One person died and two others were injured in the shooting at a supermarket in Long Island, New York. The police reported it. The perpetrator has fled and law enforcement agencies are looking for him, while nearby schools have entered ‘lockdown’ and residents have been asked to stay under cover. Some witnesses reported hearing some shots on the upper level of the shop, where the manager’s office is located.
The person killed in the shooting is a 49-year-old employee. At the time of the attack, there were about 200 customers inside the shop. The assailant used a short weapon.
The suspected killer is a 30-year-old African American, Gabriel DeWitt Wilson. He wore a black baseball cap and a sweatshirt of the same color. He is a former worker or employee of the store where the shooting took place. The man, armed, fled west to New York. The police have launched an appeal to citizens to report their presence, inviting them to be very careful.
Since March 16, at least 50 mass shootings
The use of weapons has been a hotly debated topic in the United States in recent weeks and the latest episodes of violence have rekindled souls.
After the shooting in Indianapolis, where a man killed 8 people on Thursday before taking his own life, there are at least 9 other victims (and at least 10 injured) at the end of the weekend, according to reports from CNN, in various episodes in Illinois. , Texas, Wisconsin, Ohio, Nebraska and Louisiana. Since March 16, when a killer in Atlanta targeted three massage parlors, killing 8 people and injuring one, CNN estimates that there have been at least 50 mass shootings, with four or more fatalities and injuries. Among the victims this week of the “firearms pandemic”, as US president Joe Biden called it, there is also a 7-year-old girl in Chicago.
