Mass Shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas: 3 Dead including Shooter, 4 Injured

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A shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas resulted in two deaths and four wounded individuals. The shooting occurred during a private party at an abandoned building, and the shooter knew the victims; among the victims were two sisters. This incident is one of 73 mass shootings in the US this year, as reported by the Gun Violence Archive.

Deadly Shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas Leaves Two Dead, Four Injured

A shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas, has tragically resulted in two fatalities and four injuries, with the alleged shooter also dead, as reported by law enforcement officials.

Early Sunday morning, officers were dispatched to a neighborhood where several victims with gunshot wounds were discovered, as detailed in a Facebook post by the Jonesboro Police Department.

The violent incident occurred during a private party in an unoccupied building within the city northeast of Little Rock, according to police spokesperson Sally Smith.

The male and female victims who were killed, as well as one of the wounded females, were known to the suspect, police further elaborated in an updated Facebook post. The incident is being classified as a domestic shooting, with the two female victims identified as sisters.

Police confirmed three other individuals were also injured in the shooting. Specifics regarding the ages of the victims and the connection between the male shooter and one of the female victims have yet to be disclosed. The manner of the shooter’s death also remains unspecified.

The investigation is ongoing, though the police have assured there is no active threat to the community.

This incident marks one of 73 mass shootings in the US so far this year, based on statistics from the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an event where at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter.

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