Shooting in US mall: Gunman shot dead by armed civilian among 4 killed, two injured
Indianapolis (US), July 18: At least four people, including a gunman, were killed on Sunday evening at an Indiana mall after a gunman opened fire in a food court, police informed.
Two others have been injured, reports said.
"In total, four people were killed and two were injured," Jim Ison, Chief of Greenwood Police Department informed, according to The New York Times.
Addressing a news conference on Sunday, the Police chief stated that the emergency call centre received calls about the shooting in the food court around 6 pm (local time).
He further added that the shooting ended when an armed civilian stopped the gunman. "It appears that a good Samaritan that was armed observed the shooting in progress and shot the shooter," Ison stated.
Following the incident, the Mayor of Greenwood said: "We experienced a mass shooting this evening at the Greenwood Park Mall. The Greenwood Police Department is in control of the scene. I am in direct contact with the command post, and there is no further threat. I would ask the public to please stay away from this area."
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"This tragedy hits at the core of our community," the Mayor added.
Taking to Twitter, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department urged people to avoid the area.
With the rise in gun violence in the United States, President Joe Biden has stated that the country needs to ban assault weapons to protect children and families or raise the buying age from 18 to 21.
Furthermore, on June 22, a group of US lawmakers reached a long-awaited agreement on a bipartisan gun safety bill in the aftermath of recent shooting incidents in Uvalde, Buffalo, and Texas.
The new legislation aims to remove firearms from dangerous people while also providing billions of dollars in new mental health funding.
The bill does not prohibit assault-style rifles or significantly extend background-check procedures for gun purchases, but it does provide states with extra tools to take guns away from dangerous people.
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