(Hampton) South Carolina authorities said they are investigating a club shooting that occurred early Sunday in Hampton that left at least nine people injured. It was the third mass shooting in the United States over the Easter weekend.
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The three shootings left two minors dead and at least 31 injured.
Law enforcement said by email that no deaths were reported in the Sunday morning shooting. No information was immediately available on the severity of the injuries.
In Pittsburgh, two minors were killed and at least eight people were injured in a shooting that happened around 12:30 a.m. during a party at a short-term rental property where hundreds of people had gathered — the “vast majority” of them being minors, Pittsburgh Police Department Chief Scott Schubert told reporters.
These two shootings come just a day after gunfire broke out at a busy shopping center in South Carolina’s capital, Columbia, about 140 miles north of where the nightclub shooting of Hampton took place. Nine people were shot and five people were injured as they tried to flee the mall, Columbia Police Chief WH Holbrook said Saturday. The victims were between 15 and 73 years old.
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A shooting erupted Saturday at a busy mall in South Carolina’s capital, Columbia.
The Columbia Police Department announced the arrest of 22-year-old Jewayne M. Price, who was one of three people originally detained by law enforcement as a person of interest in the shooting. from the shopping center. He is charged with illegal possession of a weapon.
Police say the injured 73-year-old continues to receive medical treatment, but the other victims have been discharged from hospital or will be discharged soon.
“We don’t think this is a coincidence,” Chief Holbrook said. We think they knew each other and that something caused the gunshots. »
The three Easter weekend shootings add to a much longer list.
Last week, a gunman opened fire on a New York City subway car, injuring 10 people. A suspect was arrested the next day. Earlier this month, police said 6 people were killed and 12 others injured in Sacramento, California, in a shootout between rival gangs as bars closed in a busy neighborhood.
A week ago, a shooting at a crowded nightclub in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, killed 2 people and injured 10. And last month, 10 people were shot dead at a party in Dallas and several others were injured as they tried to escape the gunfire.