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Shooting in a Texas shopping center, nine dead

2023-05-07T09:52:55.967Z


Nine people have died in a shooting in a shopping center in Allen, a suburb north of Dallas, Texas. Local media showed the bodies covered in sheets on the ground. There are also seven injured, including children. (HANDLE)


Bloody Saturday afternoon in Texas.

Eight people were killed and seven were injured in a mega-mall on the outskirts of Dallas by a man in military gear who opened fire on a crowd before being shot dead by an officer.

It is feared that there are children among the victims.

Yet another episode of gun madness in the United States began at 3.30 pm, during what seemed like a typical afternoon of shopping at Allen Premium Outlets, one of the main malls in the state.

Thousands of people wandered around the more than one hundred shops in the shopping center - families, couples, groups of friends - unaware of the nightmare they would experience in a few minutes.

Witnesses said they suddenly heard a loud noise of gunfire, between 14 and 60 shots,

and then chaos ensued.

The timely intervention of the police made it possible to avoid an even more serious toll.

The police said the killer, who was wearing "military clothing", was killed by an agent who intervened on the spot.

The reason for the massacre is unknown at the moment.

A witness said that "the attacker was wearing a vest and appeared to have received training. He knew what he was doing".

A shocking video circulating on Twitter shows the man, dressed in a dark suit, getting out of a gray car in the mall parking lot and shooting at people.

The images are blurry and in the distance but the sound of gunfire is clear.

Also this weekend in California

a 17-year-old girl was killed and five other boys - aged between 18 and 21 - were injured in a shooting at a party in Chico.

In the same hours a policewoman who had just finished her shift was killed in Chicago.

There have been more than 150 mass shootings in the United States since the beginning of 2023, more than in days gone by this year, according to data from the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive.

Last year there were 647, an average of two a day.

Some massacres, within the walls of the house, don't even make it to the media.

year, according to data from the nonprofit organization 'Gun Violence Archive'.

Last year there were 647, an average of two a day.

Some massacres, within the walls of the house, don't even make it to the media.

year, according to data from the nonprofit organization 'Gun Violence Archive'.

Last year there were 647, an average of two a day.

Some massacres, within the walls of the house, don't even make it to the media.


Source: ansa

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