TIL Desk/World/Washington/ At least 29 people were killed and over 40 others were injured in two separate incidents of mass shootings in the US states of Texas and Ohio in less than 24 hours, media reports said.
In Ohio, nine people, including the perpetrator, were killed and 16 others were injured early Sunday morning in the shootings outside the Ned Peppers Bar in Dayton city”s Oregon area.
The incident took place after mass shooting in Texas”s El Paso city killed 20 people and injured 26 others on Saturday. According to the Dayton Police Department, the first call of the Ohio incident came in at around 1 a.m.
“We had officers in the immediate vicinity when the shooting began and were able to respond and put an end to it quickly,” Dayton Police Department as saying in a tweet. Assistant Police Chief Matt Carper told the media that officers on patrol managed to take down the shooter who is yet to be identified. Carper said the subject fired a “long gun” with multiple rounds.
