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Every year at the beginning of each season, then-Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy used to hold a team meeting in which he would call for a show of hands. “How many of you guys have guns?” he would ask, according to USA Today. “I was always shocked at the number of guys who raised their hand.”

USA Today estimates that three-quarters of professional football players are also gun owners—a far higher percentage than the general population. (The N.F.L. describes that estimate as “a wild guess.”) Inevitably, bad things happen when that many people are carrying guns around.

Last December, Jovan Belcher, a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, shot his girlfriend and himself in a murder-suicide. And yesterday, of course, Aaron Hernandez, a tight end for the New England Patriots—who just a year ago had signed a new $40 million contract—was arrested for the murder of Odin Lloyd, 27, who had been dating his girlfriend’s sister. According to the Times account, police believe that on June 17, Hernandez and several associates had rented a car in the middle of the night, picked up Lloyd, took him on a 45-minute ride, shot him and left his body behind. They then returned the rental car. On a video in the possession of the police, Hernandez was seen coming and going with a gun. The gun has not yet been found.

Here is today’s report.

—Joe Nocera

Two brothers, ages 9 and 12, have been shot to death inside their grandparents’ home in Jackson, Ohio, Wednesday morning. Police are saying little except that the boys were found dead in an upstairs bedroom at about 11 a.m.

—The Columbus Dispatch

A young girl was hit in the leg by a stray bullet in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday morning. Police said Ryan Begay and Sabra Montoya were involved in an altercation at an apartment complex and the child was shot in the leg after one of the suspects opened fire. Police arrested Samantha Montoya and are looking for the two other suspects.

—KOB.com

17-year-old Chloe Johnson is clinging to life after being shot outside a motorcycle club in St. Louis, Mo., early Sunday. Johnson was one of nine people shot outside the Redline Motorcycle Club but was not the intended target. Another victim, the nephew of the club’s owner, has since died. Police are soliciting tips.

—KCTV5

A police officer aiding in a probation check near South Los Angeles, Calif., was shot in the face and critically injured Tuesday evening, and the gunman barricaded himself inside a home before taking his own life. The shooter exchanged gunfire with police and SWAT team snipers surrounding the Willowbrook home. He was later found dead. It was the second attack on L.A.P.D. personnel in two days.

—MyFoxLA.com

Four shootings in Camden, N.J., between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday wounded five people, including a 21-year-old man shot in the hand while driving, a 48-year-old man shot several times as he rode his bike, a 53-year-old taxi driver shot in both arms by a would-be robber, and a 19-year-old man and a 21-year-old man shot several times.

—NJ.com

20-year-old Christopher Byers was shot and killed in a residential neighborhood in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday afternoon. He was unresponsive when officers arrived and was declared dead a short time later. The suspect or suspects drove off.

—KCCI News

Two people were injured during the accidental discharge of a rifle at a Bridgeport, Calif., gun range Tuesday afternoon. A man, 57, and his son, 30, were shooting at the range when one of their rifles discharged, hitting the younger man in the leg. The bullet penetrated both legs and exited through the left foot.

—KRNV Reno

One man is in critical condition and another is stable after a double shooting in southwest Philadelphia, Pa., late Tuesday. One victim, 19, was shot in the right arm. The other victim, also 19, was shot in the chest and stomach. Two men fled the scene.

—6abc.com

Cortez Bailey, 23, was killed and a 16-year-old boy was wounded in separate shootings in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, Ill., Wednesday morning. Bailey was shot in the chest; the circumstances leading up to his death were not immediately available. A few hours later, the teen was shot in the shoulder on the Far South Side. No one is in custody.

—Chicago Tribune

A homeowner was shot in the leg during a confrontation with a man he said he found burglarizing his Longmont, Colo., home Wednesday morning. The homeowner told investigators that he was out of his home playing with his dogs and returned to find a burglar armed with one of his own guns. The homeowner reportedly confronted the man and was shot in the leg. The homeowner told police that the suspect fled.

—TimesCall.com

A manager at the Danbarry Cinemas in Huber Heights, Ohio, was shot and critically injured late Wednesday when a gunman tried to take the night deposit from her. The woman was hit at least once in her side when the assailant fired through the passenger-side window of a Ford Explorer. Police are investigating.

—WHIOTV.com

21-year-old Landon Pederson was shot in the chest and killed on the north side of Columbus, Ohio, early Tuesday. An unidentified woman was arrested. Police said the two were acquaintances.

—CBS Minnesota

A man in his 20s suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a shooting in Reading, Pa., Wednesday afternoon. The victim was found on a second-floor landing at a building in the middle of the block. His condition is unavailable. The two suspects fled.

—ReadingEagle.com

A man was wounded in an drive-by shooting in the Mountain View neighborhood of San Diego, Calif., early Wednesday. Police said two men in a white sedan drove past the victim, asked him where he was from and shot him in the arm. Gang unit investigators are handling the case.

—U-T San Diego

Police say a 4-year-old boy was among those wounded in a shooting in Minneapolis, Minn., Tuesday night. Just before 10 p.m. police found a man standing on a sidewalk with gunshot wounds. Another man and a child were wounded in a parked car nearby. All three were shot in the legs. Police say the shooter approached the car and an argument started. The suspect then opened fire.

—MPR News

An altercation led to shooting that left one man dead and another man wounded outside a strip club in Las Vegas, Nev., Wednesday morning. Another man with multiple gunshot wounds was found dead inside a car in a parking lot outside Larry’s Villa Exotic Lounge. The two victims had left the area but later returned to finish the fight.

—Las Vegas Sun

Zachary Williams, 22, father of a one-year-old girl, died from a gunshot wound to the head in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Tuesday afternoon. Brandon Switzer, reportedly a close friend of this victim, was charged with involuntary manslaughter.

—WNEP

A woman was injured when a passing vehicle shot into her vehicle near Youngblood-Coleman Playground in San Francisco’s Hunters Point neighborhood Tuesday evening. The victim is in stable condition. No suspects have been apprehended.

—SF Bay Area

A young man involved in an altercation was fatally shot while sitting in his vehicle near a park in Conroe, Tex., Tuesday evening. Geovany Ponce-Reyes, 19, was found dead of a gunshot wound at about 8:20 p.m. following a physical struggle with someone. The suspect, who was outside the vehicle, then pulled a gun and opened fire before fleeing.

—KHOU

A man was shot at Jesse Owens Community Regional Park in Los Angeles, Calif., late Tuesday. The victim was sitting in his car when the suspect approached him on a bicycle and asked a question before reaching into the car and trying to steal his cell phone. During the struggle the suspect shot the victim. The suspect fled with the cell phone.

—CBS Los Angeles

According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 5,459 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.