• USA A new shooting leaves twelve injured in a shopping center in South Carolina

Several people have been injured in a shooting at a supermarket in the US city of

Buffalo, New York

, according to local police, who announced that the attacker has been arrested.

According to a brief message from the city

's Police Department

, the incident took place at the

Tops supermarket

near downtown Buffalo, a city located in the far north of

New York

state .

"Several people have been hit by gunfire. The shooter is in custody," police wrote in a Twitter message, without giving details of their number or status.

The identity of the arrested suspect was also not released.

The governor of New York,

Jathy Hochul

, has written a tweet assuring that she is closely following what happened and that she has offered support to local forces. However, the person in charge did not give more details either.

According to a witness quoted by channel ABC7, between 20 and 30 shots were heard.

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