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The North Carolina residential massacre, which once again terrorized the United States, turned out to be the crime of a 15-year-old boy.
American society was as much a shock as the incident.
U.S. police remain silent about the perpetrator who is in critical condition and is hospitalized.
Connect with reporters from the International Department. Reporter Lee Seung-hoon!
A 15-year-old boy was identified as the culprit in the shooting that killed as many as five people, including a police officer?
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To summarize the progress first, the incident occurred around 5:00 PM on the 13th in the United States.
A mass shooting took place in a residential area in Raleigh, North Carolina.
In the process, five innocent citizens between their teens and 50s were killed.
In particular, one of the victims was a police officer on his way to work, and another police officer was also shot and injured.
However, the police announced that he was a 15-year-old boy when he looked around and caught the culprit who even had a gunfight with the police in about three hours.
However, police said the boy was hospitalized in critical condition.
He declined to comment on who this boy was and how he fell into critical condition.
In addition, the official announcement of the motive of the shooting is ‘under investigation’.
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It is very surprising to us that the shooter was a 15-year-old boy.
Did President Joe Biden make a statement in person, as if representing the shocked American society?
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President Biden said in a statement
First, he said, “I share my sorrow with the shattered community and the bereaved families who have lost loved ones.”
He also said, ‘Please stop this year’, saying, ‘There have been too many mass shootings in the United States, including cases that haven’t been reported in the news in just five months since the Buffalo and Uvaldi incidents this year.’
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Despite the fact that the United States continues to be plagued by shootings,
Do you think there are many shocking gun crimes in America this year?
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The Buffalo massacre that President Biden mentioned took place in May, right?
A teenager indiscriminately opened fire in a supermarket, killing all 10 people.
In the same month, 19 children and two teachers were killed in a shooting at Uvaldi Elementary School in Texas.
It was also a big shock because I was a teenager.
After the two incidents and public opinion heated up, the U.S. Congress finally passed a gun control law a month after the incident, the first in 30 years, to strengthen background checks for 18-21 year-olds who want to purchase guns.
It was pointed out that key contents such as the ban on sales of assault rifles and large-capacity magazines were omitted.
In the midst of this, as there were several other shootings, the US House of Representatives hastily passed an assault rifle ban.
No progress has been made in the Senate due to Republican opposition from the Senate.
Until next month’s midterm elections, attention is focused on how the ‘Washington list price’ will handle the ’15-year-old boy’s massacre’ issue.
Until now, this is Seunghoon Lee of YTN in the international department.
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