The town of Eugene (Oregon, USA) had moments of terror, after it was recorded a shooting which left 6 people injured after the events of Friday night.

According to local media, the shooting happened after 9:30 p.m. (0530 GMT Saturday) outside WOW Hall, a community center concert hall where rappers Lil Bean and Zay Bang performed.

Speaking to the media, Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner confirmed that one of the six injured was in critical condition and explained that no arrests had been made, although there was a suspect – a man dressed in a hooded sweater – about whom little more information was currently available.

The one from last night Eugene it is the 17th mass shooting to occur in the United States since the beginning of 2022, just five days ago, according to the website of The Gun Violence Archive, an independent organization that compiles police data on gun-related events in the United States.

According to this same organization, last year there were 691 mass shootings in the united states. That year, 20,658 people died from firearms in the country and 40,358 were injured, always according to data from this website.

Categorized in:

Tagged in:

, ,