Another shooting in the USA: Three dead and fourteen injured in Tennessee

Created: 06/05/2022, 22:04

By: Nadja Zinsmeister

The crime scene in the US city of Chattanooga was cordoned off on Sunday morning after a shooting.

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In the United States, a shooting occurred in the state of Tennessee on Sunday.

Three people were killed and fourteen others injured.

There were no arrests.

Chattanooga - Another shooting erupted in the United States on Sunday.

After three people were killed and more than a dozen injured in the state of Philadelphia in the night from Saturday to Sunday (local time), a new incident occurred in the state of Tennessee just two hours after the crime.

Shooting in the US state of Tennessee: three people die, fourteen are injured

Two people were shot dead on the street near a nightclub in downtown Chattanooga early Sunday morning.

This was announced by the local police chief Celeste Murphy.

Another person died after being hit by a fleeing vehicle. 

According to the police, twelve other people were also shot and injured in the shooting in Tennessee.

Two other people were injured by fleeing vehicles.

Several of the injured are currently in a life-threatening condition in the hospital, the police chief said.

After another shooting in the USA: Police do not catch any suspects

There were initially no arrests after the crime on Sunday morning.

However, Murphy said the shots were "definitely" fired by more than one perpetrator.

The background to the fact was initially unclear.

The incident is very similar to that in Philadelphia, where the police also spoke of several shooters.

A connection between the two shootings is not yet known.

In just a few weeks, the USA has been shaken by several deadly firearm attacks.

In mid-May, an 18-year-old shot 21 people at an elementary school in the small Texas town of Uvalde.

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