1 killed, 2 wounded in Hollywood shooting

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A man was murdered and two others were injured in a shooting along the Hollywood Walk of Fame early Saturday.

At 1:20 am, a gunman opened fire as the men were leaving a building. According to Los Angeles police, one man died at the scene and two others were brought to a hospital.

The suspect fled in a vehicle, local police reported.

Police Detective Sean Kinchla said that “many people were in the area when the shooting occurred.”

The shooting shut down a section of Hollywood Boulevard while police investigated.

This comes just one day after a six-year-old boy, who is now in police custody, shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary school in Newport News, Virginia.

It remains unknown how the child came to possess the firearm in the first place, as the teacher's condition remains slightly but not fully improved.

It is worth noting that deadly gun violence in the US continued right from 2022 into 2023 as more than 130 people have been reportedly killed and over 300 have been injured by gunfire in the first days of the New Year as per the data of the non-profit organization Gun Violence Archive that tracks shooting incidents.

The data highlighted that 131 individuals, including two toddlers and 11 teenagers, have been killed inadvertently or intentionally in the United States since the beginning of the year, while 34 teenagers and three children were injured.

This is happening as the US continues to struggle with violent crimes and mass shootings due to its loose gun laws and supremacist grounds for such violence.