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Pennsylvania shooting claims 6 black lives

Six people are dead after a pair of gunmen opened fire at a barbecue in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, Wednesday night. Four women, one man and an unborn child were shot at a private residence in what authorities are calling a coordinated attack. All of the victims were black.

While outlets across the country have given it some coverage, the incident has largely been spared the 24-hour news cycle treatment granted the likes of other recent attacks.

A fund has been set up to help the family defray the cost of losing 5 family members (plus one baby due in late May). One mother lost 3 adult children and 2 nieces in a few minutes of horrific gun violence. One of her sons is in critical condition in the hospital. She has several grandchildren who lost their parent.

The Shelton-Powell Memorial Fund has been set up at Citizens Bank to help the family with the burials and funeral. Walk into a Citizens branch and donate. (I will post more if I find out how to donate remotely.) This is one way to show this family that we are thinking of them in their time of grief, that we stand together against gun violence.