People across the country gathered on Tuesday to celebrate Independence Day. Sadly, celebrations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Shreveport, Louisiana were marred by mass shootings. Forty-year-old Kimbrady Carriker is accused of killing five people – including a 15-year-old boy – after he fired randomly along several blocks of a southwest Philadelphia neighborhood. CNN reports that Carriker, who had a previous gun conviction, was armed with an AR-style rifle and a 9 mm handgun – both privately made ghost guns -- and was wearing a bulletproof vest. Meanwhile, in Shreveport, four people were killed and at least seven others injured during a Fourth of July block party when multiple unidentified men exchanged gunfire. First responders had difficulty getting to the victims because of the number of vehicles at the gathering. No suspects have yet been arrested. CNN has the story here. Dog attack. In a different variety of July mayhem, WRAL reports that on Monday in Johnston County two dogs killed a man who had come to check on them while their owners were away. Earlier that day, one of the dogs bit a veterinary hospital employee who was attempting to care for them. The dog’s owner subsequently asked her 67-year-old father to check on them. He was killed. A Wilson’s Mills police officer was first to arrive on the scene. He shot and killed both dogs, the first when it approached him in the driveway and the second when it blocked him from the victim. New chair of state parole commission. Governor [...]
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