警方拉起黃色封鎖線。(湯森路透)
今日美國本土不太平靜,繼稍早德州邊境大城艾爾帕索(El Paso)驚傳槍手在沃爾瑪商場內,殺害20名無辜民眾後,北部俄亥俄州在24小時內也發生大規模槍擊案。
《有線電視新聞網》(CNN)報導,飛機發明者萊特兄弟(Wright brothers')的故鄉、美國俄亥俄州代頓市(Dayton, Ohio)也傳出槍響,在聚集酒吧、餐廳等娛樂場所的鬧區「奧勒崗區」(Oregon District),一名槍手連開數槍掃射,據當地警方說法,至少造成9人死亡、數十名民眾受到輕重傷。
#BREAKING At least nine people have been killed and 16 injured in a downtown neighborhood of Dayton, Ohio, police said during a Sunday morning press conference. Police said the suspect has been killed.https://t.co/DQ3Fjtl8MU
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) August 4, 2019
警方在接獲報案後,以最快速度抵達現場維持秩序,槍手已被擊斃。此案目前由地區警局、州政府和聯邦調查局(FBI)聯手調查。
Correction - shooting occurred at 1am...not 1:22am https://t.co/j61xlQwLFy
— Dayton Police Dept. (@DaytonPolice) August 4, 2019