firearm-related homicides in Canada in 2024, with handguns being the most common weapon (56%).
Charges in a complaint are merely allegations, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
*** Mass Shooting in Kentucky: One Dead, Four Wounded ***
"One person was killed and four were wounded, including two childen, in a mass shooting at an outdoor concert in Kentucky on Saturday evening.
Gunfire erupted in downtown Lexington a little over a mile from where Governor Andrew Beshear (D) was delivering a speech at the Kentucky Democratic Party's Moving Forward Together dinner at the Hyatt Regency."
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Source: Kentucky.com
Below, people scrambling and ducking for their very lives.
In an average year, 880 people die and 1,857 are wounded by firearms in Kentucky, which has an overall grade of "F" for gun laws.
Kentucky has a population of 4,629,682 people, similar to Alberta Canada (5,057,077 people).
But Alberta suffered a grand total 98 homicides -- by firearms and other means -- in 2024.
Thanks to gun violence, besides deaths and terrible wounds, PTSD is spreading throughout the US population.
Imagine Woodstock and "Black Woodstock" in 1969 if firearms were so proliferant back then?
Endnote: On 6 Dec 1969, a Hells Angels member stabbed and killed Meredith Hunter (who was armed with a .22 for self-defense) at the Altamont Free Concert.
