Two Dead In Concert Site Shooting, Florida Governor: Justice Must Be Fast And Hard!

Shooting illustration. (Pixabay/ValynPi14)

JAKARTA - Two people died while about 20-25 others were injured, when mass shootings occurred again in the United States on Sunday, May 30 local time.

The shooting occurred when three people suddenly got out of a white SUV and opened fire with guns and pistols outside El Mula Bangquet Hall, as people gathered for an album launch in northwest Miami-Dade County, near Hialeah. , Miami, Florida.

"I am at the scene of another targeted and cowardly gun violence," Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo Ramirez wrote on Twitter.

"This is a cold-blooded killer who shot indiscriminately into the crowd and we will seek justice."

The Miami Herald said 20 of the injured were taken to a local hospital, and posted photos of friends and relatives praying outside a trauma center. Meanwhile, CBS4 Miami said at least one victim was still in critical condition and police did not have anyone detained until midday Sunday.

Angelica Green from Miramar told reporters her son and nephew, both 24, arrived at the event when they were among those shot and injured. He said they are both now in stable condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida.

"My son called in a panic saying he had been shot, that it hurt and he loved us," Green told Local 10 News.

"He said the guys came in ski masks and hoodies and started shooting at the crowd," Green continued.

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

"Justice must be fast & hard!" he wrote on Twitter.

This incident adds to the dark list of victims who died as a result of mass shootings. Last week, eight people died in a mass shooting at a metro maintenance site in California.

To note, there were 200 mass shooting incidents in the United States in the first 132 days of this year, according to a report by the Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that defines incidents as those in which four or more people, in addition to the assailant, are shot, regardless of the number involved. killed.