Shooting in industrial park in Texas: at least one dead, five injured

At least one person died Thursday and five others were injured in a shooting at an industrial area in the town of Bryan., in the North American state of Texas, according to the chief of the police of this city, Eric Buske.

The injured, including one seriously, were transferred to a hospital in the region, while the assailant fled. “Four people were taken to St. Joe’s Hospital in critical condition with gunshot wounds … Another person was transported uninjured – apparently it was an asthma attack – and one person died on the places, ”Buske said.

Police suspect the attacker is an employee of a cabin manufacturing company, which was the scene of the shooting.

The employees were being questioned, Police Lt. Bryan said. Jason jamesand witnesses had identified a suspect. “It’s a business, so there are a lot of employees inside. The police are investigating who saw what and how it all happened ”.

After what happened, the authorities asked people to stay away from the company.

Later, in a neighboring area, Police arrested a person after opening fire on a policeman.

Authorities said the two incidents could be linked.

Following the shooting in Bryan, the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, said in a statement that “the state will provide assistance in any way necessary to help prosecute the suspect.” “Cecilia and I pray for the victims and their families and for the officer injured in arresting the suspect.”

Precisely this Thursday, United States President Joe Biden announced a series of limited-scope measures to end gun violence in his country, and demanded that Congress stop tolerating a problem he described as an “international disgrace.”

Two weeks after the mass shootings that killed 18 in Georgia and Colorado, Biden unveiled several initiatives to contain gun violence, but admitted he wouldn’t be able to do much on his own if Congress continues to block any attempt to increase control of pistols and rifles.

“Gun violence in this country is an epidemic. And it’s an international disgrace “, denounced the President of the United States.

The president recalled that every day 106 people die from firearms in the country, that every month 53 femicides are committed with pistols, and that armed violence “affects the black and Latin American population much more”.

With information from EFE

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