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Gunmen kill two, wound 20 outside Florida concert

Published 05/30/2021, 07:19 AM
Updated 05/30/2021, 01:45 PM

(Reuters) -Assailants opened fire on a crowd outside a concert in Florida early on Sunday, killing two people and wounding more than 20, police and media reports said.

Three people got out of a white SUV and fired assault-style weapons and handguns at revelers gathered for an album launch party at the El Mula Banquet Hall near Hialeah, a city in Miami-Dade county, according to local media.

"I am at the scene of another targeted and cowardly act of gun violence," Miami-Dade police director Alfredo Ramirez wrote on Twitter. "These are cold blooded murderers that shot indiscriminately into a crowd and we will seek justice."

The Miami Herald said 20 wounded victims were taken to local hospitals, and posted a photo of friends and relatives holding hands in prayer outside one trauma center. CBS4 Miami said at least one victim remained in critical condition, and that police had no one in custody as of midday Sunday.

Angelica Green, of Miramar, told reporters her son and nephew, both 24, were arriving at the event when they became among those shot and wounded. She said they were both now in stable condition at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital.

She told Local 10 News her son had telephoned her "frantic, saying he had been shot, that it hurts and that he loves us".

"He said the guys came with ski masks and hoodies, and just started shooting up the crowd," Green said.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said state authorities were working to catch the perpetrators.

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"Justice needs to be swift & severe!" he wrote on Twitter.

The United States saw at least 200 mass shootings in the first 132 days of this year, according to a report by the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit research group.

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Walter Bender still trying to change the subject away from terrorists that found easy access to guns and soft target.
terrorism is never terrorism to murdering terrorists. people that rationalize these kind of acts, need to be reported to the authorities.
what provoked those guys to open fire? I doubt it was killing for no reason. if some of those attending the event were up to no good, the killing wasn't senseless in the mind of the assailants. it was exact. if your up to no good, and hide in the crowd, innocent people will get hurt.
of course it works.. would you start a shoot out inside a police department? how about a gun range? unless it's a suicide mission...even a dope criminal would never do that bet if they knew everyone else has guns. IN THIS CASE THEY KNEW NO ONE DID. BIG DIFFERENCE.
Jim Hernandez I suppose the collateral damage with everyone shooting guns in a crowd, matters little to you.
lavin if everyone had a gun in that situation there would have had 10 times the casualty rate. all the terrorists have to do is fire a few shots and start a panic and you'd have everyone with a gun firing at each other. most people that are so paranoid they have to carry a gun all the time, should get a sanity test before given a licence to carry a gun.
MSM always focusing on sensationalism. Why don't you care about the 30 murders in Chicago or Detroit over the weekend from black market guns????? Do those neighborhoods not fit your brainwashing narrative?
right on! they simply want to push for gun controls!
Land of the free, home of the dead. This is what the Vets have given their lives for? FN ridiculous!
Hyped news propaganda.
If you know Miami, you know there is a reason behind it. It wasnt just some random event. Unfortunately its a very run down place. I bet anything the wea p ons are unregistered and its crime related.
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