"Why is our reality?" - The shooting of the American teenager's funeral music festival is distressed

Xinhua News Agency, Washington, June 20th: "Why is our reality?" - The shooting of the American Junior Life Missing Music Festival is sad

Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Ding

A television reporter Lin Sai Wats wrote on the social media on the 20th: "Why is our reality? Our children should enjoy safety." On the evening of the 19th, a shooting incident in Washington, the capital of the United States, killed 1 person. Three people were injured. The deceased is a minor.

That night, hundreds of people participated in an open -air music festival held in northern Washington. When I was out of the field, a few shot suddenly came out of the field, "Bang! Bang! Bang!", People screamed, fled, and panicked at the scene.

According to Washington Police, the deceased named Caus Lorenzo Pur, who was only 15 years old.

Witnesses Daniel Dyson said in an interview that when Poozon fell to the ground, he was next to him. Dyson tried to help the African -American boy, and his clothes were covered with blood. "He shouted to find his mother, and it was very sad to listen to it." Dyson recalled: "No one can save him, I can only watch him lose his life, I am very uncomfortable."

Police found more guns at the scene, including a pistol used to shoot an adult. The Washington Police issued a statement on the 20th that the investigation was ongoing. Investigators were collecting evidence and asking witnesses, and also called on the public to provide information that could help identify the suspects.

In recent days, the "Little Holiday" in the United States in June, organized activities to celebrate the end of US slavery more than 150 years ago. Dyson said that people were very happy at the festival, and Coke was very sad, and witnessed these unbearable and unable to express them. "I can never forget this scene," he said.

According to statistics from the US "gun violent file" website, since this year, more than 20,000 people in the United States have lost their lives due to gun violence, including 615 young people 12 to 17 years old. The "large -scale shooting" incident that caused at least 4 people in the United States this year has occurred.

Dyson said that he must find a way to solve the problem of gun violence, otherwise the United States may have innocent children every day because of this.

Less than a month ago, a gunman broke into the Rubu Primary School in Evadi, Texas, and shot murders, causing 19 children and two teachers to be killed and shocked the United States and the international community.

Under the pressure of public opinion, Washington politicians, which have been inaction for a long time on the problem of gun control, conducted consultations on the legislation of gun safety reform and claimed to reach a cross -party legislative framework agreement a week ago. However, Mike Lee, a Republican Senator of Utah, revealed in an interview with the US media that the federal senators participating in the consultation did not actually reach an agreement, so they could not get a draft bill.

In addition to Washington, some cities in the United States have also occurred in the past two days. Among them, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, died and injured 8 people in Harlem in Manhattan District, New York City.

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