1 killed, 7 injured in shooting outside nightclub in Kentucky, US: report

Lina Portman2 weeks ago

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Kentucky, United States:

One person was killed and seven others injured in a shooting outside a nightclub in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday (local time), CNN reported, citing police.

First responders found two people with gunshot wounds when they reached the location outside the H20 Lounge at 12:47 a.m. (local time), according to the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department's statement. Later, one of the victims, a man, was pronounced dead.

Police said the second person was taken to hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries. Later, medical staff reported that six other victims, all adults, had gone to area hospitals for treatment after the shooting.

According to Aaron Ellis, public information officer for the police department, all six people were shot. Police said: “These injuries are believed to be non-life threatening. »

Police have not released any information about the suspect and it is unclear how many people opened fire or what caused the shooting.

Police said, “The connections between the victims, if any, are not known at this time,” adding that the shooting remains under investigation.

In a separate incident, three people were killed and ten others injured in a shooting at a grocery store in Fordyce, Arkansas, on Friday (local time), authorities said at a news conference, reports CNN.

Arkansas State Police reported that the incident happened at the Mad Butcher grocery store around 11:30 a.m. local time, CNN reported.

Mike Hagar, secretary of public safety and director of the Arkansas State Police, said law enforcement quickly responded to the scene and engaged in a confrontation with the “lone suspect” exchanging fire. The officers and suspect were injured, but are not believed to be life-threatening.

Over the past few weeks, the United States has seen several mass shootings, with at least 21 more mass shootings recorded by the Gun Violence Archive since last Friday. According to a CNN report, the Gun Violence Archive, considers mass shootings to be those in which four or more people are shot, excluding the shooter.

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