Another shooting in the United States: at least three dead

At least three people were killed and two others injured during a shooting Sunday night at a shopping mall in Indiana.According to authorities, a man entered the Greendwood Park Mall with a rifle and several magazines and opened fire in a food court. He was killed by a 22-year-old man who was legally carrying a firearm.

Four of the five people shot were women, said Jim Ison, chief of the Greenwood Police Department. Police seized a suspicious backpack that was in a bathroom near the area, he added. Police officers rushed to the mall around 6 p.m., alerted by reports of a shooting at the scene.” The real hero of the day is the citizen who was legally carrying a firearm in that food zone and was able to stop the assailant almost as soon as he started,” said Ison.Mayor Mark Myers asked for “prayers for the victims and our emergency personnel” and said that “this tragedy impacts the heart of our community.” Another such incident affects the United States. According to the Gun Violence Archive, about 40,000 deaths are caused per year by firearms. The attack came a couple of weeks after a gunman opened fire at a July 4 parade in an affluent Chicago suburb that left seven dead and at least three dozen wounded. It also followed two massacres in May: 10 African Americans were shot dead in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York; and 19 children and two teachers were killed at an elementary school in Texas.The recent spike in gun violence reignited the tough debate over gun regulation in the country. A House committee will vote this week, for the first time in nearly 20 years, on a bill to ban assault rifles.

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