In our news wrap Thursday, police in Southern California identified the man who allegedly shot and killed four people, including a 9-year-old boy, on Wednesday. The White House said a problem with Johnson and Johnson's supply of COVID-19 vaccines will not slow the pace of U.S. inoculations, and President Biden held his first full cabinet meeting with every member spread out and fully masked.
The violence marked the third deadly mass shooting in the United States over the past two weeks.
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Police in the Californian city of Orange reported a shooting on Wednesday with multiple victims at the scene including fatalities, and local news media outlets said four people were killed before a suspect was arrested.
Few official details of the violence in the city south of Los Angeles were immediately available, but the Los Angeles City News Service (CNS) and television station KNBC-TV reported that in addition to the four dead, two people were wounded by gunfire.
Reporting the incident on its official Facebook page, the Orange Police Department said its officers arrived at about 5:30 p.m. local time as shots were being fired and located multiple victims at the scene including fatalities.
US News: Police in Orange, California, south of Los Angeles, reported a shooting on Wednesday with "multiple victims at the scene including fatalities," but sa
Four killed, two injured in shooting in US state of California ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 09:38 IST
California [US], April 1 (ANI): At least four people were killed and two others, including the suspected shooter, were injured in a shooting at a business complex in Orange, California.
The police said that at 5:30 pm (local time) on Wednesday, the Orange Police Department responded to a call of shots fired at 202 W. Lincoln Ave, The Hill reported.
Earlier, the police had reported several deaths and injuries. Officers arrived as shots were being fired and located multiple victims at the scene including fatalities. An officer-involved shooting occurred. The situation has been stabilised and there is no threat to the public, the Orange Police Department said.
Multiple people were killed in Orange, California, in a shooting incident (File)
Four people, including a child, were killed on Wednesday evening in a shooting incident at a business complex in the city of Orange in California, The Washington Times reported. One person has been injured in the incident.
The suspected shooter has been hospitalised after he was injured in a gunfight with the police. This is the third mass shooting in the United States in two weeks.
A spokeswoman for the Orange Police Department said officers received a call about shots being fired at 202 W. Lincoln Avenue in Orange. The two-storey office complex contains a number of small businesses.