US Mass Shooting: Seven Children Hurt Outside Indianapolis Mall

US mass shooting: On Saturday night (local time), at least seven youngsters in Indianapolis between the ages of 12 and 17 were injured in a mass shooting that has been reported in the United States. According to the Guardian, the event happened outside a mall in Indianapolis’ downtown.

Around 11:30 p.m., Tanya Terry police officers on patrol in the vicinity of the Circle Centre Mall reported hearing gunfire, according to the deputy chief of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.

Terry said at the press conference that six of the youngsters recovered by the police at the site had been shot. The police hurried them to a hospital close by. He went on to say that every youngster is receiving care and that their conditions are stable.

A disagreement shouldn’t be resolved by someone taking out a gun. “Once again, we have a situation in which young people are resolving conflict with firearms, and it has to stop.” Terry said that the effects are irreversible.

After conducting a preliminary investigation, authorities concluded that many weapons were used in the shooting.
According to Terry, no one has been arrested as of yet, and there are no immediate suspects in the case.

More information is anticipated.

Tragically, there are more similar incidents like the current one in Indianapolis that was highlighted by the nonpartisan Gun Violence Archive. It’s just one of the over 90 mass shootings that have occurred in the US so far this year. According to the archive, a mass shooting occurs when at least four people are either fatally shot or seriously injured.

In reaction to the startlingly high number of mass shootings in the US, there are persistent calls for stricter gun laws. Still, what’s being done now is little compared to what other countries with lower levels of violence have managed to do.