Two new shootings left at least five dead this Wednesday in the United States while in Uvalde, Texas, one of the two teachers killed in the recent massacre at an elementary school was buried and New York City was considering declaring a state of emergency due to violence growing with firearms.
One of the shootings occurred when a man with a rifle opened fire on a St. Francis Medical Center campus in Tusla, Oklahoma. (state in the south-central United States) and caused five deaths -including himself- and several wounded, authorities reported.
“We can confirm that five people were killed, including the attacker, in the shooting,” Tusla Police said. On twitter.
“A catastrophic scene,” said Sergeant Richard Meulenberg, according to CNN television and the ANSA news agency.
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The policeman added: “A suspect was killed. I don’t know at this point if we shot him or he shot himself.”according to the Europa Press agency.
Meanwhile, Tulsa Councilmember Jayme Fowler told local station KOTV that the suspect committed suicide.
Tulsa Fire Department spokesman Andy Little said “the suspect shot and killed multiple people.”
Little said at least one person was taken from the hospital with serious injuries and told the attacker “came in with a rifle.”
Darin Glodo of the Tulsa Police Department said the shooting was at the Natalie Medical Building.a Saint Francis Hospital medical office building.
The police searched all the floors of the medical center.
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At the same time, At least one person was injured by gunshots near a Walmart supermarket in PennsylvaniaUS media reported.
The police had started a manhunt to find the assailant and the The main suspect was an African-American man wearing a blue and white t-shirt.
Police closed off part of state highway 315 around Pittston Township in Luzeme County to facilitate the search.
These two new events occurred while In Uvalde, Texas, they buried Irma García, one of the two teachers killed last week in a massacre at an elementary school, which left 21 dead (19 children and two teachers).
To these victims was added Irma’s husband, who died a few days after a heart attack.
Garcia, 48, was one of the people killed by Salvador Ramos, 18, who entered Robb Elementary with a semi-automatic rifle on May 24 and unleashed the massacre.
The coffins of Garcia and her husband, covered with flowers, were taken to the local Sacred Heart Catholic Church for a mass attended by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.
“We must unite as a country against this senseless cycle of violence,” the official wrote in a statement.
Five other victims, including two children, remained hospitalized today in the city of San Antonio, according to media.
The first funerals for the students killed in the attack were held yesterday.
This tragedy, the latest in a epidemic of gun violence in the United States in recent years has prompted desperate calls from various quarters for Congress to pass stricter laws on the sale and carrying of firearms.
Payton Gendron, the white teenager accused of shooting 10 people to death during a racist attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, last month, was also charged with domestic terrorism on Wednesday.
Uvalde’s was the second deadliest attack on an educational center since the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012.
Following the Uvalde massacre, however, there were a dozen shootings with more than four deaths reported across the country over the “Memorial Day” long weekend.
According to the Gun Violence Archive website, there were at least 132 deaths and 329 injuries from firearms across the country from Saturday night 28 to Monday 30.
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In that context, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was considering declaring a state of emergency there due to rising gun violence, according to The New York Times.
Firearms incidents in the city doubled between 2019 and 2021, from 777 to 1,562, and hit the highest number since 2006.
Since taking office on January 1 of this year, Adams has reinforced the police presence in the subways and reactivated an anti-weapons division that had been closed down long ago.
“This is the battle of our times in terms of civil rights: we must face not only how guns destroy individuals, but how they destroy the anatomy of our communities and our cities,” Adams said months ago.
