China News Service, May 27. According to the US "World Journal" report, a few days ago, a shooting occurred in the Chinatown of Oakland, the United States. A clerk at a Chinese barber shop near the scene of the crime took customers to escape urgently, affecting the business of nearby businesses.

　　At 2:12 pm on the 24th, a fatal shooting occurred in the 400 block of 8th Street, Chinatown, Auckland, one block away from the police headquarters, which shocked the Chinatown community.

Several suspects, armed with high-powered rifles and pistols, fired 22 rounds of ammunition frantically at a car.

The victim in the car, 22-year-old San Francisco resident Christopher Cawthorne, was shot dead.

The murderer drove away and fled.

The police ruled out the possibility of random attacks against Asians, thinking it was a deliberate shooting.

The case is still under investigation.

　　The location of Cauthorne's death was at the door of a Chinese barbershop on 8th Street.

On the 25th, employee Ahui revealed the thrilling scene of the incident to the World Journal.

He heard continuous loud bangs, like firecrackers being set ablaze.

After realizing that it was a shooting, he immediately took two customers and ran to escape behind the partition wall in the shop.

The shooting was rapid, less than 1 minute.

A bullet hit the glass door and window outside the shop, leaving a conspicuous bullet hole.

Subsequently, because the police handled the physical evidence at the scene, no one could enter or leave.

Guests have to wait in the shop.

After getting permission, the shop closed early at 4 pm on the 24th.

　　At about 11 am on the 25th, the Oakland Police Department had removed the cordon at the scene.

The four Chinese shops in the vicinity of the shooting were all operating normally, namely Chinese and Western pharmacies, vegetarian supermarkets, incense shops and a barber shop.

On the sidewalk in front of the barber shop, there are still a few glass shards left by the victim's car window.

There is a bouquet of flowers on the ground to commemorate the deceased Kathorn.

Many pedestrians in the past passed by here, and they all sighed when they talked about the shooting.

　　The two employees of the vegetarian supermarket are both surnamed Liang.

The two ladies said that after hearing the gunshots, they were scared and did not dare to go out.

Called the owner of the shop, it was closed early at 2 pm on the 24th.

　　After the shooting, the streets of 8th Street were extremely quiet, with few people and business affected.

The two ladies said that it might be because the TV station took pictures of the shop and building where the incident occurred. The public knew the address and heard that someone had died, so they did not dare to come shopping.

"Business is really difficult. Rents are expensive, electricity bills are high, and public security is getting worse. We are all panicked when we go out. I hope that similar things will not happen."

　　A Hui, a barber shop employee, said that the suspect fired more than 20 shots, and the sound was intense, similar to a firecracker.

But the whole process between the electric light and flint, lasts less than 1 minute.

He didn't actually see the suspect or the incident.

When the gunfire sounded, two customers in the store had their hair cut.

He hurriedly pulled the two of them together, and ran to the shop near the restroom with a partition wall to protect the safety of the guests.

Waited for about a minute or two.

When the gunman left, he and the guests walked out.

"I was a little scared at the time because I didn't know what was going on."

　　The police quickly rushed to the scene to blockade and rescue the victims.

As the police had to collect physical evidence at the scene, Ahui and the guests could not go out at the time and stayed in the shop all the time.

Only then did the police tell Ah Hui that a bullet hit the glass door and window of the shop.

The police quickly cleaned up the bullet shell and glass.

The reporter saw at the scene that the bullet hole of the glass window is located below, close to the ground, which may be caused by bullet refraction.

It can be seen that the situation was dangerous at that time.

　　With the permission of the police, A Rui closed the shop and left.

　　On the afternoon of the 25th, the barber shop opened a little later than usual.

There are still guests going to cut their hair.

Ah Hui confessed that business was not good, and hoped that law and order would improve gradually.

(Liu Xianjin)