Three killed in US shootings
28 Aug 2015 5:36 AM IST
Three persons, including a policeman, were killed on Wednesday in separate shooting incidents in the US, a day after a disgruntled gunman killed two TV journalists, highlighting the growing cases of gun-related violence in the country.
In the first incident, a gunman killed two persons in Sunset suburb in southeastern US state of Louisiana.
The assailant, identified as Harrison Lee Wiley Jr, drove his car to a convenience store in Sunset and barricaded himself inside, St Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said.
Sunset police officer Henry Wilson, 51, the first responder, was shot and killed at the scene of a domestic disturbance call where authorities found three women with serious stab wounds, Guidroz said.
One of the injured women, Shameka Johnson, 40, died at <g data-gr-id="31">hospital</g>. Her sister <g data-gr-id="32">Surlay</g> Johnson, 34, was in critical condition. Both are sisters of Shaterral Johnson, interim mayor of Grand Couteau, a town just to the northeast of Sunset.
Officers threw tear gas shells and stormed the store when the man refused to leave.
The gunmen was later overpowered by police authorities and taken in custody, Guidroz said.
Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal took to Twitter to react to the shooting incident and said, “Our thoughts & prayers are w/ the families of Sunset Police Officer Henry Nelson & the other victims as they endure this senseless tragedy.”
In another incident, one person was killed in a shooting at a school parking in southwest Houston in Texas. School officials said the shooting has not affected campus operations.
Meanwhile, one person was taken into custody after a separate shooting incident on the campus of <g data-gr-id="29">Texasn</g> Southern University.
Gunman warned he was ‘human powder keg’
The former television reporter who shot dead two journalists during a live US broadcast before killing himself warned he had been a “human powder keg... just waiting to go BOOM.” The gunman –Vester Lee Flanagan, also known as Bryce Williams –posted chilling footage of shocking double murder online. Reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were shot and killed at close range while conducting an on-air interview for WDBJ, a CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, about 385 kilometres southwest of Washington.
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