10 Apr 2021 / 09:00 H.
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By Daniel Trotta
April 1 (Reuters) - One of the four fatal victims in a shooting rampage in suburban Los Angeles on Wednesday was a 9-year-old boy who may have died in his wounded mother s arms as she tried in vain to save him, officials said on Thursday. It appears that a little boy died in his mother s arms as she was trying to save him during this horrific massacre, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer told a news conference.
The bloodshed in Orange, California, about 30 miles (48 km)southeast of central Los Angeles, marked the third deadly mass shooting in the United States in less than a month.
One of four people shot dead in a suburban Los Angeles real estate office was a 9-year-old boy struck by gunfire in the arms of his wounded mother as she tried in vain to shield him from the attack, officials said on Thursday.
The violence marked the third deadly mass shooting in the United States over the past two weeks.
Los Angeles:
One of four people shot dead in a suburban Los Angeles real estate office was a 9-year-old boy struck by gunfire in the arms of his wounded mother as she tried in vain to shield him from the attack, officials said on Thursday.
Authorities also disclosed that the suspected gunman in Wednesday s violence, who was himself wounded before he was taken into custody, knew all of his victims and had a family relationship with at least one of them.
The bloodshed inside a two-story office complex in the city of Orange, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles, marked the third deadly mass shooting in the United States in a month.
LOS ANGELES One of four people shot dead in a suburban Los Angeles real estate office was a 9-year-old boy struck by gunfire in the arms of his wounded…