Sunday’s incidents came with the United States already on edge over a surge in shootings in recent weeks. A gunman killed eight workers and himself at an Indianapolis FedEx center on Thursday night, with at least seven deadly mass shootings reported in the United States over the past month.
Five people were hospitalized after being shot and injured in Shreveport, Louisiana,the third multiple shooting reported in the United States with 24 hours.In a briefing to local news outlets, police conveyed that they were in the first stages of investigating the incident, without confirming the number of people admitted to hospital nor their condition.One victim was shot in the head, while another suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
In Shreveport, located in northwest Louisiana, multiple police units were dispatched to the scene of the incident, which took place on Hearne Avenue. Victims were taken to Ochsners LSU Health and other local hospitals.Reuters was not immediately able to contact local police.
Earlier on Sunday three people died at an apartment complex in Austin, Texas and authorities were hunting for a former deputy sheriff wanted in connection with the fatal shooting. Separately, three people were killed and two wounded in a shooting at a bar in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, in the early hours of Sunday.
The spate of shootings has increased public pressure to tighten gun regulations. Most Americans support tougher gun laws, according to Reuters polling, but Washington has done little to address the problem in recent years.
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