Thread by @shefalikulkarni

Working in the newsroom this weekend because of several (yes, SEVERAL) mass shootings in the U.S.
Follow @washingtonpost on Twitter & Facebook for live coverage & updates. (Will thread here).

Be safe and be good to one another.

Shooting in #Dayton Ohio
At least 9 dead
Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley: “As a mayor, this is a day that we all dread happening...And certainly what’s very sad as I’ve gotten messages from cities across the country is that so many of us have gone through it.”
washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08…

Firearms have long made up a key part of #Walmart's business. In addition to being the world’s largest retailer, Walmart is often referred to as the world’s largest gun retailer. washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08…

Reporter @rachsieg recently wrote about CEO of Dick's Sporting Goods taking a stand on gun sales. Ed Stack has taken more guns out of stores and urged changes to national gun laws - even at the resistance of Congress.

washingtonpost.com/business/econo…

Updates from the #ElPasoShooting on Saturday which killed 20 people washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08…

Not to forget that a shooting at the #Gilroy Garlic Festival in CA killed 3 people including 2 children - that was literally a week ago. washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07…

Video: Presidential candidate & former US Rep for El Paso (TX 16th district) Beto O'Rourke canceled events in Las Vegas to return to Texas
washingtonpost.com/video/politics…

The Post's @drewharwell
spoke to the founder of 8chan

https://twitter.com/drewharwell/status/1158042339736203272

This is a graphic about the growing number of victims from U.S. mass shootings that we've had to update far too many times. washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/…