Shooting in Texas kills two, injures four, including three officers
Gun violence hits the US hard, once again, with a new shooting taking Texas by surprise and claiming the lives of two.
A shooting in Haltom City, Texas, killed two individuals and injured four others, including three police officers, according to the Haltom City Police Department on Sunday.
The shooting occurred late on Saturday after an elderly woman contacted 911 to report it. Local cops in tactical gear came on the scene and began hunting for the suspect. According to the police, three cops got non-life-threatening injuries when the suspect opened fire after being found nearly a mile away from the site.
A woman in the house and a male in the driveway were both shot dead. The elderly woman who dialed 911 was not seriously injured. According to authorities, the gunman committed suicide and was discovered dead.
In May, an 18-year-old gunman shot dead 19 children and two adults at a Texas elementary school, the state's governor confirmed.
The assailant "shot and killed, horrifically and incomprehensibly, 20 students and killed a teacher," Texas Governor Greg Abbott told a news conference. Abbott said the shooter had a handgun and possibly a rifle.
The United States has been witnessing an unprecedented rise in mass shootings that have claimed the lives of many. A shooting last month claimed the lives of two and injured one at a suburban Alabama church shooting.
According to the Alabama police, the suspect has been taken into custody following the attack at St Stephen’s Episcopal Church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills.
Another shooting killed three at a manufacturing facility north of Smithsburg, Maryland. According to Sergeant Carly Hose, the male suspect fled the scene before the Washington County Sheriff's office arrived at the shooting location.
The recent spree of tragic shootings has pushed guns to the forefront of a national debate as US leaders grapple with how to reduce the alarming rate of violence.
However recently, the US Senate passed a bill aimed at curbing the gun violence ravaging the United States, which has been particularly rampant over the past couple of months.
The bill that passed the Senate floor includes narrow restrictions on firearm ownership and allocates several billion dollars to mental health and school security funding.
Yesterday, New York lawmakers adopted a broad revamp of the state's handgun licensing requirements on Friday, hoping to keep certain restrictions on weapons in place after the US Supreme Court ruled that American citizens have the fundamental right to carry arms in public.
This comes at a time when gun violence has become the main culprit behind children's deaths in the US.
The bill, which was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul after passing both houses by large margins, is likely certain to spark additional legal challenges from gun rights activists who argue that the state continues to place too many limits on who may obtain weapons and where they can carry them.
After last week's high-court verdict removing the state's long-standing licensing limitations, Hochul, a Democrat, invited the Democrat-controlled Legislature back to Albany to work on the bill.