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Public Figures Express Anger, Disbelief Over Third U.S. Mass Shooting In A Week

At least 32 innocent people are dead. Two shooters were killed and one is in custody.

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Public Figures Express Anger, Disbelief Over Third U.S. Mass Shooting In A Week

A food festival in Gilroy, California. A busy Walmart in El Paso, Texas. A popular entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio. All three were sites of deadly mass shootings in the past week.

At least 32 innocent people are dead. Two shooters were killed and one is in custody. The carnage never seems to end and it’s left many in America grappling with how to react, how to heal and how to change things for the better.

Celebrities and other public figures echoed many of these sentiments on social media:

Now Dayton. Dear God.

— lisaling (@lisaling) August 4, 2019

Just got off the phone w/ fam in Dayton... it was a close call for them but that’s not the case for 9 other families

between this & the terrorist attack in El Paso & recent other shootings I feel completely helpless.. make noise & bring awareness.. vote.. don’t normalize this

— |L I Z Z O| (@lizzo) August 4, 2019

Fell asleep watching news reports about 20 people killed in #elpaso. Slept for four hours. Awoke to find that the news was talking about 9 killed #dayton Ohio — exactly half a night’s sleep between 29 lost lives. #America

— jelani cobb (@jelani9) August 4, 2019

Only a week after a mass shooting in California, we’re seeing yet another in Texas. This is an epidemic in America & it needs to end.

I stand with El Paso & all the folks in America who want their government to act to keep families safe. https://t.co/kusoFjjJfY

— Sean Patrick Maloney (@RepSeanMaloney) August 3, 2019

Following today’s terrible tragedy in El Paso we are postponing our Sunday, August 4th show at the UTEP Don Haskins Arena in solidarity with the community. Please stay tuned for further updates coming soon. Sending our love to the entire community of El Paso.

— blink-182 (@blink182) August 4, 2019

A terrorist who, in his online screed, said he’s targeting the "the Hispanic invasion of Texas” and a president of the United States who has railed against an ‘Invasion” on the Southern Border of “dangerous” people.

Yes, it’s clear Trump is inspiring the violence.

— Michelangelo Signorile (@MSignorile) August 4, 2019

There was no good guy with a gun in Texas today.

Now we have to either arm every Walmart employee or admit it’s time for common sense gun laws, including mental health checks. https://t.co/EJH9yFjVD8

— Jerry Avenaim (@avenaim) August 3, 2019

From online terrorist manifesto described by El Paso Police Chief as the “nexus to a potential hate crime”:

“This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas...I am simply defending my country from cultural and ethnic replacement brought on by an invasion.” https://t.co/kSAz7dPsnT

— Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) August 4, 2019

I'm heartbroken about what's happening in my country. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results. It's time for good people with different views to stop finger pointing and come together to address this violence for the good of our country.

— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) August 4, 2019

Pope Francis, during his Sunday message and blessing at St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City in Italy, condemned the attacks on “defenseless people” in three U.S. states. He offered a “Hail Mary” prayer for the victims.

This story has been updated with Tim Cook’s tweet, and the pope’s comment and prayer.