dangerous people s hands. also this hour, breaking news, a showdown in international waters. the u.s. navy says they stopped iran from suspected attempts to seize two oil tankers. and just 48 hours ago, scorched earth, the new unofficial hottest day in human recordkeeping. we re going to begin the hour, though, with the number 351. that s the total number of mass shootings in the united states so far this year according to the gun violence archive. it affected many american cities this july 4th weekend. a shooting at a block party on sunday in baltimore left two dead and 28 injured. in philadelphia, five were killed including a teen boy. and more than a thousand miles away in fort worth, texas, three people died after gunfire broke out. on independence day, a celebration turned tragic in louisiana leaving three people dead. police there say it was hard to reach victims because of so many parked vehicles belonging to families and friends in the crowds. in our nation s capi
custody this hour after leading officers on a chase through the streets spraying dozens of bullets along the way. mike tobin has more. mike? bryan, we re standing by to get the update from philadelphia police. they have declined to identify the gunman. the philadelphia inquirer has no idea what sent the man on the killing spree. he was wearing a bulletproof vest. he had an a.r.-style rifle and a sidearm and a scanner to listen to police ray. four fatalities were found on the street. a fifth fatality appears to be a man that tried to run from the gun fire in to the house. family went inside. found the son laying on the living room floor unresponsive. went outside where he saw the police officer. notified that officer. the officer notified medics. they pronounced the 31-year-old victim dead on the scene. another mass shooting on the west side of fort worth, texas. three people did, eight recovering from injuries. a holiday gathering around midnight. gun fire created panic
maxwell, and we also have shalynn harris, who is a victim witness coordinator specifically working in our homicide nonfatal shooting unit, and specifically working on this particular case. anthony brown, ant brown is here for abro, that s a-b-r-o, which is an antigun violence organization that works in schools. as you may know, a lot of juveniles have been affected very directly and indirectly by this, and we appreciate his work, appreciate his being here. we have several members of the dao s lgbtq+ liaison group, some of whom are victim witness coordinators, they include kelly burkhardt, in addition to filling this role, we have asa khalif. i mean, frankly i shouldn t have to introduce him.
that was step one for us. step two for us is the charging. i ve been in close contact with the head of our homicide nonfatal shooting unit with the experienced attorney assigned to this case. we re aware of investigative details that we re not going to put out here, but i can tell you this, the man that did this is in custody. the man that did this will face multiple counts of murder and facing multiple counts of aggravated assault, weapons charges among others. it s expected that the preliminary arraignment, the first public event in a case like this where bail will be set at held without bail, in other words a person that is never going to leave jail before the trial, and it s my expectation that will never leave the jail period. the first public event will be occurring tomorrow.