May 6 (Reuters) - A gunman shot & killed 9 people & wounded at least 7 others at a busy mall north of Dallas on Saturday.
The gunman, whom authorities said they believe acted alone, was killed by a police officer after he began firing outside of the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas.
Allen fire department chief Jon Boyd told the same press conference that his department took at least 9 victims with gunshot wounds to area hospitals, 2 of whom died.
Medical City Healthcare, which runs 16 hospitals in the area, said in a statement that its trauma centers were treating 8 of the wounded victims, who ranged in age from 5 to 61.
One unidentified eyewitness said the gunman was "walking down the sidewalk just ... shooting his gun outside," & that "he was just shooting his gun everywhere for the most part."
Blood could be seen on sidewalks outside the mall & white sheets covering what appeared to be bodies.
Mass shootings have become commonplace in the U.S. with at least 198 so far in 2023, the most at this point in the year since at least 2016, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The nonprofit group defines a mass shooting as any in which 4 or more people are wounded or killed, not including the shooter.
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