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On July 18, four young girls were caught in the crossfire of a shooting in a residential neighborhood in East Lansdowne, Pa., and yesterday they told the local ABC News affiliate what it was like.

27-year-old Dominique Harvin had taken her 6-year-old daughter and two young relatives across the street to buy sodas for a sleepover when a man sprang up from behind a bush and started shooting at a nearby group of people. 11-year-old Angel Bowen was hit in the leg and grazed in the stomach.

“I would have gotten shot all the way in my stomach but she pulled me back,” Angel told ABC 6, referring to her friend, 14-year-old Diamond Wilson, who yanked her by the hair to keep her out of the line of fire.

Angel is now afraid to leave the house, and her mother said she may not regain feeling in her leg. “I believe they need to get stricter with this gun law because it’s really ridiculous how these children are able to get these guns,” Arnette Bowen said. “No one’s talking about it, no one’s saying anything. And it’s not fair.”

The Bowens are waiting for a gunman to be found. Here is today’s report.

—Jennifer Mascia

A 9-year-old boy was injured after being caught in the crossfire of bullets in front of a drive-thru in Dayton, Ohio, Tuesday night. Two cars fled the scene after shots were fired at around 8:30 p.m. in front of Ray’s Drive Thru. The victim was a passenger in a third vehicle and was struck by shattered glass. Police are investigating.

—WHIOTV.com

A 14-year-old boy was wounded in a drive-by shooting while standing on the porch of a home on the east side of San Antonio, Tex., early Tuesday. The victim was hit in the arm and leg by bullet fragments when shots rang out from a dark-colored SUV with three people inside. Police are not sure whether the home was the actual intended target of the shooting or whether the attack was gang-related.

—KSAT.com

Titus Williamson, 17, was killed and a 25-year-old man was injured in a shooting in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Mobile, Ala., early Tuesday. It’s unclear what sparked the incident or how many people were involved.

—AL.com

Ledarrious Ramone Washington, 17, was killed and a 19-year-old was wounded in a shooting at a Warrington, Fla., apartment complex Tuesday. Shell casings and a rifle were found in the parking lot, and a dark-colored vehicle was seen speeding off. The emergency room was temporarily put on lock-down, which is standard protocol when victims of gun violence are received. Police are investigating.

—PNJ.com

A 26-year-old woman was hospitalized in critical condition after a man forced his way into her apartment in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pa., and shot her in the head Tuesday night. Police said the victim, who is transgender, answered a knock at the door after 9 p.m. to find a gunman standing there. It is unclear what the motive is, but the shooting comes on the heels of the gruesome murder of Diamond Woods, another transgender woman.

—Philly.com

A 26-year-old man was wounded after being shot by his friend in an Arnold, Mo., home late Monday. Police say Keith James Wildharber was drinking alcohol with three other people when he pulled a Ruger P95 9mm pistol from his waistband, removed the magazine and ejected the live ammunition before reinserting the magazine. He then pointed the gun at the victim and asked if he trusted him before pulling the trigger. He has been charged with first-degree involuntary manslaughter.

—KSDK.com

Christopher Downs was shot multiple times by his ex-girlfriend in a church parking lot in Williamsport, Pa., Monday night. Witnesses say Christina Emerick, 23, shot the victim five times just before 6 p.m. in the parking lot of Saint John’s Newberry United Methodist Church because he cheated on her. She was arrested.

—WNEP16

A shooting in south Philadelphia, Pa., left two 29-year-old men hospitalized Tuesday evening. Police have reported no arrests.

—Philly.com

Four men were killed in separate shootings on the South Side of Chicago, Ill., Monday: Lterrick Benion, 23, was shot multiple times in the back; Cauirece Graham, 28, was followed into a restaurant and shot multiple times in the chest; Richard Pierce, 30, was shot in the head and neck in the South Shore neighborhood; and Dovone Jackson, 23, was shot in the chest a few doors south of where he lived. At least five other people were shot and wounded in the city since Monday afternoon.

—Chicago Tribune

A man walked into a Covington, La., law firm and began firing into the building before fatally shooting himself Tuesday afternoon. The owner of the law firm said Roderick Rist, 47, pushed through the door, broke through the security system and opened fire. An office manager inside was uninjured.

—NOLA.com

Gregory Ricardo Fargas, 20, and Tonielle Dominic Foushee, 24, were shot and wounded while sitting in a car outside a Bojangles’ restaurant in Cameron, N.C., Monday night. Fargas told deputies he was supposed to sell drugs to the gunmen but changed his mind before they began shooting. Damien Sherrod Street, 20, and Tiyon Nathan Turner, 16, were arrested the next day. Investigators are still searching for two other people seen leaving the area.

—WRAL.com

Vincent Strickland, 22, died a day after being shot several times in his home in Hallandale Beach, Fla., Tuesday evening. Another man was wounded. The motive and the gunman’s identity are not clear.

—Miami Herald

A gas station clerk and owner were shot during an attempted robbery on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, early Tuesday. Mohammed T. Ismail, 48, was killed and Esmeil M. Avad, 28, was wounded when three men with guns attempted to rob Biggie’s Gas Station before fleeing. “He’s a very nice guy, very friendly. Give you his last dollar,” someone said of the store owner. “I’m very shaken up about this.”

—NewsNet5.com

Zachary Rodriguez, 21, was shot multiple times and killed when a car crash escalated into an altercation at a Tempe, Ariz., intersection Tuesday morning. Police believe the victim may have known the alleged shooter, Moises Gutierrez, 22, and that they may have argued over a woman.

—AZFamily.com

One man was killed at an apartment complex near Norcross, Ga., Monday morning. The man was not from the area and authorities are investigating.

—AJC.com

31-year-old Richard Cruz was killed and another man was wounded late Monday at a home in northwest Houston, Tex. Police said two men forced their way into Cruz’s home and demanded money before opening fire. No description of the suspects was available.

—Houston Chronicle

A shooting at a Phoenix, Ariz., apartment complex injured two people early Tuesday. Police said the victims were in one of the units when unknown suspects fired several rounds. Witnesses told officers they saw three men flee. Police are investigating.

—AZCentral.com

33-year-old Ernest Belser was shot multiple times and killed over a $20 drug debt in a Montgomery, Ala., hotel room Monday afternoon. Amendo Smith, 26, turned himself in to police Tuesday morning. The killing is Montgomery’s 33rd homicide of the year, surpassing the total of 32 homicides for all of 2012.

—Montgomery Advertiser

A man in his 60s was shot and killed inside his north Salinas, Calif., home, Monday. Investigators know little except that the victim was inside the home with two unidentified men at the time. Multiple calls for assistance elsewhere in Salinas forced police to shrink the crime scene. “We just don’t have enough people,” Sgt. Mark Lazzarini said.

—Californian.com

One person died after a shooting in Jersey City, N.J., early Tuesday, becoming the city’s sixth homicide victim this month and 13th overall this year. Details are scarce.

—NJ.com

A man was left with life-threatening injuries after being shot at a Sacramento, Calif., apartment complex late Monday. Police searched the area but were unable to locate the shooter.

—CBS Sacramento

28-year-old Knighton Hill, Jr. was gunned down in Henrico, Va., early Tuesday, just hours after a community watch meeting praising efforts to reduce crime. Police are investigating.

—NBC12

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed following a confrontation with teenagers in South Los Angeles, Calif., Monday night. The man was walking at about 9:40 p.m. when he was confronted by two teens on bicycles, one of whom opened fire. Investigators believe the shooting may have been gang-related.

—KABC-TV

One person died and another was seriously injured following a shooting in Orange, N.J., Tuesday afternoon. Isa Range, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene. No suspects or motive has been identified.

—NJ.com

A 21-year-old was wounded in a shooting in Round Lake Beach, Ill., Monday night. Police are investigating.

—Daily Herald

According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 6,692 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.