“The identity of the suspect is not known and there are no other threats at the moment,” the local Police Department said in a message on social networks.
Several officers responded to the call of a shooting in a residential neighborhood with several schools in the perimeter.
Two were injured and were taken to a hospital, where they were treated and are “in stable condition.”
Schools were closed, according to authorities, while videos circulated on social media showing a heavy police presence.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, a group that tracks gun violence in the United States, so far in 2023 there have been 224 “mass shootings,” which the organization defines as an incident in which 4 or more people are affected, not counting the aggressor.
Also, according to his data, nearly 2,000 people have been shot to death so far this year.
Episodes of armed violence are alarmingly frequent in the United States, a country where there are more guns than people, and where attempts to curb their proliferation are always met with stiff resistance.
With information from AFP and EFE
