One person died and six others sustained injuries during a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in the Solano Town Center in Fairfield, California, on 30 October.
Police officers discovered seven individuals with gunshot wounds at the scene. At least three of the victims remain in critical condition. The Spirit Halloween store is located approximately 47 miles, or 76 kilometres, northeast of San Francisco.
Dan Marshall, a representative for the Fairfield Police Department, stated that the crime scene remains active and the investigation is ongoing. Marshall noted that police had not yet identified any suspects at the time of the report. The Gun Violence Archive reported that the United States has seen more than 400 mass shootings in 2026.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, the most recent mass shootings in Pennsylvania occurred in July in Philadelphia. A 45-year-old man opened fire in a neighbourhood in Erie, Pennsylvania, on 11 October, resulting in nine deaths.
On 26 October, a shooting near the Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University campus on Perry Street in Tallahassee left 11 people with gunshot wounds and one other person injured. Police in Tallahassee counted six adults and six juveniles among those injured in that incident.
