Several people were killed and injured in a shooting spree at a Texas mall.
The perpetrator was eliminated on the spot by a police officer.
Allen – A shooting spree that left several dead and wounded broke out at a mall in the Dallas suburb of Allen on Saturday (May 6).
The shooter shot at visitors to the shopping center in the afternoon and killed seven people at the scene, according to fire chief Jonathan Boyd.
Nine other people were taken to the hospital, two of whom succumbed to their injuries.
As the US news channel
CNN
reports, some of the victims are only five years old.
Texas shooting kills nine, seven injured after shooting at mall
The first shots are said to have been fired at the Allen Premium Outlets shopping center around 3:30 p.m. local time.
According to Police Chief Brian Harvey, a police officer was already on site at the time on another case.
This police officer noticed the shots, killed the suspect and then called the emergency services.
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Police searched all of the stores after a shot was fired at a Texas mall.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the gun attack an "unspeakable tragedy."
As a representative of the White House announced, US President Joe Biden has already been informed about the incident in the shopping center.
Police raid stores after Texas ice cream mall rampage – chaotic scenes
Authorities initially assumed there could be a second shooter,
CNN
said.
Therefore, police officers combed the stores of the mall.
Photos and video footage show visitors and employees rushing to the parking lots in fear.
Meanwhile, Harvey announced that the police are assuming a lone perpetrator.
Jaynal Pervez, a father who rushed there after a call from his daughter from the mall, told
CNN
, "It's nowhere safe anymore.
I don't know what to do."
Pervez later told
CBS that chaotic scenes had taken place in the parking lot.
"Shoes were lying around, people's cell phones were lying on the street."
Shooting spree in an ice cream mall in Texas - repeated attacks with guns
In the United States there are repeated gun attacks with many injuries and deaths.
The country has more guns than people.
Around 49,000 people died from the use of firearms in 2021, compared to 45,000 in 2020.
According to the
Gun Violence Archive
website , there have been more than 195 gun attacks this year, in which four or more people have been injured or killed.
But even in Germany there are repeated attacks with firearms, as in a rampage in Hamburg in March.
(kiba/dpa)
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