(CNN) � Days after the nation’s deadliest of the year left 18 dead and the subsequent manhunt for the gunman shook Maine, a series of shootings over Halloween weekend killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens across several states.
The rampage at a bowling alley and a restaurant in Lewiston, Maine, also wounded 13. An intensive 48-hour search for the shooter shuttered schools and kept residents behind locked doors as police searched for the gunman, whose body was found Friday inside a recycling facility box trailer.
The attack was among at least 583 mass shootings â€� where four or more are shot excluding the shooter â€� that have been recorded this year across the country, according to theÌý.
Thirteen of those shootings were recorded over the weekend alone, according to the archive.
InÌýIndianapolis, a Halloween party ended with when shots were fired early Sunday,Ìýaccording to local police.
Then, a dispute between two groups erupted in gunfire as hundreds of people were filing out of the bars and nightclubs in just before 3 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.
The shooting left two people dead and injured 16 others, ranging in age from 18-27 years old, authorities said. A 22-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged with second degree murder in the shooting, Tampa police said.
“Lives lost and others forever changed. To what end?â€� TampaÌýMayor Jane Castor said in a . “Bad decisions made in a split second and the proliferation of readily available guns are responsible for these almost daily incidents.â€�
Over 1,000 miles to the north, at least 15 people were also shot early Sunday on Chicago’s west side, police said, at an eventÌýdescribed as a large Halloween party.
Responding officers saw someone “shooting into the location where a gathering was taking place,â€� according to theÌý. The person ran but was apprehended by officers a short distance away, authorities said.
In Kansas, two men were killed and two others were injured in a shooting following an altercation at a Dodge City restaurant and bar early Sunday, . A suspect was arrested later Sunday after fleeing to Oklahoma, according to .
In Lake Charles, Louisiana, a weekend house party ended with six people shot after a fight broke out, deputies said. The injured were all between the ages of 15 and 19, and a 17-year-old was taken into custody in connection with the shooting, according to the .
“This was aÌýpartyÌýfull ofÌýteenagers.ÌýOnce again we have to figure out how these weapons are getting in the hands of our kids,â€� Sheriff Tony Mancuso said in a statement.
Officers , responded to a “chaotic scene� early Saturday where a shooting in an alley killed a 17-year-old boy and left three other people injured.
In Delaware, a 21-year-old woman was struck and killed by a bullet as she was getting into her car at a strip mall, . A fight broke out at a Halloween party late Saturday nightat one of the businesses in the strip mall and reportedly continued into the parking lot, where shots were fired.
The weekend’s gun violence comes as America’sÌýscourgeÌýof mass shootings drags on. The restaurant and bowling alley in Maine now join the list of ordinary places throughout the country that became mass shooting scenes this year, including a Nashville , a Louisville , a California and a Texas outlet .
Nearly has reported having a family member killed by a gun, including by homicide and suicide, according to a Ìýpublished in April by the Kaiser Family Foundation. About as many adults have been personally threatened with a gun, and about 1 in 6 adults has witnessed an injury from a shooting, the survey says.
After the suspect inÌýMaine’s mass shooting was , President Joe Biden reiterated his call to Congress to address gun violence.
“Americans should not have to live like this,â€� he said in the statement. “I once again call onÌýRepublicans in CongressÌýto fulfill their obligation to keep the American people safe. Until that day comes, I will continue to do everything in my power to end this gun violence epidemic. The Lewiston community â€� and all Americans â€� deserve nothing less.â€�
Child loses both parents in shooting
A 13-year-old over the weekend after all three family members were shot during an argument at a San AntonioÌýhouseÌýparty, authorities said.
Officers responded to a call about the shooting at about 9:40 p.m. Saturday and discovered five people had been shot, the San AntonioÌýPoliceÌýDepartment told CNN on Sunday.
A 20-year-old man wasÌýinÌýthe front yard of theÌýpartyÌýand pulled out a gun during an argument, shooting a mother, father andÌýtheirÌý13-year-oldÌýdaughter, police said. The father then took out a gun and shot back at the man, the department said.
The father, 40, and mother, 35, both died at the scene.ÌýTheirÌýdaughterÌýwas taken to a hospital with non-life-threateningÌýinjuries, according to police.
TheÌýinitial shooter and his relative were also both shot and transferred to a hospital with non-life-threateningÌýinjuries,ÌýpoliceÌýsaid.
The 20-year-old is facing charges of capital murderÌýof multiple persons and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to police and court records.
That same night, about 400 miles away in Texarkana, Texas, three people died and three others were wounded in a shooting after a “fist fightâ€� broke out between two men at a party in the back room of a business, according to theÌýTexarkanaÌýPolice Department.
One man died at the scene, according to the release, and a woman and another man died at an area hospital.
Authorities were still working to “determine exactly what happened and who all was involved,� Texarkana police said in a news release.
In Atlanta, a shooting near the Georgia State University campus early Sunday left four injured, according to . A large crowd was gathered in the area prior to the shooting, police said.
Two of the injured were students, Georgia State University President M. Brian Blake .
Investigation into Maine gunman
Authorities are still working to uncover what motivated the deadly attacks in Maine, and digging into the history of the suspect, 40-year-old Robert Card.
As details emerge of serious warning signs about Card known to authorities before the shooting, questions have arisen about the potential lack of follow-through by authorities.
After Card fled the scene Wednesday, officers began a two-day manhunt for the gunman that ended with his body being found inside a box trailer sitting in an overflow parking lot of Maine Recycling Corporation in Lisbon, Maine Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said at a Saturday news conference.
Card had recently been fired from the recycling center, a law enforcement source told CNN.
Law enforcement officials say Card, a US Army reservist and certified firearms instructor, had extensive training, includingÌý
The Maine National Guard asked local police to check on the gunman after a soldier became concerned he would “snap and commit a mass shooting,�
Officers from the Sagadahoc County and Kennebec County Sheriff’s Offices responded and tried to contact Card on September 16, less than six weeks before Wednesday’s massacre, documents say, according to a law enforcement source.
Nearly three months before Wednesday’s shootings, Card tried to buy a firearm silencer fromÌýCoastal Defense Firearms in Auburn, Maine, but the owner of the store, Rick LaChapelle, refused to let Card complete the purchase after he disclosed on a form he had mental health issues,ÌýÌýreported.
Investigators are reviewing Card’s social media footprint as they probe for motive, and also working to establish a timeline up to the point he was found dead, law enforcement sources told CNN on Friday.
CNN’s Raja Razek, Jennifer Henderson, Paradise Afshar, Macie Goldfarb, Andy Rose, Shimon Prokupecz, Mark Morales, Linh Tran, Rachel Clarke, John Miller and Deidre McPhillips contributed to this report.
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