Shooting at a factory in Smithsburg, Maryland, has left “several fatalities”. Police in the US have not yet given an exact number of victims, according to NBC News it would be at least three dead and four injured. One of the injured is said to be in bad shape.
The gunman fled, but officers were able to hit his car. The suspect and a police officer were injured in an exchange of gunfire. Both were transported to hospital.
Democrat David Trone, a member of the House of Representatives representing the region, has called the incident a “mass shooting” on Twitter.
The Maryland Sheriff said on social media that “the suspect no longer poses a threat to the community”. His motive and the reason for the shooting are not yet known.
Frequent shootings in the US with multiple victims
The US has been regularly rocked by mass shootings lately. In late May, an 18-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The gunman holed up in a classroom and killed 19 children and two teachers before being shot dead by police. A few days earlier, a gunman opened fire at a convenience store in Buffalo, New York, killing ten people and injuring three others.
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