Xinhua News Agency, Washington, April 3 (Reporter Deng Xianlai and Xu Jianmei) From the evening of the 2nd to the early morning of the 3rd local time, there were multiple shootings in Wilmington, North Carolina and Prince George's County, Maryland, killing 7 people. Four people were injured.
The Wilmington Police Department issued a statement on social media saying that just after midnight on the 2nd, a shooting occurred at an indoor party in the city, resulting in 3 deaths and 4 injuries.
The injured have been taken to the hospital, and related investigations are ongoing.
According to the US media citing a police officer from the Wilmington City Police Department, as of the morning of the 3rd, the police had not captured any suspects, and at least one suspect was at large.
At around 3 am on the 3rd, a shooting occurred on a highway in Prince George's County, Maryland.
The county police said that two men were found dead in a car, one woman died outside the car, and all three died from gunshot wounds.
The police are pursuing the suspect and investigating the motive of the crime.
A few hours before the shooting in Prince George County, there was also a shooting about 6 miles north of the scene of the incident.
When the police arrived at the scene at 7pm on the 2nd, a woman was shot dead in a car.
The police did not specify whether the two shooting incidents in the county were related.