There have been “several fatalities” in a shooting at a Smithsburg, Maryland factory, police said. Police are yet to give an exact number of victims, according to NBC News there would be at least three dead and four injured. One of the injured is said to be in bad shape.
The gunman fled, but officers were able to hit his car. The suspect and a police officer were injured in an exchange of gunfire. Both were transported to hospital.
Democrat David Trone, a member of the House of Representatives representing the region, has called the incident a “mass shooting” on Twitter.
The Maryland Sheriff has reported on social media that “the suspect no longer poses a threat to the community.” According to local media reports, he was allegedly shot by officers and taken to a hospital. His motive and what led to the shooting are not yet known.
Frequent shootings in the US with multiple victims
The US has been regularly rocked by mass shootings lately. In late May, an 18-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The gunman holed up in a classroom and killed 19 children and two teachers before being shot dead by police. A few days earlier, a gunman opened fire at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, killing ten people and injuring three others.