1 teen killed, 4 injured in shooting at flea market in Texas
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A teenager was killed and four others injured in a shooting at a flea market in suburban Houston on Sunday night, and police are still working to identify who was responsible. Police in Pearland – about 15 miles south of Houston – responded to Cole’s Flea Pearland Police Department spokesman Chad Rogers said the market arrived around 5:30 p.m. in response to reports of a shooting. Three adults and two teenagers were found injured and taken to nearby hospitals, police said. One of the teenage victims later died from his injuries, police said Sunday evening. No further information was provided about the condition or age of the victims. The shooting appeared to be a disturbance between two people and not a targeted attack on the market, Rogers said. “We are working to determine who is responsible,” Rogers said, calling the incident an “extremely tragic act.” Accordingly, investigators have yet to determine how many people fired a weapon or how many shots were fired at Rogers, who noted that investigators continued to interview witnesses late into the evening. The shooting is another example of the ongoing trauma of gun violence in the United States, where everyday activities such as attending class, going to the bank or leisurely shopping are interrupted by gun violence. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been more than 600 mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year. The GVA, like CNN, defines a mass shooting as a shooting in which four people are shot, not including the shooter. Police have asked residents to avoid the area as investigators were still at the scene Sunday evening, Rogers said. The sprawling flea market covers more than 40 acres, according to its website, and opens its doors to 12,000 to 15,000 visitors every weekend. Rogers noted that “usually on weekends it’s a very, very crowded place.”
A teenager was killed and four others injured in a shooting at a flea market in suburban Houston on Sunday evening. Police are still working to identify who is responsible.
Police in Pearland — about 15 miles south of Houston — responded to Cole’s Flea Market around 5:30 p.m. in response to reports of a shooting, said Pearland Police Department spokesman Chad Rogers.
Three adults and two teenagers were found injured and taken to area hospitals, police said. One of the teenage victims later died from his injuries, police said Sunday evening.
No further information about the victims’ health or age was provided.
The shooting appeared to be a disturbance between two people and not a targeted attack on the market, Rogers said.
“We are working to determine who is responsible,” Rogers said, calling the incident an “extremely tragic act.”
Rogers said investigators have yet to determine how many people fired a weapon or how many shots were fired. He noted that investigators continued to interview witnesses late into the evening.
The shooting is another example of the ongoing trauma of gun violence in the United States, where everyday activities such as attending class, going to the bank or leisurely shopping are disrupted by gun violence. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been more than 600 mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year. The GVA, like CNN, defines a mass shooting as a shooting in which four people are shot, not including the shooter.
Police asked residents to avoid the area as investigators were still on the scene Sunday evening, Rogers said.
The sprawling flea market covers more than 40 acres and opens its doors to 12,000 to 15,000 visitors each weekend, according to its website.
Rogers noted that “usually on weekends [the flea market is] a very, very populated place.
