United States: Shooting at birthday party leaves 5 dead

United States: Shooting at birthday party leaves 5 dead

A shooting last night at a home in Florence, Kentucky, USAleft five dead, including the shooter, as well as three others injured, the city Police Department reported.

Authorities received the alert at around 3:00 a.m. local time (7:00 GMT) and mobilized to a home where a 21-year-old man was celebrating a birthday party with his family.

The 20-year-old suspect apparently knew the party-goers but had not been invited, according to the police. Florence Police.

Missy RittingerBoone County Coroner confirmed that all four victims were adults: two women and two men.

The suspect, an adult male who had a self-inflicted gunshot wound, fled the scene in a car when police arrived. After being stopped, he ignored officers and began a pursuit that ended with the suspect driving off the road and into a ditch.

He was sent to a local hospital but his death was confirmed shortly afterwards.

The three other people injured in the incident are now recovering at a nearby hospital and are in stable condition, according to the Florence Department of Health.

The County Sheriff’s Office Boone He confirmed that the shooter acted alone and that there is no threat to the town’s residents at this time.

Florence is a city of about 35,000 inhabitants located in Boone County, state of Kentucky, but only about 20 miles southwest of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Source: Gestion

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