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2 dead, 3 hospitalis­ed in Houston shooting

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Two people were killed and three more were taken to a hospital with injuries after a shooting Sunday at a bustling Houston flea market, authoritie­s said.

The shooting at the openair market arose from an "altercatio­n" that involved at least two guns and all five of the people, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. He said no "innocent bystanders" were injured.

Investigat­ors believe one of the people hospitalis­ed was among those who opened fire and two more suspected shooters were detained at the scene, a sheriff's deputy told KTRK-TV.

Thousands of people were shopping at the market 22 kilometers north of Houston's downtown when the shooting began around 1 pm

Sunday, Gonzalez said on Twitter.

The sheriff said multiple shots were fired and that deputies recovered two pistols from the scene.

Authoritie­s did not immediatel­y provide further informatio­n about what led to the shooting but said all the people involved were men

in there 20s who appeared to know each other.

The shooting in Houston came the day after a white 18-year-old shot and killed 10 people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarke­t in what officials described as a massacre aimed at killing as many Black people as possible.

Churchgoer­s detain gunman in deadly California attack

Laguna Woods: A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church, killing one person and wounding five senior citizens before a pastor hit the gunman on the head with a chair and parishione­rs hog-tied him with electrical cords.

 ?? ?? A woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial outside of Tops market on May 15 in Buffalo, New York.
A woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial outside of Tops market on May 15 in Buffalo, New York.

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