Several killed in at least two shootings in the U.S. city of Moultrie

Several killed in at least two shootings in the U.S. city of Moultrie

At least four people were killed on Thursday, including the attacker, after a multiple shooting occurred in Moultrie, a town in Georgia, in the southeastern United States.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) confirmed the news to local CBS News and Colquitt County Coroner C. Verlyn Brock said. one of the dead is the attackerwho murdered his mother and grandmother in their respective homes.

After this he moved to a McDonald’s chain establishment where he shot and killed a woman who was an assistant manager and then committed suicide. The assailant has not yet been identified by the authorities.

GBI had previously reported that they were investigating. “multiple incidents” with fatalities.

The event comes a day after another shooting in the city of Atlanta, also in Georgia, after a man allegedly murdered a person in the city of Atlanta, also in Georgia. wounded four othersbefore being arrested several hours later.

The United States has suffered at least 192 mass shootings so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines mass shootings as those in which four or more people are killed, not including the perpetrator of the attack.

Kayleigh Williams