Shootings were perpetrated in front of an Episcopal church in Alabama, while the parish had gathered people around a community meal.
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The United States is once again in mourning after a shooting. A suspect was arrested and taken into custody Thursday, June 16, after shooting outside a church in Vestavia Hills, Alabama (southern United States). One person was killed and two others injured, city police said. “Three people at Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church were hit by bullets. Two victims are in a local hospital receiving treatment. Unfortunately, one victim died of his injuries,” Vestavia Hills Police said on their Facebook page.
Vestavia Hills Police said there were “no additional threats” to the city . The shooting took place in front of the church shortly after 6 p.m. (2300 GMT), while a “potluck”, a community meal where everyone brings a dish, was organized, according to the Saint Stephen's website.
firearms have already killed more than 20,000 people in the United States in 2022
The United States is going through an outbreak of gun violence, marked in particular by the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, which killed 21 people, including 19 children. Since the beginning of the year, more than 20,000 people have already died by firearm in the United States, according to the website Gun Violence Archive, which incorporates suicides in its data.
