Mixed into the fireworks spectacle of bright lights and loud bangs on the Fourth of July is a hidden danger: celebratory gunfire, the discharge of a firearm into the air.
LOS ANGELES -- The sky over Southern California will light up once again as folks celebrate the Fourth of July."When somebody goes out and fires off a magazine of 30 rounds, that's 30 opportunities for someone's life to be taken," said Jim McDonnell, former Los Angeles County sheriff.McDonnell said authorities usually see this type of reckless and dangerous behavior on New Year's Eve, but it also happens on the Fourth of July.
And, because of that trajectory, experts said the chance of a wound from a falling bullet being fatal is far higher than a typical shooting.to help authorities pinpoint where a shooting took place. "In 2020, we did get I believe six calls related to gunshots and then in 2021 I believe we got four calls, but again, it gets difficult to distinguish between fireworks and gunshots sometimes," Lopez said.
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