One person was killed and five others were injured in a shooting that took place Saturday during a vigil for a shooting victim in Columbus, Ohio.
CNN reported that the shooting took place in a Dollar General’s parking lot where a vigil was held for Jarrin Hickman, who had been murdered there a year earlier.
According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, a dark SUV drove past the wake around 7:30 p.m. and began firing at the crowd, hitting five people, including a 12-year-old child. All five people were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
Latoya Carpenter, 39, was not part of the wake and was driving past the Dollar General when the shooting began. A bullet hit Carpenter in the head, causing her car to collide with a car parked near the store, CNN reported. Carpenter was pronounced dead on the spot.
There are currently no suspects and an investigation is underway.
This shooting is because activists have again called for gun control in light of a series of mass shootings in the US, including in Atlanta, Boulder, Colo. And Indianapolis.
In early April, President Biden
Joe BidenSuspect used two assault rifles he legally bought in FedEx shootings: US Police, China Say They Are ‘Committed’ To Climate Change Cooperation DC Goes To The Dogs – Major And Champ, That’s MORE said the epidemic of gun violence in the US was an “international disgrace”. Biden made the comment when he rolled out executive actions designed to combat gun violence, including proposed rules that would subject homemade “ghost weapons” to background checks and legislation that would keep weapons out of the hands of potentially dangerous individuals.
Former speaker John Boehner
John Andrew Boehner Sunday Show Preview: Russia, US Exchange Sanctions; tensions over police action are growing; vaccination campaign continues The Hill’s Morning Report – presented by Tax March – Biden to Putin: Harsh sanctions, Boehner outright speech on Afghanistan: ‘It’s time to withdraw the troops’ MORE (R-Ohio) made a similar comment on Sunday, saying the mass shootings are “shameful” for the US.
Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union”, BoehnerJohn Andrew Boehner Sunday Show Preview: Russia, US Exchange Sanctions; tensions over police action are growing; vaccination campaign continues The Hill’s Morning Report – presented by Tax March – Biden to Putin: Harsh sanctions, Boehner outright speech on Afghanistan: ‘It’s time to withdraw the troops’ MORE expressed the hope that a “common ground” could be found in Congress on arms laws.
“Hopefully they will find common ground because … frankly, it’s heartbreaking,” he said. “I think it embarrasses our country for the rest of the world, and we need to find a way to deal with this problem.”