Today's D Brief: Three shot in Austin; 150K Russians near Ukraine; Mixed readiness metrics; Welcome back, interagency; And just a bit more.
By Ben Watson
April 19, 2021 10:36 AM ET
The D Brief
A former Texas sheriff’s deputy is in custody today after two women and a man were killed Sunday in Austin, the Associated Press reports from the Lone Star state.
The shooting was one of several over the weekend across America, including separate gun-related deaths in Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Nebraska and Louisiana.
At least 50 mass shootings have been reported in the United States since March 16, “when eight people were killed and one wounded in shootings at three Atlanta-area spas,†CNN reports. The news organization defines a mass shooting as a shooting with four or more casualties — dead or wounded — excluding the shooter. “[T]ogether, they underscored the fact the United States faces not just the Covid-19 pandemic, but a gun violence epidemic, as well†Read on, here.
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