A new shot shock United States of America. This time, the tragic episode took place on the night of this Wednesday in a shopping center in El Paso, in Texasand left as balance at least one dead and three injured.
According to interim police chief Peter Pacillas, two men were arrested for the offense at the Cielo Vista shopping mall, which will remain closed until authorities complete their investigation.
“There is no more danger. I want to repeat it: there is no more danger for the public,” Pacillas assured.
For his part, Sergeant Robert Gomez, spokesman for the El Paso police, avoided giving details of the incident and argued that “it is still too early to hypothesize a motive”. scene.
The University Medical Center of El Paso said in a statement that two men with gunshot wounds were being treated there and that they are in critical condition. The conditions of the third injured are not known.
This shooting occurred in a busy shopping area and very close to a Walmart where 23 people were killed in an attack in 2019.
The United States has recorded dozens of deaths from mass shootings so far in 2023, most recently at Michigan State University on Monday, where three students were killed and five others injured.
In January, 11 people were killed in the Los Angeles metropolitan area city of Monterey Park as the Lunar New Year was playing.
In 2022, there were more than 600 mass shootings across the United States in which at least four people were killed or injured, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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Source: Clarin
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