3 dead and 1 injured in shooting incident in Texas, U.S.

  Xinhua News Agency, Houston, March 11 (Reporter Gao Lu) The police in the southern state of Texas in the United States confirmed on the 11th that a shooting incident occurred in Houston on the night of the 10th, resulting in 3 deaths and 1 injury.

  The Houston City Police Department confirmed that a shooting occurred in the parking lot of an apartment building southwest of Houston at about 11 p.m. local time on the 10th.

Two men quarreled with five people in the parking lot and then shot at the latter, killing two men and one woman, and injuring one woman.

The injured have been sent to hospital for treatment, but no life is in danger.

  The police said the gunman escaped after firing, and the police are currently trying their best to arrest him.

  There is a flood of guns in the United States, and shootings are frequent.

According to reports, there were 611 serious shootings in the United States in 2020 that caused 4 or more casualties, an increase of 47% from 2019.