Nine people are dead and at least 16 have been injured in another mass shooting in the early hours of Sunday at Dayton, Ohio.
Hours after the killing of at least 20 people in the US border town of El Paso, Texas, Dayton Police report that officers were on the scene – at or near Ned Peppers Bar on East Fifth Street in the city of Dayton’s Oregon District – when the shooting occurred.
Assistant police chief Matt Carper said officers returned gunfire, fatally wounding the suspect.
Police are attempting to identify the suspect.
He said there was no known motivation for the shooting, during which “suspect was firing a long gun with multiple rounds at the victims”.
Dayton Daily News said it was working to confirm some eyewitness accounts that a person who was denied entry into the bar opened fire.
The paper reported of a public Facebook post from a person named James Williams: “Sad people are not right. I’m safe. Happened right in front of the patio where I was sitting in front of Neds. The guy in front of Ned Peppers’ door is the active shooter.
“He tried to go into the bar but did not make it through the door. Someone took the gun from him and he got shot and is dead.
“There are at least eight people dead right by the picnic table where I was on the street. A bunch of people taken to the hospital. I don’t know how any … this place is a disaster.”
#OregonDistrict #update Lt. Col. Carper: at 1:22am active shooter situation began in oregon district. The shooter is deceased. There are 9 others also deceased. At least 16 others went to area hospitals with injuries.
— Dayton Police Dept. (@DaytonPolice) August 4, 2019
A hospital spokeswoman said 16 shooting victims had been admitted.
The Oregon District is a historic neighbourhood near downtown Dayton that is home to bars, restaurants and theatres.
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