Halloween weekend in the United States turned into a string of deadly shootings, with 201 people wounded and 76 killed, according to analysts and media reports, infohub.kz reports.

October 31, the eve of All Saints' Day, fell on a Saturday in 2026 — a rare coincidence: the last time this happened was in 2020, and the next will be in 2037. The holiday is widely celebrated in the US, with city parades and mass costume events.

According to analysts and media, the tally of incidents opened Friday morning in Tennessee, where a teenager brought a pistol to a high school; no one was killed, and he was charged with illegal weapons possession. A 35-year-old man was shot dead during an argument in a southern Chicago neighborhood — footage from the scene shows a private home brightly decorated for Halloween.

In a small town in Missouri, a quarrel at an apartment party ended in gunfire: a 22-year-old wounded an 18-year-old. The list of incidents also includes gun use in domestic violence cases.

The police department in Fairfield, California, reported a shooting at a local shopping mall near a Halloween costume shop. Six people aged 16 to 43 were wounded, and a 31-year-old pregnant woman was killed, law enforcement said.

The sheriff's office in Eureka, Montana, reported the death of a deputy in a shootout on Friday evening. Officers responded to a call, the assailant opened fire, and another officer was wounded.

In Alabama, two people were killed in a shooting at an apartment building. Four people were taken to hospital Saturday morning in Kansas: one of the victims was hit in the face by a stray bullet.

Overnight into Sunday, a shooting occurred near buildings at the University of Delaware, wounding six people. In Dallas, Texas, four people were shot dead and 15 wounded overnight, with police reporting three unrelated incidents. In another city in the state, seven people went to hospital with gunshot wounds from a birthday celebration.

In Florida, a 20-year-old was killed and nine others, including a 15-year-old girl, were wounded at a party, Jacksonville police said. In Illinois, a 19-year-old was killed and eight people were wounded.

We previously reported that Halloween celebrations ended in the deaths of four people in the US.