A shopping center in Delaware was evacuated and closed Saturday following a shooting. Delaware State Police said they were investigating a shooting at the Christiana Mall in a northern community near Pennsylvania.
The mall was evacuated and would remain closed Saturday night, police said in a statement asking people to avoid the area.
At least three people were shot in the area of the food court, officials told WPVI-TV. Police were still searching for the suspected shooter, the station reported.
Police set up a reunion site at the north entrance for those trying to locate someone.
Additional details were not immediately available.
“We appreciate everyone’s patience as we continue to gather more details regarding this shooting,” the Delaware State Police said in a tweet.
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Data from the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive (GNA) notes that the start of 2023 has seen more mass shootings than days have elapsed. The GNA classifies as a mass shooting any incident caused by an attack with a firearm that causes at least four injuries. These are the deadliest since January 2022.
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14. Shooting at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church (Birmingham, Alabama) ➡️ Date: June 16, 2022. ➡️ Number of fatalities: Three people. Two died instantly and one more a day later. ➡️ What happened? A 70-year-old man, Robert F. Smith, who had previously attended some services at the church, turned up at a dinner party and shot three attendees. All the victims were older adults. ➡️ Who were the victims? Sarah Yeager, 75, Jane Pounds, 84, and Walter Rainer, also 84. ➡️ Weapon used: Semi-automatic pistol.
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13. Columbia Machine company shooting (Smithsburg, Maryland) ➡️ Date: June 9, 2022. ➡️ Number of fatalities: Three people. ➡️ What happened? Joe Louis Esquivel, 23, shot four co-workers at Columbia Machine Company. ➡️ Who were the victims? Mark Alan Frey, 50, Charles Edward Minnick Jr., 31, and Joshua Robert Wallace, 30. ➡️ Weapon used: Semi-automatic pistol.
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12. Shooting at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia) ➡️ Date: November 13, 2022. ➡️ Number of fatalities: Three. ➡️ What happened? Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 22, opened fire on a bus returning from a school trip, killing three members of the college football team and wounding two others. ➡️ Who were the victims? Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry. All three were college students. ➡️ Weapon used: Semi-automatic pistol.
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11. Shooting at the Greenwood Park Mall (Greenwood, Indiana) ➡️ Date: July 17, 2022. ➡️ Number of fatalities: Three. ➡️ What happened? Jonathan Sapirman, 20, opened fire indiscriminately in the food section of the mall, before being shot dead by a 22-year-old armed civilian. He killed three people and injured two others. ➡️ Who were the victims? Pedro Rivera, 56, his wife Rosa Rivera de Pineda, 37, and Víctor Gómez, 30.
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10. Shooting at a Tulsa medical center (Tulsa, Oklahoma) ➡️ Date: June 1, 2022. ➡️ Number of fatalities: Four. ➡️ What happened? Michael Lewis, 45, killed four people – including two doctors – before taking his own life, according to authorities. The man carried with him a letter in which he blamed the surgeon who had treated him for his back pain and said that he had not received adequate care. ➡️ Who were the victims? Preston Phillips, 45, Stephanie Husen, 48, Amanda Glenn, 40, and William Love, 73. ➡️ Weapon used: AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
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9. Shooting at a church in Sacramento, California ➡️ Date: February 28, 2022. ➡️ Number of fatalities: Four people, including three minors. ➡️ What happened? A subject identified as David Mora, 39, had to go through his three daughters for a supervised visit in a church. Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones explained that the man had a restraining order and a court order requiring him to see his daughters, all under the age of 15, under supervision. The man took his own life following committing the murders. ➡️ Who were the victims? The sisters Samarah, Samantha and Samia Mora Gutiérrez, 9, 10 and 13 years old respectively and Nathaniel Kong, 59 years old. ➡️ Weapon used: AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
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8. Shooting in Hedingham (Raleigh, North Carolina) ➡️ Date: October 13, 2022. ➡️ Number of fatalities: Five. ➡️ What happened? A 15-year-old boy, identified as Austin Thompson, opened fire in a Hedingham neighborhood, where he himself lived. Among the deceased is his own brother, James, 16 years old. ➡️ Who were the victims? Nicole Connors, 52, Susan Karnatz, 49, Mary Marshall, 35, off-duty police officer Gabriel Torres, 29, and James Thompson, 16. ➡️ Weapon used: Hunting rifle and semi-automatic pistol.
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7. Shooting at the Q club (Colorado Springs, Colorado) ➡️ Date: November 19, 2022 ➡️ Number of fatalities: Five. ➡️ What happened? An armed man in camouflage clothing, identified as 22-year-old Anderson L. Aldrich, opened fire at a party at the LGBTQ club. Two people managed to subdue and disarm it before the police arrived. ➡️ Who were the victims? Daniel Aston, 28, Kelly Loving, 40, Derrick Rump, 38, Ashley Paugh, 35, and Raymond Green Vance, 22. ➡️ Weapon used: AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
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6. Shooting at a Virginia Wal-Mart (Chesapeake, Virginia) ➡️ Date: November 22, 2022. ➡️ Number of fatalities: Six, including a minor. ➡️ What happened? A man who used to work at the supermarket, identified as Andre Bing, 31, attacked his co-workers and customers before taking his own life, according to authorities. ➡️ Who were the victims? Randall Blevins, 70, Lorenzo Gamble, 43, Tyneka Johnson, 22, Brian Pendleton, 39, Kellie Pyle, 52, and Fernando Chávez Barrón, 16. ➡️ Weapon used: Semi-automatic pistol.
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5. Half Moon Bay shootings (San Mateo, California) ➡️ Date: January 23, 2023. ➡️ Number of fatalities: Seven. ➡️ What happened? Authorities blamed two shootings, one at a mushroom farm and the other at a transportation factory, at a man identified as Chunli Zhao, 67, who was later arrested. Zhao worked on the farm, according to official reports. ➡️ Who were the victims? Zhishen Liu, 73, Qizhong Cheng, 66, Marciano Martínez Jiménez, 50, José Romero Pérez, Yetao Bing, 43, Aixiang Zhang, 74, and Jingzhi Lu, 64. ➡️ Weapon used: It has not yet been identified.
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4. Shooting of the 4th of July parade in Highland Park (Highland Park, Illinois) ➡️ Date: July 4, 2022. ➡️ Number of fatalities: Seven. ➡️ What happened? A subject identified as Robert Crimo, 21, opened fire from a rooftop at the crowd that had gathered to celebrate US Independence Day. Crimo killed seven people and injured 46 others and was arrested nearly eight hours later. ➡️ Who were the victims? Katherine Goldstein, 64, Irina McCarthy, 35, and her husband Kevin McCarthy, 37, Jacquelyn Sundheim, 63, Stephen Straus, 88, Nicolás Toledo, 78, and Eduardo Uvaldo, of 69 years. ➡️ Weapon used: Semi-automatic rifle.
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3. Shooting at a Buffalo supermarket (Buffalo, New York) ➡️ Date: May 14, 2022. ➡️ Number of fatalities: 10. ➡️ What happened? Payton S. Gendron, 18, committed a racially motivated assault, according to authorities. Gendron broadcast the massacre on social networks and was detained by the police. ➡️ Who were the victims? Roberta A. Drury, 32, Margus D. Morrison, 52, Andre Mackniel, 53, Aaron Salter, 55, Geraldine Talley, 62, Celestine Chaney, 65, Heyward Patterson, 67, Katherine Massey, 72, Pearl Young, 77, and Ruth Whitfield, 86. ➡️ Weapon used: Semi-automatic rifle.
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2. Shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio (Monterey Park, California) ➡️ Date: January 21, 2023. ➡️ Number of fatalities: 11. ➡️ What happened? A man identified as Huu Can Tran, 72, committed the attack with a California-banned assault pistol. After an intense search, the subject took his own life before being arrested by the police. ➡️ Who were the victims? Valentino Marcos Alvero, 68, Hongyin Jian, 62, Yu Lun Kao, 72, Lilian Li, 62, My Nhan, 63, Ming Wei Ma, 72; Diana Man Ling Tom, 70, Muoi Dai Ung, 67, Chia Ling Yau, 76, Wen Tau Yu, 64, and Xiujuan Yu, 57. ➡️ Weapon used: Assault pistol.
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1. Massacre at Robb Elementary School (Uvalde, Texas) ➡️ Date: May 24, 2022. ➡️ Number of fatalities: 21, including 19 children. ➡️ What happened? Salvador Ramos, 18, entered elementary school and spent more than an hour in a classroom before the authorities entered. The attacker took his own life. ➡️ Who were the victims? Layla Salazar, 11, Makenna Lee Elrod, 10, Miranda Mathis, 11, Nevaeh Bravo, 10, José Manuel Flores Jr., 10, Xavier Lopez, 10, Tess Marie Mata, 10, Rogelio Torres , 10, Ellie Amyah García, 9, Eliahna Torres, 10, Annabell Guadalupe Rodríguez, 10, Jackie Cázares, 9, Uziyah García, 10, Jayce Luevanos, 10, Maité Yuleana Rodríguez, 10, Jailah Nicole Silguero, 10, Amerie Jo Garza, 10, Lexi Aniyah Rubio, 10, Alithia Ramírez, 10, Eva Mireles, 44, and Irma García, 48. ➡️ Weapon used: Semi-automatic rifle.
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According to the Gun Violence Archive, so far in 2023 there have been 36 reported mass shootings and more than 2,600 people have been killed by firearms. The most recent incident occurred in Dodge City, Kansas, where three officers were injured during a traffic stop. Meanwhile, authorities in Louisiana are looking for a suspect in a nightclub shooting that left several injured. Other places like Georgia and California have also been the scenes of violence in recent days. You can see more free news on ViX.
