WASHINGTON: A gunman has killed three people at a shopping centre in the US state of Indiana in the latest mass shooting in the country.
Two others were also wounded when the attacker, carrying a rifle along with several magazines of ammunition, opened fire at 6pm (22:00 GMT) on Sunday at the Greenwood Park Mall, which is located about 16km from the state capital, Indianapolis, authorities said.
The attacker’s identity and a motive for the attack, which took place in the shopping centre’s food court, were not immediately released.
Police said the attack ended when a 22-year-old “good Samaritan” who was legally carrying a gun fatally shot the attacker. Those injured included a 12-year-old girl, Greenwood Police Department chief Jim Ison said.
“This has shaken us to our core. This is not something we have seen in Greenwood before,” he said. “It’s absolutely horrendous.”
“The real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying a firearm in that food court and was able to stop this shooter almost as soon as he began,” he added. Gun violence remains common in the United States, with the Gun Violence Archive recording 352 mass shootings so far in 2022. –Agencies
