China News Service, January 23 (Xinhua) according to US media reports, in the early morning of the 22nd local time, a mass shooting occurred in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, injuring 12 people.
Just before the shooting, 10 people were shot and killed at a dance hall in Southern California.
Baton Rouge police said the shooting occurred around 1:36 a.m. EST on the 22nd.
All 12 people who were shot were taken by ambulance or private car to a local hospital for treatment and are currently in stable condition.
The motive for the attack was not immediately released.
Not long before the shooting incident, at 10:22 p.m. local time on the 21st, a shooting incident occurred in Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, California. The gunman opened fire in a dance hall, killing at least 10 people and injuring 10 others. .
"These senseless, preventable shooting tragedies are emblematic of America's ongoing gun violence crisis," said Shannon Watts, founder of the anti-gun violence organization Moms Demand Action, in an interview with NBC on the 22nd. express.
"We don't have to live like this, nor should our loved ones die like this. We must demand action from our leaders at every level to address the proliferation of gun violence in our nation."