Gunman Open Fires in Louisville, 6 Victims Reported and Shooter Neutralized

The shooter who opened fire in Louisville has been neutralized.

By Le Figaro with AFP

Posted on 04/10/2023 at 4:24 p.m.update on 04/10/2023 at 4:34 p.m.

A gunman opened fire on Monday morning in Louisville, Kentucky’s main city, and caused 6 victims, announced the authorities of this state in the center of the United States. The suspect, referred to earlier as a “assailant in action” at the beginning of “several victims“, was finally “neutralized“, said the police on Twitter.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has announced that he will immediately go there. City Mayor Craig Greenberg called on residents to avoid the area.

A witness told local channel WHAS11 that he saw a man with a “assault rifle» shoot in a bank. Another witness, Debbie, told local channel WDRB that she saw a victim on the ground in front of a hotel when she stopped at a red light while driving her car. It was then that shots rang out. “I took off“, she says. When I turned around, I saw that one of the windows in the bank had been smashed.“

The United States pays a very heavy price for the spread of firearms in its territory and the ease with which Americans have access to them. Around 49,000 people died from gunshot wounds in 2021, compared to 45,000 in 2020, which was already a record year. This represents more than 130 deaths per day, more than half of which are suicides.

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