- It happened in the city of Tulsa (Oklahoma), and the shooter is one of the deceased.
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| We have four civilians who are dead and we have one shooter who is dead," Tulsa Deputy Police Chief. / Pixabay |
At least five people died and several were injured this Wednesday in a shooting that occurred at a hospital in the US city of Tulsa (Oklahoma), in which the assailant lost his life, local police reported.
"We have four civilians who are dead and we have one shooter who is dead," Tulsa Deputy Police Chief Eric Dalgleish told reporters.
Dalgleish specified that the first investigations indicate that the aggressor shot himself. "A suspect has been killed. I don't know at this time if we shot him or he shot himself," explained Sergeant Richard Meulenberg, as reported by the US network CNN.
The person in charge explained that the shooting occurred on the second floor of the building, located in the Saint Francis Hospital facility in Tulsa. Darin Glodo, of the Tulsa Police Department, has told the same chain that the shooting took place in the 'Natalie Medical Building', a medical office building of the aforementioned hospital.
The assailant "was looking for a doctor"
According to City Councilor, Jayme Fowler told CNN, the assailant, who was carrying a rifle and a pistol, was "looking for a doctor" who worked instead, an end that the Police have not confirmed.
Dalgleish pointed out that the identity of the aggressor, a black man between 35 and 40 years old, who arrived at the hospital at 4:40 p.m. local time (9:40 p.m. GMT), is still unknown.
He also indicated that detectives are questioning witnesses to try to determine the details of what happened.
Days after the massacre in Texas
This new shooting takes place while the country continues to recover from the massacre that occurred on May 24, when 19 children and two teachers were shot dead by an 18-year-old boy at a school in Uvalde (Texas), where the assailant was killed. then by the police.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, promised this Tuesday that he will meet with members of Congress to discuss the issue of firearms control, after what happened in Uvalde, the deadliest school shooting in the United States since Sandy Hook, in which 27 people, including the attacker, were killed in December 2012.