Gun-Related Deaths in the U.S. on Xmas Day Equaled the Number of Those in Eight Other Countries Over the Entire Year

Over the course of 2015, the total number of gun-related killings in Austria, Bermuda, Estonia, Hong Kong, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and Slovenia came to 27. In the U.S., that number of gun deaths occurred on a single day: December 25th. Another 63 individuals were injured.

That figure does not include suicides and attempted suicides, which for many reasons, seem to peak around the holidays.

The Christmas Day bloodbath started early when police in Augusta, Maine received a 911 call around 3:30 AM. When they arrived, they found a young couple who had been shot to death while seated in their vehicle. So far, police have no suspects nor any motive for the killings.

The murder spree continued in Franklin County, Ohio, where multiple homicides occurred, starting around 4 AM. The first killing eerily resembled the one that happened in Maine only two hours earlier. A couple, parents of a young child, were gunned down in what appeared to be a robbery. Less than an hour after that, another man was found in a vacant lot – with numerous gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.

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