Three people died and seven were injured, including two police officers, then one An 18-year-old young man opened fire in a southern US town before being shot by security forces.
The incident occurred around 11 a.m. Monday (6 p.m. in Lisbon) in Farmington, a town of about 50,000 in the state of New Mexico that serves as a dormitory for the oil and natural gas industry. .
Farmington deputy police chief Baric Crum told a news conference that officers were called and found “a chaotic scene” in which a man was shooting at people on a residential street.
Police confronted the suspect before shooting him, Crum added.
Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said the gunman had at least three guns and appeared to have chosen his targets “purely at random”. shot at people, houses and cars from a distance of 400 meters.
San Juan Regional Medical Center sustained seven injuries, including a Farmington police officer and a state police officer.
“Gun Violence Destroys Lives Every Day” in the US
Farmington Mayor Nate Duckett said in a statement that the two officers had been shot, but their lives were not in danger.
“Today our community has experienced a terrible tragedy that has claimed the lives of three innocent civilians and injured several others,” said Duckett, adding that the incident “left the public in fear and disbelief.”
After the shooting, schools in the city were “pre-emptively closed”. However, police assured that “there are no other known threats at this time.”
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said in a statement that the incident “serves to remind us again how gun violence destroys everyday life” in the United States.
Since the beginning of the year, the Gun Violence Archive portal has recorded more than 220 mass shootings with at least four dead or injured.
Source: DN
