South Florida shooting has left at least two dead and more than 20 injured

Two people died and it is estimated that between 20 and 25 people were injured in one filming outside a banquet hall, police reported. Filming took place on Sunday morning in the El Mula banquet hall, northwest of the Miami-Dade Countynear Hialeah, police reported to media.

The banquet hall had been rented for a concert. Three people got out of a truck and opened fire on the crowd outsidesaid Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramírez III. Authorities believe the shooting was directed.

“They are cold blooded killers who indiscriminately shot a crowd and we will seek justiceRamírez said in a tweet. Two people died at the scene, police said. Up to 25 people went to various hospitals for treatment and at least one of them was in critical condition.

No arrests were immediately announced. A reporter from the local network WPLG-TV reported that the police were looking for a Nissan Pathfinder.

“It is a vile act of gun violence, a cowardly act,” Ramírez told the Miami Herald.

This is the second shoot in the Miami area so far this long weekend because of Monday’s vacation. On Friday evening, one person was killed and six others injured in Wynwood.

The United States has a long and painful history of gun violence, as well as mass killings that have primarily targeted schools, workplaces and shopping malls.

Since the start of 2021, more than 17,000 people have been killed by guns in the United States, and there have been 232 shootings with multiple victims, according to the Gun Violence Archive website.

Last month, Biden called gun violence in the United States an “epidemic” and “international shame.”

(With information from the AP and AFP)

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