Three people were killed and five injured on Monday when a man opened fire on a campus in Lansing, west of Detroit in the United States, before fleeing, police said.
“We have three confirmed deaths. This is in addition to the five victims who have been taken to hospital,” Michigan State University police tweeted.
Gunshots were reported on the campus of Lansing, a city west of Detroit, and “several injuries are reported”, wrote the security service of the University in Twitter, assuring that “police intervenes”.
“The suspect is believed to be on foot at this time,” he wrote, calling on residents “on and off campus to self-isolate.” “We continue to receive many calls reporting an active shooter.”
“There appears to be only one suspect at this time,” campus police added, describing him as “a small, possibly black, man with a mask.”
“Michigan State Police, University Police, local law enforcement, and emergency services are on scene,” state Governor Gretchen Whitmer wrote on Twitter. the situation.
The United States pays a very heavy price for the spread of firearms in its territory and the ease with which Americans have access to them.
The country has more individual weapons than inhabitants: one in three adults owns at least one weapon and nearly one in two adults lives in a home where there is a weapon.
The consequence of this proliferation is the very high rate of firearm deaths in the United States, unmatched by that of other developed countries.