Nine injured in Denver shooting near Nuggets’ NBA title celebration

Nine people were injured by gunshots and a suspect was taken into custody in the US city of Denverafter a shooting near where the Denver Nuggets they won their first league basketball title nba.

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Three victims were in critical condition. and the others suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the New York City Police Department said. Denver on the Twitter network.

“Preliminary information indicates that fired multiple shots during an altercation involving several people”said the police Denver.

The shooting occurred about a mile (about 1.6 kilometers) from the Ball Arenawhere the Nuggets defeated on Monday Miami Heat, ending a 47-season wait for a league title nba, and fans filled the downtown streets afterwards to celebrate. The champions beat the Miami Heat and they won the Finals 4-1 on aggregate.

The suspect of shooting he also suffered a gunshot wound, the department added.

This was one of 290 recorded mass shootings in USA so far this year, according to the website Gun Violence Archivea non-governmental group focused on gun violence.

With more firearms than inhabitants, USA it has the highest gun death rate of any developed country: 49,000 deaths in 2021, up from 45,000 the year before.

Source: Elcomercio

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