In yet another such incident from the United States, at least three people were killed, and several others sustained injuries when a shooting broke out at a private party in Arkansas’s Jonesboro City.
The incident, which occurred in the 600 block of Burke Street, remained under active investigation Sunday morning, and officials asked individuals to avoid the area.
The police said they discovered multiple gunshot victims upon their arrival at the location near downtown Jonesboro around 5 am on Sunday (local time). Two people were killed, and four others were wounded. The alleged shooter is dead, police say.
The shooting took place during a private party at an abandoned building in the city northeast of Little Rock, police spokesperson Sally Smith told CNN.
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The suspect knew the male and female victims who were killed, as well as another female victim who was wounded, police said in an updated Facebook post. The two female victims were sisters, Smith said, describing the incident as a domestic shooting.
Three other victims were wounded but had no known connection to the suspect. A fifth wounded person later showed up at an area hospital with various wounds. It’s not clear if that fifth victim knew the suspect.
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Authorities did not release the identities of the victims nor a description of the wounds. Police believe there is no active threat to the community.
The investigation is ongoing, and the ages of the victims are not yet known. The male shooter was connected to one of the female victims, Smith said. Police did not specify how he died.
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Burke Street was expected to be closed to traffic for several hours. The JPD stated that more information would be released as the investigation continued.
The incident is one of 73 mass shootings in the US this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which, like CNN, defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter.
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