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June 16 in the US state Alabama attacker opened fire at a church, killing two people and injuring oneA suspect was taken into custody following a shooting at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Westovia Hills, a city of about 34,000 people. The injured man is in the hospital in a critical condition.
The suspect entered a meeting of a small group of people in the church and started shooting, said Capt. Shane Ware of the West Hills Police Department.< /p>
At the time of the shooting, a “Boomer Dinner” was taking place in the church, as evidenced by the calendar on the church's website. According to the organizers, it should be a relaxing evening without an agenda. “There will be no program, just go and have time to talk,” the event's advertisement says.
The Rev. John Burrus, who serves as the rector of the church, said in a video posted online that he was in Greece at the time of the shooting but was trying to get home quickly.
“I am deeply moved by the strong support from so many people from throughout the country. In the coming days, the church will organize prayers and gatherings. This is what we do as believers. We gather together in the midst of life and death,” the priest said.
Cases of violence with guns have increased in the United States
The United States reports a nationwide escalation in gun violence. There have been two recent gun attacks: one at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, which killed 19 children and two teachers; and a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket in which a white shooter killed 10 black people.
Also in May, a 68-year-old Las Vegas man opened fire at a Taiwanese congregation church in Southern California, killing one person. and injuring five as a result, the county sheriff called it a “politically motivated hate incident.”
The successive mass shootings have brought the issue of gun violence to the fore in Washington, where Congress is trying to advance a bipartisan agreement on security measures using weapons, including enhanced checks to give authorities time to work through the underage and mental health records of any potential buyer. weapons under the age of 21.
