At least three people were killed and several injured in a shooting in the US city of Farmington (New Mexico), in which the assailant was also killed in the clash with the police.
“The suspect’s identity is unknown and there are no other threats at this time,” the Farmington Police Department wrote in a social media post.
Among the injured are two officers, who were treated in a hospital in the area and are in stable condition.
The assailant is believed to have acted alone, police said. The gun violence prompted security lockdowns at several public schools in Farmington, a city of about 46,000 residents, but police said after the suspect was killed there was no longer a threat to the public and the lockdowns have been lifted .
According to the Gun Violence Archive, a group that monitors gun violence in the country, there were a total of 224 “mass shootings” in the United States in 2023, which the organization defines as an incident in which four or multiple people, not counting the attacker. In addition, almost 2,000 people have been killed by firearms this year, according to his data.