‘Targeted shooting’ injures six outside church in Pittsburgh
Six people have been injured in a shooting outside a church in Pittsburgh, the United States, where a funeral was underway.
Pittsburgh Police Commander Richard Ford said at a news conference shortly after the shooting on Friday that the incident was “obviously… a targeted shooting.”
Ford said “multiple” shooters had been involved but did not provide further information.
According to Fox News, the funeral at the Destiny of Faith Church was for a man who had himself been killed in a shooting in the city earlier this month.
Of the six victims, one was said to have initially been in critical condition but was later confirmed to be in stable condition.
Two “people of interest” were detained on Friday night, CNN cited police as saying, but they were not identified.
An investigation was underway, and police have asked the public to provide any helpful information.
Shootings are common in the United States, where people have easy access to firearms, including military-grade assault weapons.
On Monday, a gunman killed at least two people and wounded six others at a high school in St. Louis. The suspect was fatally shot by police officers. It was one of dozen shootings in US schools that caused death or injuries this year alone. One of the deadliest took place in May when a gunman killed 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas.
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