The inhabitants of USA they again suffer moments of panic in the last hours. This Saturday, May 8, there were two similar incidents in that country, characteristic of recent times.
On New York, two women and a girl were injured during a shooting. Also, there were at least other three injured in a dangerous episode the same day, in the popular shopping Aventura Mall de Miami. No fatalities were recorded.
New York
On New York, in Times Square (near 45th Street and 7th Avenue), in a confrontation between four men, three people were injured: two women and a 4-year-old girl. One of the protagonists of the fight took out a gun and began to shoot. According to what was published by CNN, the victims were not related to each other and had nothing to do with the episode of violence.
The police of New York confirmed that the shooting took place around 4.55 in the afternoon (local time) when the tourist place was crowded. Several officers who were in the area responded immediately and the victims were taken to a nearby hospital. There is no fear for their lives, security forces reported.
The 4-year-old girl, who was there with her family, received a shot in the leg and had to be operated on. On the other hand, one of the two adult women, a 23-year-old tourist, was also shot in the leg. The third victim is a 43-year-old woman who was injured in the foot. All were hospitalized at Bellevue Hospital. No deaths were reported.
Mayor Bill de Blasio stated on his Twitter account that the victims “are in stable condition” and that the authorities are “locating the perpetrators” of the shooting to bring them to justice.
Miami
Two hours before that afternoon, at least three people were injured during a confrontation that occurred in a shopping center in the American city of Miami, in the state of Florida. The event occurred the day before Mother’s Day in Adventure Mall, one of the most popular shopping in the tourist city.
According to witnesses to this attack, there was an argument between two groups of people at the Boss store in the mall. One of them threatened with a gun. A man from the other group reacted, He also took out a pistol and began to shoot. The protagonists of the incident are hospitalized and, according to local police, are out of danger.
As soon as the shots were heard, those people who were walking through the mall left the mall and others locked themselves in premises until the police confirmed that the suspects had already been captured.
The Joe Biden government promised to fight in Congress to approve a series of regulations on the purchase and possession of weapons, which, in its opinion, will reduce this type of violent episodes.
Specifically in New York since 2020 shootings are on the rise. According to the crime statistics of the city, until May 2 of this year they had grown 83% compared to the same period of the previous year.
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