A supermarket (Buffalo, in New York), an elementary school (Uvalde, in Texas) and now a hospital (Tulsa, in Oklahoma). This is the never ending story. The United States does not get out of a scare and another one is coming. At least four dead, plus the gunman, is the balance of the shooting that took place this Wednesday in Tulsa. This time he has played in an outpatient clinic.
This new case, in which several injuries have also been recorded, occurs when in Uvalde they have begun to bury the 19 children and two teachers from Robb Elementary School who died last week due to the action of Salvador Ramos, 18 years.
The Oklahoma assailant, who has left several wounded, entered St. Francis Hospital with a rifle at around five in the afternoon and opened fire. Captain Richard Meulenberg, of the Tulsa Police Department, has reported that the attacker has been killed, without being able to clarify whether by fire from the uniformed men or because he has shot himself, although everything seems to point to the latter. possibility.
"It's a catastrophic scene," Meulenberg told reporters. The shooting has taken place on the second floor of the building. The agents have registered one by one all the dependencies in search of more victims. A police spokesman has indicated that the alleged perpetrator, a black man of about 35 years, they have found another weapon, a pistol, and have assured that they cannot determine if he had gone for someone in particular. The investigators point out that he may have had a doctor in his sights.
The victims, according to the police spokesman, are a combination of employees and patients of the health center. The US president, Joe Biden, has immediately received the information and the White House has monitored the situation.
"Responding to an active shooting is something that is very fresh in everyone's minds," Eric Dalgleish, deputy chief of police, said at a press conference in light of recent events.
“This has happened in some facilities where they work to save the lives of people in this city, where heroes work,” said Republican Mayor G.T. Bynum. He has praised the officers who responded to the scene. "They did not hesitate to respond to this act of violence," he added.
The mayor has been asked for his reaction as Tulsa joins the list of cities that have experienced mass shootings. "My thoughts at this time are with the victims, many of their families still do not know what happened," he replied. "If someone wants to have a discussion about politics, this is something to do in the future, not tonight," he added.
