Two people were killed and at least 20 injured on Sunday when three men “shot at the crowd” outside a venue hosting a concert in Miami, Florida (United States), local police said.
The shooting happened overnight in a shopping area near Miami Gardens.
The place, a billiard room, “hosted a scheduled event and several spectators stood outside”Miami-Dade Police said in a statement.
Three individuals then got out of an SUV “and began to shoot indiscriminately at the crowd”. The trio then got back into the car and fled, according to the same source.
Two people were killed, while at least 20 injured were hospitalized, at least one of them in critical condition.
In a tweet, Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez III condemned “a targeted and cowardly armed act.”
“They are cold-blooded murderers who shot indiscriminately in a crowd, and we will seek justice,” did he declare.
The United States has a long and painful history of gun violence, with high-profile shootings targeting schools, workplaces and malls. Homicides increased in the country last year.
In recent months, shootings have taken place at a FedEx center in Indianapolis, an office building in California, a grocery store in Colorado and several spas in Atlanta.
Last month, President Joe Biden called gun violence in the United States an “epidemic” and “international embarrassment.”
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were more than 43,000 gun-related deaths in the United States last year, a figure including suicides.
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