On Thursday, 70-year-old retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ralph Wald, who found his wife, Johnna Lynn Flores, 41, having sex with another man on their living room floor in Tampa in March, was acquitted of second-degree murder after invoking Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. His defense? He thought the man, 32-year-old Walter Conley, was raping his wife. In fact, Conley was later found to be Flores’s paramour, a fact that didn’t seem to faze his legal team one bit.

Defense attorney Joe Episcopo argued that Wald, who suffers from erectile dysfunction and is apparently not able to have relations with his wife, had “no duty to retreat” when facing perceived danger within his own home. “This is a military man,” Episcopo said, noting that Wald had been decorated for valor in combat during the Vietnam War. He was “trained what you do with the enemy…you take your gun and kill the enemy.”

Apparently “enemy” and “love rival” are now synonymous in the two dozen states with Stand Your Ground legislation. Here is today’s report.

—Jennifer Mascia

Friday:

A 2-year-old girl was shot and wounded in her home in Killeen, Tex., Friday morning. A 6-year-old girl was shot in the leg by her father during a boisterous party in Federal Heights, Colo., late Friday. 11-year-old Tayloni Mazyck was struck by a bullet Friday night while standing outside her apartment building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, N.Y., and is likely paralyzed. Sunni Rae Reza, 8, was shot and killed after the vehicle she was riding in was fired upon in southwest Albuquerque, N.M., late Friday, a day before her birthday. A teenager was shot dead in the Frankford section of Philadelphia, Pa., Friday night, and in a separate shooting, a 21-year-old man was wounded.

18-year-old Karl Mitchell died Thursday afternoon after being shot in broad daylight outside a San Francisco, Calif., fire station. A 17-year-old was shot in the foot after an alcohol-fueled argument in Columbus County, N.C., Thursday. John Wesley Marks was shot early Friday in Guntersville, Ala., and four people were charged with attempted murder. Jose Sanchez, 47, was shot in the head Thursday night in Denton, Tex., after opening the door to a man who said his car broke down. A man was shot twice in the face after opening the door to his home in Derry, Pa., Friday afternoon. A 40-year-old man was shot several times through the screen door of a Lexington, Ky., home, Friday night.

Michael Anthony Rice, Jr. and Jerry Lenneil Richardson, both 24, were found dead of multiple gunshot wounds in a parked car in Gastonia, N.C., Friday night. Dedrick Darcelin, a taxi driver, was shot and killed in the Avondale Estates area of DeKalb County, Ga., after being called to pick up Pharoh Swindle, 19, who was later arrested. A man was shot multiple times near an East San Jose, Calif., elementary school Friday evening, and after-school programs were put on lockdown. A gang-related shooting perpetrated by a 14-year-old sent a 31-year-old man to the hospital with serious injuries in San Jose, Calif., late Friday afternoon.

33-year-old Kelly Mullins was shot several times and killed while sitting inside his car in Jamaica, Queens, N.Y., Thursday morning. Two people were shot multiple times, one fatally, late Thursday outside a bar in downtown Mauston, Wis. A man was shot several times and killed in the Brooklyn section of Baltimore, Md., Thursday night. One person was shot and seriously injured on the south side of Fort Wayne, Ind., late Friday afternoon. 20-year-old Reggie Reshawn Adams was shot and killed in Dade County, Fla., Friday evening. Haris Gogic, 19, was killed and his brother, 23, was wounded in a shooting during a robbery at their store, QuickStop Convenience and Wireless in St. Louis, Mo., Friday morning.

A 14-year-old was shot outside a north St Louis County, Mo., home Thursday night. Arthur D. Bullock, 54, was shot and killed in his home in Syracuse, N.Y., early Friday. 22-year-old Jose Nuñez was shot in the foot and his 18-year-old brother Anthony Nuñez was pistol-whipped in the head during an attempted robbery at their home in Omaha, Neb., Friday night. A 54-year-old man was shot Friday morning as he was getting into his car in Milwaukee, Wis. Also in Milwaukee, a 28-year-old man was shot in the leg early Friday. A 15-year-old boy was shot dead and seven others were shot between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning across Chicago, Ill.

A 20-year-old man was shot in the street and killed at a farm labor camp northeast of Farmersville, Calif., Friday morning. Candido Ortiz, 20, was shot to death while driving in North Las Vegas, Nev., Thursday night. Deanthony Mardis, 31, was shot and killed in Ruston, La., Thursday night. A New York state correction officer was wounded Friday when he accidentally shot himself in the hand during firearms training at Great Meadow Correctional Facility. Christopher Robinson, 24, was shot once in the chest and killed during a fight at a house in Natchitoches, La., Thursday night. An argument between two men ended with one person shot to death and the other in jail in Riverside, Calif., Friday afternoon.

A 39-year-old man was shot and critically injured in Southwest Philadelphia, Pa., early Friday. An unidentified man was found shot in the stomach at Magnolia Point Apartments in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday evening. A man shot in the leg in Muskegon, Mich., Friday afternoon is not cooperating with police, who have no witnesses, no leads and no suspects. Someone was found shot and killed Friday night at Edgemont Towers in Bristol, Tenn. A gas station clerk was shot and killed at a Valero station in Mesa, Ariz., Friday night. A 17-year-old is clinging to life after being shot in the head at a BP gas station in Brownsville, Tenn., Friday night.

40-year-old Bryan Howard was shot and killed at a home in Anderson, S.C., Friday night. A Friday night shooting on a residential block in Montclair, N.J., left a man in critical condition. An argument Friday night between two men near the James A. Cayce Homes in East Nashville, Tenn., left one man hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds. A 17-year-old was shot in the ear with a .25-caliber handgun wielded by another 17-year-old in Cochise County, Ariz., Thursday afternoon. A man shot in the torso following a fight late Friday night in Lancaster, Pa., is in critical condition.

27-year-old D’Andray Thomas was shot in the chest and wounded in Chattanooga, Tenn., late Friday. A man was shot in the leg and nose with a shotgun at a pool hall in Spartanburg, S.C., Friday night. Enrique Gutierrez, 31, was standing in front of his home Friday night when two suspects shot him in the chest with a handgun in Woodland, Calif. Eugene Logan, 31, was shot and killed in the Hillcrest community of Wilmington, N.C., Friday night; Logan had previously been shot and wounded while sitting on the steps of a house in 2007. Dionte Maxwell, 18, was shot and killed during a home invasion at a party late Friday night on the South Side of Chicago, Ill. The bullet-riddled body of 23-year-old Cedrick L. Blackwell was found lying in the middle of a two-lane road in Richland County, S.C., just before midnight Saturday.

Saturday:

A man has been charged with shooting and killing his wife and child and wounding another child on the east side of the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada Saturday morning. A pair of triple shootings overnight in Philadelphia, Pa., left a woman in critical condition and three teenagers and two adults wounded. Two double shootings in Roxbury, Mass., resulted in the death of 22-year-old Brianna Bigsby and the wounding of two men in their 20s. Two separate shootings in Longview, Tex., sent at least two people to the hospital Saturday afternoon.

Eight people were shot, three fatally, in seven separate incidents across New York City on Saturday: Terrence Davis, 24, was fatally shot at about 8:45 p.m in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx; an unidentified 23-year-old man was found shot in the armpit and killed in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn; a 29-year-old was killed and a 37-year-old man was wounded in the East Flatbush area of Brooklyn; a 24-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man were shot and wounded in Rockaway Beach, Queens; and a 23-year-old man was wounded in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Four people were shot, one critically, in two separate shootings in Oakland, Calif., Saturday morning. A shooting in Milwaukee, Wis., early Saturday also sent four people to the hospital.

Two men were injured in a shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District on Saturday morning. Two people were wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a bar in Escambia County, Ala., early Saturday. A 14-year-old boy is dead following an accidental self-inflicted shooting Saturday morning in south Wichita, Kan. A 40-year-old man was shot in the stomach and wounded in Over-the-Rhine, Ohio, Saturday night. Two men were shot and wounded in Chattanooga, Tenn., early Saturday. A shooting at a home in southwest Atlanta, Ga., wounded a 60-year-old woman, a 40-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl; a fourth person was grazed by a bullet.

A man in his 20s was found screaming for help and bleeding from a gunshot wound in Topeka, Kan., early Saturday. In East Topeka, a man was hospitalized after he was shot at an apartment complex overnight. A shooting victim in Lauderhill, Fla., is refusing to discuss the matter with investigators. A 29-year-old man was shot several times while standing on a street in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday afternoon. Dustin Rice, 25, was shot in both feet at a trailer park in Lansing Township, Mich., early Saturday. A 24-year-old man was found lying on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds in the Algiers section of New Orleans, La. Antoine Webb, 36, was shot multiple times and killed during a fight near Hammond, La.

A 71-year-old man is in stable condition after a gunman opened fire on his neighbor’s West Philadelphia, Pa., home Saturday afternoon. A 33-year-old man was shot in the leg at a mini market on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, following a family disturbance Saturday night. One person was shot in Bridgeport, Conn., shortly after midnight Saturday and is in stable condition. Carl Gildersleeve, 28, was killed in a shooting early Saturday at a gas station on the east side of Indianapolis, Ind. A man in his 20s was killed after a shooting outside a house party in Northeast Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday morning.

A man was shot while sitting in a parked car in Hartford, Conn., Saturday afternoon and is in critical condition. A man was hospitalized after being shot in the leg in Battle Creek, Mich., Saturday morning. A shooting left Ryan Thurman, 16, dead and two other teenagers wounded in north St. Louis County, Mo., Saturday afternoon. A shooting killed two and injured two others at a party in Vallejo, Calif., Saturday night. 23-year-old Tyrell Diggs was shot and seriously wounded in the Cedar Grove neighborhood of Shreveport, La., Saturday night. Jaquan Gray was shot in the thigh in New Haven, Conn., late Saturday. A 26-year-old man was shot in the foot during an argument at an Anderson, N.C., mobile home park Saturday night. Four young people were shot at a birthday party in Indianapolis, Ind., late Saturday.

Sunday:

Five people were sent to the hospital early Sunday following an eruption of gunshots at a northwest Roanoke, Va., convenience store. Four people were injured in a shooting in the Thalia Wayside neighborhood of Virginia Beach, Va., early Sunday. Three people died in a shooting outside a nightclub in Ocala, Fla., Sunday morning. Three men were shot and wounded near Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y., Sunday afternoon. Three people—Kenyetta Stevenson, 26; Rayshawn White, 28; and Thomas White, 27—were injured in a shooting in Edenton, N.C., in the early hours of Sunday morning. A 34-year-old man was shot twice in the legs in front of a home in Battle Creek, Mich., Sunday afternoon, the second shooting in the city in two days. One person was shot in the leg and hospitalized in Cape Girardeau, Mo., early Sunday; it was the second shooting in the city in three days.

A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in East Oakland, Calif., early Sunday. 18-year-old Jason Lopez was shot in the knee in Syracuse, N.Y., early Sunday and is not cooperating with authorities. One person was injured when shots were fired in Providence, R.I., early Sunday. A man was shot at a Leon County, Fla., gas station Sunday afternoon. Corey M. Hall, 37, was found shot to death in the grass in front of an apartment complex in Norfolk, Va., early Sunday. A woman in her 30s was grazed in the head when a man opened fire from a parking lot adjacent to a central Fresno, Calif., motel Sunday evening. A 20-year-old man is dead following a shooting in the parking lot of the Mandarin Plaza in Orange County, Fla., early Sunday morning.

A shooting outside an Anchorage, Alaska, bar early Sunday left one person in critical condition. Wayne Deago McAuley was found lying in a yard with multiple gunshot wounds in Greensboro, N.C., early Sunday. One person was shot multiple times and later died in Holyoke, Mass., Sunday afternoon. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg while standing outside a vehicle in Milwaukee, Wis., early Sunday, and elsewhere in the city, a 24-year-old man was shot and wounded during a fight. A man was shot in his thigh and foot in front of his Wichita, Kan., home early Sunday. A 21-year-old man was shot to death in a northwest Houston, Tex., parking lot early Sunday by a drive-by shooter.

Kenny Sewell, 25, was killed and a woman was wounded when a boy fired a gun five times from the back of a truck in Oakland Park, Fla., Sunday night. A man was shot and killed in his northwest Houston, Tex., home, and his wife is being questioned in the killing. A man in his 20s is in critical condition following a shooting early Sunday in the West Lawn neighborhood of Chicago, Ill. Police are searching for a suspect who fired into a car at least seven times, striking the driver in the leg in Oakland, Calif., Sunday morning. A man walked into a hospital suffering from several gunshot wounds in Fort Wayne, Ind., late Sunday. One man was shot in the buttocks and another was grazed in the head during a drive-by shooting in south Fulton County, Ga., early Sunday.

36-year-old Murjani Yearwood was shot twice in the chest and once in the leg in Atlanta, Ga., early Sunday, and was arrested on drug charges after a small bag of marijuana was found in his possession while hospital staff members were treating him. Three people were shot while standing in the yard of a home in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday night. One person was shot in the leg during a drive-by shooting in Reno, Nev., Sunday afternoon. A 35-year-old man suffering at least eight gunshot wounds lost control of his pickup and collided with another vehicle in North Philadelphia, Pa., Sunday evening.

Molly Conley, 15, was shot and killed as she walked with several of her friends in Lake Stevens, Wash., late Saturday. A 35-year-old man was shot twice in the head and killed in a drive-by shooting early Sunday morning in South Los Angeles, Calif. A man was found screaming for help after being shot in Gresham, Ore., early Sunday.

According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 4,620 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.