The United States recorded a record death toll of armed violence, which reached 430 people in one week, the highest death toll in two decades.

According to statistics issued by the American non-profit "Archive on Gun Violence" that tracks shooting incidents in the country, there were at least 915 shooting incidents nationwide between July 17 and 23, with a rate of shooting every 12 minutes. .

The organization indicated that these incidents left 430 dead and 1007 wounded, which is the highest weekly death toll from shooting incidents in two decades.

In turn, Executive Director of the organization Mark Bryant said that the week in question indicates a big and long-term problem, as a large number of people are afraid to go out to parks and shopping centers and attend a baseball game because of the shootings.

He added that shootings in public and open places by criminals have become bad, especially in Chicago, pointing out that over the weekend 5 men were killed while standing in a nearby plaza on the south side of the city.

Last year, the Gun Violence Archive reported more than 43,000 gun violence-related killings in the United States, making 2020 the deadliest year for shootings in at least 20 years.