China News Service, April 23. According to a CNN report, Washington, D.C. police said that on the afternoon of the 22nd local time, a shooting occurred in the northwest of Washington, D.C., injuring four people and the suspect dead.
On the afternoon of April 22, local time, a shooting incident occurred in the northwestern part of Washington, D.C., injuring four people.
According to reports, Washington D.C. Police Chief Robert Conti said the shooting occurred near Edmund Burke Middle School in the northwest of the D.C. The suspect opened fire on pedestrians at random, injuring four people.
A man in his 50s and a woman in her 30s were seriously injured, and a 12-year-old child suffered minor injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment.
In addition, a woman was grazed by bullets.
Conti said one of the four injured was a retired officer from the Washington, D.C. Police Department.
Police believe the suspects committed suicide when they entered their apartment, and there were no other shooters but the deceased suspect, the report said.
Police said they found six firearms in the suspect's apartment.
At present, the police have not yet determined the motive of the suspect, and the case is still under investigation.
Recently, there have been frequent mass shootings in the United States.
Earlier on the 12th local time, a shooting occurred at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York City, USA, injuring at least 29 people, of which at least 10 were shot.
From the 16th to the 17th local time, during the Easter holiday weekend, 3 mass shootings occurred in succession in the United States, killing 2 people and injuring at least 31 others.