Suspect at large after multiple people wounded in Wisconsin mall shooting

 

A suspect was at large after "multiple" people were wounded in an "active shooter incident" at a suburban shopping mall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Friday, the local mayor said.
 

(Reuters) - A suspect was at large after multiple people were wounded in an "active shooter incident" at a suburban shopping mall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Friday.

 

The shooting took place outside a Macy's department store at the Mayfield Mall in Wauwatosa, a Milwaukee suburb of 47,000 people, according to local authorities.

 

Seven adults and one teenager were transported to the hospital, Wauwatosa Chief of Police Barry Weber said in a statement, but the extent of their injuries was unknown.

 

The shooter left the scene by the time emergency responders arrived, Weber said, and remained at large.

 

Police described him as a white male in his twenties or thirties.

 

Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride said in a statement earlier Friday none of the injuries appeared life-threatening. He added that 75 police officers were on the scene.

 

Live TV shots on local ABC affiliate WISN12 showed dozens of police vehicles with flashing lights outside Macy's and video posted to Twitter showed paramedics wheeling people out of the mall on stretchers.

 

Several customers interviewed by local media said shoppers and mall employees were locked inside the mall but were safe. One said her sister - a mall employee - heard about 15 shots.

 

(Reporting by Mimi Dwyer and Barbara Goldberg; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien and Daniel Wallis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-11-21

 

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Damnit! Where are all those GOOD GUYS with guns when you need them? ????

An off-topic troll post as well as a reply have been removed.

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“As of October 31, there have been 538 shootings that fit this criteria, resulting in 433 deaths and 2,262 injuries, for a total of 2,695 victims.”

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2020

 

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58 minutes ago, Thorgal said:

Quote from link:

 

“As of October 31, there have been 538 shootings that fit this criteria, resulting in 433 deaths and 2,262 injuries, for a total of 2,695 victims.”

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2020

 

Each incidence has a reference sometimes with comments. It disheartening to read the stories as you begin to understand the reasons. What went wrong?

Looks like some things are returning to normal levels....

This wouldnt happen if there were more guns around (so Ive heard lol!)

This is America, stay away.

 

2 hours ago, rabas said:

Each incidence has a reference sometimes with comments. It disheartening to read the stories as you begin to understand the reasons. What went wrong?

 

There’s a correlation in the high concentration of mass shootings on the eastern part of the US (see map previous link) and the ethnicity of the perpetrators (65% is white).

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-race/

 

There’s also a link that mass shooting in the US spiked after 2001 (read 9/11).

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/811487/number-of-mass-shootings-in-the-us/

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2 hours ago, Thorgal said:

 

There’s a correlation in the high concentration of mass shootings on the eastern part of the US (see map previous link) and the ethnicity of the perpetrators (65% is white).

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us-by-shooter-s-race/

 

There’s also a link that mass shooting in the US spiked after 2001 (read 9/11).

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/811487/number-of-mass-shootings-in-the-us/

I think its easier to say americans pre occupation with the right to shoot each other is stupidity personified.

3 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

This wouldnt happen if there were more guns around (so Ive heard lol!)

 

haha yea i've heard this argument that, bizarrely, more people having more guns will reduce gun violence, gun deaths and make america a safer place. doesn't seem to be working so far.

1 hour ago, Sujo said:

I think its easier to say americans pre occupation with the right to shoot each other is stupidity personified.

 

The cities with the highest rate of political violence, racism, separatism and highest inequality in salaries are also concentrating a high rate of mass shootings.

 

 

 

https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-violence-in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020/

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18 hours ago, Thorgal said:

 

The cities with the highest rate of political violence, racism, separatism and highest inequality in salaries are also concentrating a high rate of mass shootings.

 

 

 

https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-violence-in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020/

A cursory glance at that map rather suggests that the areas with few incidents are the areas where few people live!

Trump wants to ban muslims. I think its better he look closer to home.

Maybe we should learn from Taiwan and Japan how to handle people.

5 minutes ago, olfu said:

Maybe we should learn from Taiwan and Japan how to handle people.

Maybe not

9 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Maybe not

Out of all the countries I have been in,  I can say I have never felt safer than in Japan. The whole nation would feel shame if a foreigner came to harm.

Troll post removed.

 

Arm kids, what could possibly go wrong.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/teenager-charged-connection-wisconsin-mall-shooting/story?id=74350187

 When  you can kill 25 people in less than 5 minutes with a automatic gun

 if you ban the guns you wont have mass murder.

but Americans like killing themselves,at least Trump supporters do