Mass Shooting In Phoenix Today. May 9 2021 at 1244 pm. One person was killed and 12 others injured in reported drive-by shootings over a 90-minute span Thursday in three cities west of Phoenix authorities said.
Thursdays violence in Arizona started around 1110 am when police in Peoria a city of roughly 175000 residents about 13 miles northwest of Phoenix responded to reports of a drive-by. Since 2014 the US has averaged more than one mass shooting a day according to data from the Gun Violence Archive. At least 3 injured in chaotic shooting at Arizona entertainment complex.
Since the pandemic mass shootings have fallen since last year.
Police arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with eight shootings near Phoenix Arizona on Thursday in which four people were shot including one fatally. ABC 15 reports that the man fired bullets at. The incident unfolded about 725pm local time at the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale a city in Maricopa County Arizona nine miles northwest of Phoenix. One woman is dead and nine police officers were injured after a shooting and standoff that involved a person barricaded inside a Phoenix home police said Friday.
