3 MASS SHOOTINGS IN A DAY, LATEST IN BLOODY WEEK

Five people were shot and injured in Shreveport, La., on Sunday, the third multiple shooting reported in the United States with 24 hours.

In a briefing to local news outlets, police said they were in the first stages of investigating the incident.

“We responded this evening to a traffic congestion and during that congestion, numerous shots were fired,” a police spokesman said.

Earlier on Sunday three people died at an apartment complex in Austin, Texas, and authorities were hunting for a former deputy sheriff wanted in connection with the fatal shooting. Separately, three people were killed and two wounded in a shooting at a bar in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, early Sunday.