USA: The firing took place inside a church in Southern California, USA at 1:26 pm (US time) on Sunday. A devotee died on the spot in the attack at the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods city. At the same time, 5 people were injured. The attacker has been taken into custody. Weapons used in the incident have also been reported to have been recovered.
A large number of people gathered for the Prayer Meet at the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods on Sunday, during which the incident took place. Laguna Woods, with a population of 16,000, is about 80 kilometers from downtown Los Angeles.
Immediately after the firing in the church, the people present in the prayer meeting caught the attacker. After that, they handed him over to the police. The police have termed such people as real heroes. He has also praised his courage.
After the investigation continued, the police sealed the crime scene. Marking has been done on the spots where firing has been done. Along with this, common people have been stopped from going to the spot, so that the presence of any other weapon can be detected.
The county sheriff has appealed to the people to maintain peace through social media posts. The Sheriff wrote – There was a shooting at a church in the 24000 block of El Toro Road in Laguna Woods. Many people have been shot. We are trying to gather more information about this matter.
In New York, before that on Saturday, 10 people were killed, while 3 people were injured in a shooting at a supermarket in the Buffalo area of New York. Of the 13 people who were shot, 11 were black. The area where this incident took place is also a black-dominated area. Police are also probing from the angle of racial attack. The accused was arrested after the attack.
After increasing racial violence in America, incidents of shootings are coming to the fore. Disease Control and Prevention released a report recently, in which this has been confirmed. Since then, the governments of many US states have been in trouble. According to the report, there has been an increase of 35% in the cases of shooting in the first wave of COVID. This is being described as a historic increase because, in the last 25 years, the highest number of murders has taken place in 2020.
