On US Independence Day, Biden denounces wave of shootings

US President Joe Biden called again for stricter gun control measures while denouncing a wave of shootings that overshadowed Independence Day. 

Five people were killed and four wounded in a shooting in Philadelphia Monday night. Another shooting overnight in Fort Worth, Texas, claimed the lives of three and injured eight. And as of Tuesday afternoon, the country had already seen multiple shootings on Independence Day. More than 44,000 people were killed by guns last year, with about 24,000 of them by suicide.