Xinhua News Agency, Washington, July 31 (Reporter Sun Ding) Seven people were injured in a shooting incident in Orlando, Florida, in the southeastern United States on July 31.

  Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith said at a press conference that at about 2 a.m. that day, a large-scale brawl broke out in a business district in downtown Orlando. Someone fired a pistol at the crowd, injuring seven people.

The injured have been taken to hospital for treatment and are in stable condition.

  Police said an investigation into the shooting was ongoing and there was no information on the suspect.

  The latest statistics from the US "Gun Violence Archives" website show that more than 25,000 people have lost their lives to gun violence in the United States this year, and there have been 382 "mass shootings" that killed at least 4 people.