A third woman was taken to a local hospital, where she later died, police said…reports Asian Lite News.
Six people were killed, including a suspected shooter in Plymouth, England, on Thursday night.
Police responded to a “serious firearms incident” in the Keyham section of the city in southwest England at about 6:10 pm local time, according to Devon and Cornwall police, reported ABC News.
Priti Patel, UK’s Home Secretary, tweeted, “The incident in Plymouth is shocking and my thoughts are with those affected. I have spoken to the Chief Constable and offered my full support.”
The incident in Plymouth is shocking and my thoughts are with those affected.
I have spoken to the Chief Constable and offered my full support.
I urge everyone to remain calm, follow police advice and allow our emergency services to get on with their jobs.
When the police arrived at the scene, they found two men and two women dead from gunshot wounds. They also found a man who is believed to be the shooter dead at the scene. All five were pronounced dead from gunshot wounds.
A third woman was taken to a local hospital, where she later died, police said.
Police said the next of kin for all of the deceased have been notified. Police did not say how the suspect died, but he was dead prior to police arriving, reported ABC News.
Names and ages of the victims have not been released yet by the police.
“There have been a number of fatalities at the scene and several other casualties are receiving treatment,” police said in a statement. “A critical incident has been declared. The area has been cordoned off and police believe the situation is contained.”
Meanwhile, Johnny Mercer, a member of Parliament representing the region, said the shooting was not believed to be terror-related.
Devon and Cornwall police reiterated in a statement announcing the deaths that the case was not related to terrorism, reported ABC News.
Police said they are not searching for any further suspects related to the shooting. There was no speculation about a motive and no information on how the victims were connected to the shooter, if at all.
Devon and Cornwall police said an investigation of the incident is ongoing. (ANI)
Early Monday, Santa Rosa police officers responded to the incident at an illegal fireworks gathering and found four gunshot victims…reports Asian Lite News.
A series of shooting incidents were reported in three US cities in which 5 persons were reportedly killed and several injured.
Two people are dead and three others injured in a shooting on Sunday (local time) in a park in downtown Cincinnati, a city in the US state of Ohio.
Cincinnati police have identified the two dead as a 16-year-old and 19-year-old. The three injured were taken to hospital. Police have not released any information about a suspect as of Monday morning.
According to a police news release, the shooting happened around 11 p.m. Sunday (0400 GMT Monday) during an “Independence Day” celebration when about 400 teenagers gathered in the park. It was unknown whether the shooting was random or targeted, the police said.
Two people were killed and seven others injured in a shooting in the US state of Nevada, police said. In a report on Monday, KTNV-TV, an ABC-affiliated local television station, the North Las Vegas Police Department received a call of the shooting at around 11:14 p.m. local time.
Upon arrival, they found one person with multiple non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and transported the victim to a nearby hospital. The department was subsequently contacted by two local hospitals that they had multiple shooting victims.
Each of the two hospitals had one victim who died as a result of a shooting, the news outlet reported. Citing police, KTNV-TV said both victims were men in their early 20s and there were multiple scenes.
Meanwhile, one man was killed and three others were injured in a shooting incident in California’s Santa Rosa city. Early Monday, Santa Rosa police officers responded to the incident at an illegal fireworks gathering and found four gunshot victims.
A 35-year-old Santa Rosa man died at the scene and his identification is not yet released. A 29-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl, both from Santa Rosa, were critically injured in the shooting. A 16-year-old boy was also shot, but his injury was not considered life-threatening, according to the police.
The incident happened as dozens of people participated in a large, illegal fireworks show, police said. According to a report by San Francisco Chronicle, a car drove into the neighbourhood and one or more people from the car started shooting.
A person in the crowd exchanged fire with the car occupants. The car crashed into a parked car and the suspects fled on foot. Investigators searched for the suspects on the spot but failed to find them, the police said.
Gunfire killed more than 8,100 people in the United States in the first five months of 2021, averaging about 54 per day, according to a Washington Post analysis of data from the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research organization.
That’s 14 more deaths per day than the average toll during the same period in the previous six years. (ANI/Xinhua)
President Joe Biden ordered the national flag to be flown at half-mast at all government facilities and US embassies abroad, reports Arul Louis
At least four Sikhs have been killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx company facility in Indianapolis by a 19-year-old former employee, according to the Sikh Coalition.
Officials, who said that a “significant” number of employees at the parcel and courier service company are Sikhs, reported that the gunman killed himself after murdering eight people Thursday night and wounding at least seven, five of whom were hospitalised.
They did not identify the victims as of Friday evening, but the Sikh Coalition said, “We are sad to confirm that at least four of those killed in Thursday night’s attacks are members of the Indianapolis Sikh community.”
Further update: We are sad to confirm that at least four of those killed in Thursday night's attacks are members of the Indianapolis Sikh community. https://t.co/Uso0qL8uh8
It added, “We are in touch with sangat leaders, government and law enforcement officials” and “we expect that the authorities will conduct a full investigation — including the possibility of a bias factor.”
WXIN-TV station quoted Parminder Singh, the uncle of one of the victims, as saying that his niece who worked at the facility near the airport phoned him shortly after the shooting and told him that she was shot while in her car and was being taken to the hospital.
Indiana Police Chief Randal Taylor said that a “significant” number of the FedEx workers at the facility are Sikhs.
President Joe Biden ordered the national flag to be flown at half-mast at all government facilities and US embassies abroad.
Police Deputy Chief Craig McCartt told reporters that shooter has been identified as Brian Hole, who had worked in the FedEx facility but left last year.
He said that Hole began shooting people in the parking lot of the major parcel and courier company facility killing four people, then entered the building and killed four others before apparently committing suicide before police got there.
“There was no confrontation, no disturbance, he just randomly started shooting,” he said.
McCartt said that Hole had previously come to the attention of police and in March last year a gun was seized from him.
The official in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Indianapolis office, Paul Keenan, said that he had been questioned by the agency after his mother had warned that he might try to commit suicide by provoking police to shoot him.
Our hearts and prayers are with the families of the victims of the Indianapolis FedEx shooting announced so far:
Matthew R. Alexander Samaria Blackwell Amarjeet Kaur Johal Jaswinder Kaur Jaswinder Singh Amarjit Sekhon Karli Smith John Weisert
Just last month a White man killed eight people, six of them Asian women, at three massage parlours in Atlanta.
That was followed by the killing of ten people including a police officer by a Syrian immigrant in Boulder, Colorado State.
“What a cruel wait and fate that has become too normal and happens every day somewhere in our nation,” Biden said and urged Congress to “enact commonsense gun violence prevention legislation, like universal background checks and a ban of weapons of war and high-capacity magazines.”
There are no national laws governing gun ownership and regulations vary by states, with some allowing even high caliber automatic weapons with no checks on owners.
Efforts to regulate gun ownership has been stymied mainly by the Republican Party backed by the powerful National Rifle Association, an organisation of gun owners.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, 19,380 people were shot dead last year in the US, an increase of more than 25 per cent over the previous year’s deaths.
Japan’s Prime Minister, who is visiting the US said at the White House before a meeting with Biden, “I would like to express my condolences to the victims, and my sympathies to the families. Innocent citizens must not be exposed to any such violence.”
Ram Setu will be directed by Abhishek Sharma and is produced by Aruna Bhatia and Vikram Malhotra.
One of the most awaiting movies of Bollywood, ‘Ram Setu’ shoot started in Ayodhya. Actress Jacqueline Fernandez posted a picture on Instagram with “Ram Setu” co-stars Akshay Kumar and Nushratt Bharuccha on Friday, announcing the start of the ambitious film.
“Here we go!!! #ramsetu feeling so grateful and blessed to be a part of this film!!!” Jacqueline wrote as caption.
The actors started off with the Mahurat shot of the Abhishek Sharma directorial on Thursday.
Besides “Ram Setu”, Jacqueline will also be seen in “Bachchan Pandey”, “Bhoot Police”, “Kick 2”, “Cirkus”, and “Attack” in the coming months.
Akshay Reaches Ayodhya
Actor Akshay Kumar, along with his co-actors Jacqueline Fernandez and Nushrrat Bharucha, reached Ayodhya on Thursday for the mahurat of their new film ‘Ram Setu’.
Akshay and his co-actors first went to meet Raja Ayodhya, Bimlendra Mohan Pratap Mishra, where they also met other members of the Shri Ram Teerth Kshetra Trust.
The actors will proceed to the Ram Janmabhoomi temple later in the afternoon where they will perform ‘puja’ and formally start the shooting of ‘Ram Setu’.
In the evening, the actors will return to Lucknow where they are expected to meet Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Ram Setu will be directed by Abhishek Sharma and is produced by Aruna Bhatia and Vikram Malhotra.
The film will be shot at multiple locations with a major part in Mumbai.
Before leaving for Ayodhya, Akshay shared a photo of himself, Jacqueline Fernandez and Nushrratt Bharuccha having a candid chat outside what appears to be a chartered flight on Thursday morning.
Akshay Kumar wrote: “A special film, a special start…Team #RamSetu off to Ayodhya for the mahurat shot. And so the journey begins. Need special wishes from all you guys.”
