[REGNUM] Several people became victims of a shooting opened by an unknown person in a hospital in the US state of New Hampshire. The state police announced this on November 17 on their page on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
The shooting occurred at the Concord Municipal Psychiatric Hospital. According to preliminary data, several people became victims of the incident. The exact number of victims is not known. Some time later, a statement was published on the state police page on the social network X that the situation in the hospital had been brought under control.It is reported that the suspect in the shooting has died. The police have launched an investigation into the incident, the circumstances of the incident and the motives of the shooter are being clarified.
Earlier , IA Regnum reported that at least two people were killed, another 18 were injured and were hospitalized as a result of shooting during Halloween celebrations in the US state of Florida.
It is noted that the incident occurred in the city of Tampa; the shooting was preceded by a fight between two groups of people. Hundreds of people were near the scene at the time of the shooting.
Also reported was a shooting on October 25 in the American city of Lewiston in Maine, which became the 565th mass shooting in America this year. More than 20 people became victims of the shooting, and about 60 more people were injured.
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CPR was performed on the victim, who was transported to Concord Hospital before dying, officials said.
At a presser, police said the shooting was contained to the front lobby and that patients are safe as of late Friday.
The state trooper who shot the gunman was not maimed in the attack. The motive of the shooter remains unclear.
New Hampshire Hospital, which has roughly 185 beds, is the only state-run psychiatric hospital for adults. It is located in the capital city of Concord, near Concord High School, multiple state agencies and a district courthouse. It’s located on a large campus comprising more than a hundred acres (40.5 hectares) of land.