周日,印第安纳波利斯地区一家购物中心发生枪击事件,造成至少三人死亡,两人住院治疗。
警方称,嫌犯在印第安纳州格林伍德公园购物中心的美食广场开枪后也已死亡。
格林伍德警察局长吉姆·伊森(Jim Ison)说,警方在下午6点05分左右接到电话,称购物中心的美食广场有一名活跃的枪手
Ison说,嫌疑枪手有一支装有几盒弹药的步枪,他进入食品区并开始射击。
印第安纳州格林伍德的格林伍德公园购物中心,2022年7月17日,枪击发生后,急救人员聚集在一起。
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据Ison报道,该负责人表示,一名持枪的好心人向持枪者开枪,持枪者似乎使用了一把长枪。格林伍德市长马克·迈尔斯也表示,嫌疑人是“被一名武装人员射杀的”说。
这位负责人说,嫌疑人被描述为一名男子,目前还没有确定身份,也没有确定动机。
当局表示,目前没有持续的威胁。
印第安纳波利斯大都会警察局表示,在格林伍德公园购物中心的事件发生后,有“多人伤亡”。
格林伍德警察局是牵头机构问任何可能目击这一事件的人都可以打电话给调度或访问警察培训中心。
At least 3 dead after shooting at Indianapolis-area mall
At least three people are dead and two others hospitalized after a shooting at an Indianapolis-area shopping mall on Sunday.
The suspect is also dead after opening fire in the food court of the Greenwood Park Mall in Indiana, police said.
Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison said the department received calls of an active shooter in the mall's food court at about 6:05 p.m.
The suspected shooter had a rifle with several magazines of ammunition, and he entered the food court and began shooting, Ison said.
The chief said a good Samaritan who was armed shot the gunman, who appeared to use a long gun, according to Ison. The suspect was "shot by an armed individual," Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers alsosaid.
The suspect, who was described as a man, has not been identified yet, nor has a motive been determined, the chief said.
There is currently no ongoing threat, authorities said.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police had said there are "multiple casualties" following the incident at Greenwood Park Mall.
The Greenwood Police Department is the lead agency andaskedanyone who might have witnessed the incident to call the dispatch or visit the police training center.