United States: Shooting Kills One And Injures Several In Texas

A new shootout broke out in the United States, as US President Joe Biden called for a ban on assault rifles for individuals, considering new measures to tackle gun violence, which he has called for. described as “international disgrace”. The facts took place early Thursday afternoon at a furniture store in Bryan, a small town in east Texas. One person died and several others were injured, four of them seriously, local police said.

The alleged perpetrator has been arrested and is a “store employee,” Bryan Town Police tweeted. His motivations remain unknown for the moment.

“At around 2:30 p.m. we were informed of a shooting, (…) the agents intervened and found several victims on the spot”, had told the press earlier Jason James, spokesman for the Bryan police, located between Houston and Dallas. One person died, he then told Agence France-Presse. Five people were also injured, four of them seriously, and hospitalized.

The facts came hours after President Joe Biden unveiled targeted measures to the White House to limit the proliferation of guns in the United States, where shootings are a recurring scourge.

 

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