2023-07-02 13:53:00
A shooting on the east coast of the United States left two people dead, a 20-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman. 28 injured are counted.
By HR with AFP New shooting in Baltimore in the United States. © KYLE MAZZA / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP Published on 07/02/2023 at 1:53 p.m.
At least two people lost their lives in a shooting on the night of Saturday July 1 to Sunday July 2, in Baltimore, on the east coast of the United States. According to the local police, 28 injured are also to be deplored. Police said they received numerous calls shortly around midnight, the latter reporting that shots had been fired in the Brooklyn neighborhood, police chief Rich Worley said at a press conference.
“When they arrived on the spot, the police found many people hit by bullets”, he added, adding that an 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man had been killed, and that nine other people, seriously injured, were transported to the nearest hospitals. Three of the injured are in critical condition.
The other injured were sent to more distant hospitals, he said. Authorities are trying to understand what happened, identify a suspect and understand his motivation. ‘should never have happened,’ said city mayor Brandon Scott at a press conference.
337th killing of the year
“It again highlights the consequences and the need to combat the proliferation of illegal firearms on our streets and the possibility for those who should not have them to succeed in obtaining them,” he said. added. “We will never stop finding those cowards who decided to shoot dozens of people just like that, killing two,” he promised.
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With more guns than people, the United States has the highest gun death rate of any developed country. Some 20,200 people were killed by firearms in 2022, according to the association Gun Violence Archive (GVA). Not to mention 24,000 suicides.
The Baltimore shooting is the 337th mass shooting in the United States since the beginning of the year, according to GVA, which defines mass shootings as attacks with firearms in which at least four people are injured or killed.
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