In Iowa, a man killed two women in a church and then killed himself
A new “multiple-shot” shooting in the United States this Thursday left victims at a funeral at Graceland Cemetery in Racine, about 30 miles south of Milwaukee, the largest city in the state of Wisconsin.
“At 2:26 p.m. local time, multiple shots were fired at Graceland Cemetery. There are casualties, but it is unknown at this time how many. The scene is still active and under investigation,” Racine police said on Twitter.
The police have asked local residents to avoid the area and have launched an investigation to clarify the facts. The cemetery borders Osborne and Ohio to the east and west.
Racine Mayor Cory Mason announced Thursday evening that in response to the increase in gun violence in the city of Racine, everyone under the age of 18 will be banned from city streets from 11 p.m. to 6 p.m. all weekend. hours (local time).
“Today’s horrific shooting in a cemetery as a family mourned the loss of a loved one is yet another atrocity committed by the perpetrators of violence in our community. We must end the violence, revenge is not the answer. Ending gun violence is the top priority of the police and my administration,” Mason stressed, as reported by local newspaper The Journal Times Racine.
In this regard, he stressed that he had held talks with the governor and attorney general to request more resources to support the prevention of violence in the city.
“I am ordering the police to actively enforce our weekend curfew. Those under 18 must be home by 11 p.m.,” he added.
On the other hand, the governor, Tony Evers, has explained on his Twitter account that he has been following this Thursday’s shooting in Racine and has reached out to his local partners to offer support. “While we await additional information, we pray that all involved survive and recover. Armed violence must stop,” he said.
This event happened a day after a gunman killed his surgeon and three other people at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
On May 24, another shooting killed at least 21, including 19 children and two adults, at Robb Elementary School in the southern United States town of Uvalde, Texas.
A man killed two women and later committed suicide this Thursday night in the parking lot of “Cornerstone” Church in the city of Ames, Iowa, in the second shooting of the day in the United States and following the lead of the United States President Joe Biden’s request to Congress to ban assault weapons in the country.
The shooting took place shortly before 7 p.m. (local time) and when officers arrived on the scene they found two women and a man dead, the city’s police chief Nicholas Lennie confirmed and as reported by US network NBC News.
The man has been identified as the prime suspect and there is no threat to the community, Lennie added.
Source: La Verdad
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