3rd major mass shooting in California in just one week

(PLO) – Police say three people died, four were injured in a shooting in an upscale neighborhood in suburban Los Angeles, marking the third shooting in the state of California in just a week.

Police said 3 people died, 4 were injured in a shooting incident in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California (USA) on the morning of January 28. AP news.

The incident happened at 2:30 a.m. on January 28 (local time) at a house in the upscale neighborhood of Beverly Crest, Los Angeles. According to the APHouses in this area cost millions of dollars.

Police said the three victims were killed while sitting in a car.

Police at the scene of a shooting on the morning of January 28 in the Beverly Crest neighborhood, Los Angeles City, California (USA). Photo: AP

Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Sgt. Bruce Borihanh said the injured were taken to the hospital, two are in critical condition.

Police have not disclosed the ages and genders of the victims.

Mr Borihanh said police were determining whether there was a party or gathering at the house when the shooting happened.

Police have no information about the suspect at this time.

The January 28 incident is the third mass shooting in a week and the sixth in California this month. The last two mass shootings in the state resulted in a total of 18 deaths and 10 injuries.

2022 is the third year in a row that the United States has recorded more than 600 mass shootings, in which at least four people died or were injured, according to the Gun Violence Archive.