The incident occurred at a company in the city of Chester. The attacker opened fire on his companions and killed two.
A shooting let two people dead and three seriously injured in the state of Pennsylvania, United States. A man opened fire on his colleagues inside the company where they work and was arrested hours later in the town of Trainer.
The incident took place at the facilities of Delaware County Linen, a company dedicated to the production of bedding. The company is located in the city of Chesterabout 30 kilometers from Philadelphia.
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Jack StollsteimerDelaware County District Attorney, gave a press conference after the tragic episode and reported that the suspect arrived at his workplace with a firearm and “he vented his anger“against his companions.
The man has not yet been identified by authorities and The reasons why the shooting started are unknown.However, police sources indicated that it was an “employee discontent“In addition, witnesses stated that he was a subject”problematic“and that there was a prior discussion.
In this case it is considered that the shooting has been “massive” because it involves acfour or more victims, taking into account wounded and dead. According to organization data Gun Violence Archiveso far this year there have been at least 168 shootings of this type in the United States.
Joe Biden seeks to advance against the sale of weapons in the US
Mass shootings are a serious problem in the North American country. For this reason, the American president announced that will expand background checks for buy firearms.
The measure was announced by Kamala Harriswho heads the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and aims to close “legal loopholes“in relation to the weapons sales at fairs and on the internet.
As Harris explained, “gun stores are currently required by law to do a background check (on buyers) on every sale.” However, he assured that “for many decades” the sale of this type of products was carried out in “places that are not traditional stores“and they did not carry out any type of verification.
The attorney general of the United States, Merrick Garlandreferred to the new regulation and maintained that with it “it does not matter whether weapons are sold on the Internet, at fairs or in a store made of bricks” since it will force anyone who trades these types of products to “Have a license and conduct a background check“.
Source: Ambito
