4 killed in Georgia shooting, suspect at large
Hangzhou Net Release time: 2023-07-16 19:04
China News Agency, San Francisco, July 15 (Xinhua) According to US media reports, a mass shooting occurred on the 15th local time in Hampton, Georgia, in the southeastern United States, resulting in the death of 4 people and the suspect is at large.
The Hamptons are about 50 kilometers south of Atlanta and have a population of about 8,500. CNN reported that Hampton Police Chief James Turner said at a press conference that day that the police received a call about the shooting around 10:45 that day. The incident resulted in the deaths of 3 men and 1 woman. All 4 were adults. The police have not yet released the names of the victims.
The Associated Press quoted Turner as saying that police were investigating at least four adjacent crime scenes in a neighborhood in the Hamptons. Police said a 40-year-old local male resident has been identified as the suspect, who fled the scene in a black car belonging to someone else. Police also said the suspect was dangerously armed.
The police have released the suspect’s photo, name, height, clothing and other information on social media, and offered a reward of $10,000 for the murderer. The New York Times quoted police as saying that the shooter’s motive for the crime could not be confirmed, and it was not clear whether he knew the victim.
According to statistics from the U.S. “Gun Violence File” website, there have been 382 mass shootings in the U.S. this year that caused at least four casualties, and more than 23,000 people died in various gun-related incidents.
(Original title: 4 people were killed in a shooting incident in Georgia, the United States, and the suspect is at large)
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2023-07-16 11:04:00
