Multiple shootings and a fireworks blast kill at least six people during Fourth of July celebrations across the United States

Violent incidents across the United States on July 4 resulted in at least six deaths and dozens of injuries. In Brooklyn, New York, a man wearing a black ski mask opened fire on a family barbecue, wounding eight people, including four children; a 21-year-old woman remains in critical condition.

In Pensacola, Florida, a 19-year-old was killed and six others were wounded after a targeted shooting, police said. "The youngest victim in this case was 16. The age range was 16 to 26 of the seven victims — very young, innocent kids out there," said Pensacola Police Chief Eric Winstrom.

A shooting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, left one woman dead and eight adults with non-life-threatening injuries. In Gary, Indiana, two separate shootings early Sunday resulted in a 10-year-old boy’s death and injuries to several others.

In Compton, California, a party at an apartment complex turned deadly when a woman and a man were killed and three others injured; one of the injured remains in critical condition.

Four people were wounded in a shooting in Dayton’s Oregon District, Ohio, after bars had closed and security had ended their shifts.

In Canton, Ohio, a 46-year-old woman was shot in the back while sleeping after celebratory gunfire; the suspect, Darius J. Leishman, was arrested. > "The idea that firing weapons randomly into the air has no consequences, or knowing and ignoring those consequences is outrageous," Canton Police Chief John Gabbard said.

A 17-year-old boy was killed in a shooting in St. Louis, Missouri, and two other teens were hospitalized.

A fireworks explosion in Chino, California, caused one death and critical injuries to two others; Derion Tradon James Jr. was detained on an involuntary manslaughter charge.