On May 5, a shooting occurred in a shopping mall near Dallas, killing 6 people, including the gunman, and injuring 9 others. The Gun Violence Archive in the United States has determined that shootings that killed or injured more than four people are mass shootings.

The racial problem in the U.S. is deeply rooted, and many shootings have obvious racist tendencies. The world is witnessing a declining United States, where political polarization and social disorder have led to frequent hate crimes, and the proliferation of guns has become a fuel for terrorism.