
One female was shot on Wednesday after the Cleveland Cavaliers' NBA championship parade, according to Cleveland Police Department.
The female victim was shot twice in leg, and one suspected gunman was already in custody, said Cleveland Police Department on its twitter account.
According to local media report, the victim was a 13-year-old girl and the police was still looking for second suspect involved in the shooting.
The shooting occurred just several minutes after the parade came to a close.
"Everyone was about to leave and suddenly I heard 6 gunshots. When I looked back, I saw huge crowds running toward me," witness Wu Lei told Xinhua.
About 1.3 million packed the streets for the NBA championship parade in downtown Cleveland, a town of 600,000 people.
"I knew something would go wrong today. I had two bottles of water in my backpack and during the six hours at the festival, I went every venue and no one gave me a security check," said Wu, a staff of ZTE, the sponsor of Cleveland Cavaliers.
The shooting incident happened 10 days after a lone gunman shot down 49 people and injured more than 50 at a popular LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
After the Orlando massacre, the U.S. Congress was again engaged in fierce debates about reforming the flawed gun-control regulations in the countries.
However, four gun-control measures were blocked in U.S. Senate on Monday, and Republican-controlled House showed no sign that it would soon vote on any gun-control bills.
source : xinhua
GMT 12:28 2018 Friday ,31 August
Algeria, reaffirm support to Sahrawi and Palestinian peoplesGMT 11:54 2018 Friday ,31 August
Second mine explodes in Mghilla 'Four soldiers wounded'GMT 11:30 2018 Friday ,31 August
UNSMIL condemns escalation of Violence in Great Tripoli areaGMT 11:15 2018 Friday ,31 August
Morocco, U.S Committed to Fighting Terrorism 'US Official'GMT 16:27 2018 Thursday ,30 August
PPS Considers Withdrawing from Ruling Coalition amid Tension with PJDGMT 15:34 2018 Thursday ,30 August
3 Bunkers, 4 homemade bombs discovered, destroyed in SkikdaGMT 15:10 2018 Thursday ,30 August
AU's Decision to Support UN-led Process, 'Big Win" for MoroccoGMT 12:47 2018 Thursday ,30 August
Cuba backed Polisario by providing military aid to Algeria
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor