United States: At least three dead after shooting at Oregon shopping center
At least three people are dead after a shooting at a shopping center in Oregon on Sunday, authorities said.
The City of Bend Police Department reported that the suspected gunman killed himself and two other people during the incident.
“At approximately 7:04 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28, Bend Police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired at the Forum Shopping Center in northeast Bend,” Bend Police Department said in a statement.
“An initial investigation revealed that at least one shooter was at the shopping center firing shots in the parking lot,” the department said. “Police believe the shooter then entered the Safeway grocery store through the west entrance. One person was shot inside the entrance. That person was transported by medics and is deceased. Police believe the shooter continued firing through the store, shooting and killing an additional person.”
The department noted that “police found an additional person, believed to be the shooter, deceased in the store.”
“Initial reports indicate that Bend Police did not fire any shots at the scene,” it added. (ILKHA)