9 minors injured in Georgia fuel station capturing, police mentioned

9 kids and youngsters had been shot and injured in a capturing in Columbus, Georgia on Friday evening. 

Police had been known as to a Shell Fuel Station on Heat Springs Street shortly after 10:00 p.m. native time. In line with a statement from the police department, officers discovered “a number of gunshot victims and a big group of individuals.” 

The 9 victims haven’t been recognized by identify, however police shared their ages. A five-year-old boy is the youngest sufferer. Additionally wounded had been a 12-year-old boy, two 13-year-old ladies, a 13-year-old boy, a 14-year-old boy, two 15-year-old boys, and one seventeen-year-old boy. 

All are being handled at native hospitals for non-life-threatening accidents. 

Police haven’t launched any details about the shooter. No arrests have been made at the moment, police mentioned. 

Police haven’t mentioned what led to the violence. It is also not clear what relationships the kids had with one another.

“The rash of gun violence involving our youth is impacting communities throughout the nation. Whereas Columbus is just not immune to those incidents, I wish to guarantee residents that the women and men of CPD are tirelessly working to get violent offenders off our streets,” mentioned Chief Freddie Blackmon in a press release shared on Fb. “It’ll take a group effort to fight gun violence in our metropolis. The whole village has a accountability as a result of incidents like this impacts all of us.” 

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