Another Shooting in the US... 1 Dead and 7 Injured at Weekend Festival
[Asia Economy New York=Special Correspondent Joselgina] Less than a week after the mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas that killed more than 20 people, a shooting death occurred at a weekend festival.
According to the AP News and others, a shooting occurred in the early morning of the 29th (local time) in Taft, a city in eastern Oklahoma, resulting in 1 death and 7 injuries, including 2 teenagers. This happened at an outdoor festival ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, which is the U.S. equivalent of Veterans Day. Approximately 1,500 people, including outsiders, were reported to have gathered at the time.
Witnesses stated that the shooting occurred after a dispute. One witness said, "Bullets were flying everywhere." The suspect has not yet been identified.
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The shooting occurred just five days after the indiscriminate mass shooting at an elementary school in the small Texas town of Uvalde, where 19 children and 2 teachers were killed. U.S. President Joe Biden visited the site of the tragedy that day to pay tribute and met with the victims' parents. After the memorial mass, as he was leaving the church, someone shouted, "Do something," to which he replied, "I will."
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