At least three people were killed and two were injured this Sunday in a shooting at a shopping center in Indianapolisin the USA.
US police have indicated that the prime suspect died at the Greenwood Park mall in Indiana, according to ‘ABC News’.
The attacker was “shot dead by a gunman” who was in the yard, the mayor of the city said. Greenwood, Mark Myers. This is not the first time this year that there has been a shooting that leaves the dead in USA.
Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison said the department received calls about a shooting in the mall’s food court around 6:05 pm local time.
Ison detailed that the alleged shooter had a rifle with several magazines of ammunition when he entered the food court and started shooting.
The Greenwood Police Department has asked citizens that anyone who witnessed the incident call or visit authorities to provide more details about what happened.
Authorities have asked the public to stay away from the area at this time while they investigate to determine the cause of the incident.
A week ago, five people were injured in a shooting on the historic Coney Island boardwalk, one of New York City’s hottest summer spots.
Three more people were shot dead during the night in various incidents in New York, where a significant number of violent episodes have accumulated in recent days, claiming several lives.
Report Points to Official Mistakes in Uvalde Shooting
An official report revealed serious coordination errors by local, state and federal security forces in an operation deployed during a shooting at Uvalde Elementary School in Texas, USA, which killed 19 children and 2 teachers.
An investigation prepared by a Texas congressional committee and accessed by The Texas Tribune concluded that 376 agents were involved in the school rescue operation, leading a “chaotic and uncoordinated scene that lasted more than an hour.”
The report said it took authorities so long to enter the classroom where the shooter, Salvador Ramos, barricaded himself with a group of students due to “system failures and extremely poor decision making.”
(According to Europa Press and AFP)
Source: RPP
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