Two mass shootings happened Wednesday, according to multiple reports.
The first occurred in the early hours in Savannah, Georgia, where one woman was killed and three more people were injured but listed in stable condition.
The second happened near 11 a.m. in San Bernardino, California, where one to three suspects attacked a disabilities center, killing at least 14 and injuring dozens of others.
“Pray for @SanBernardinoPD, @SBCountySheriff and all those responding to the active shooter at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino,” evangelist Franklin Graham tweeted after news of the second shooting broke.
Graham isn’t the only prominent Christian leader using social media to call for prayer.
“Our hearts break to see another shooting today in California. San Bernardino – we are praying for you!” Joyce Meyer tweeted.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines a mass shooting as a shooting with three or more victims. USA Today reports a mass shooting occurs in the U.S. about once every two weeks.
The United States leads the world in the number of mass shootings, the Wall Street Journal reports. Alexis Flynn and Joe Palazzolo write, “The U.S. ranks first in gun ownership per capita, with roughly 270 million firearms, or 89 firearms per 100 residents, according to the Small Arms Survey 2011, a Geneva-based research project that collects information on small arms. Yemen ranks second, with an estimated 55 firearms per 100 residents for a total of 11.5 million. Switzerland comes in third with 3.4 million firearms, or 46 guns per 100 residents.”
