On 31 Mar 2022, pothead <potheadbjoe@gmail.com> posted some
news:t246v4$3cbgd$59@news.freedyn.de:

> This is what happens when wild animals are permitted in civilized
> spaces.

At least one person was killed and five others were wounded in a
shooting at a Waffle House restaurant in Indianapolis early Monday
morning, capping a weekend of US gun violence days after a deadly mass
shooting at a celebration for the Kansas City Chiefs� win in Super Bowl
LVIII.

Indianapolis police said they went to the southside Waffle House about
12.30am after a total of six people were shot there. The violence began
as an altercation between two groups, but it was not immediately clear
if any victims fired shots, authorities said.

Police said a woman taken to hospital in critical condition had died
while three men and one woman were recovering from bullet wounds at area
hospitals.

�What preliminary [information] we have is this was a disturbance which
turned into a fight between two groups of people,� the Indianapolis
police captain, Don Weilhammer, said to Fox59. �At least one handgun was
recovered on the scene of the Waffle House. Another gun was recovered
from [a] car� at a local hospital.

A Waffle House spokesperson said the restaurant chain was referring all
questions about the shooting to local law enforcement.

�We are cooperating fully with the ongoing law enforcement investigation
into this incident,� Njeri Boss, Waffle House�s vice-president of public
relations, said in a written statement.

The shooting came soon after two police officers and a
firefighter-paramedic were fatally shot � and another officer was
injured � while responding to a domestic violence call early Sunday
morning in Burnsville, Minnesota.

The Minnesota shooting began about 2am when police were called to a home
where a man, reported to have a gun, was barricaded inside with family
members. The man in the home then fired at the first responders as they
entered the home, where there were also seven children.

Officials identified the slain officers as officers Paul Elmstrand and
Matthew Ruge, both 27. Firefighter-paramedic Adam Finseth, 40, was also
shot to death.

The suspect was also killed. Several sources identified the shooter as
Shannon Cortez Gooden, 38, who reportedly petitioned to have his gun
rights restored in 2020 in relation to a 2008 felony assault conviction.

Meanwhile, on Friday, a family court in Kansas City said that two
juveniles had been charged in connection with the deadly shooting at the
end of a parade Wednesday celebrating the Chiefs� recent Super Bowl
victory.

Local radio DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two, was killed in the
shooting.

The suspects � who have not been identified because they are minors �
are being detained on gun-related and resisting arrest charges. The
statement said additional charges were expected.

Police Chief Stacey Graves said the suspects �hurt innocent people,
simultaneously scarring an entire community,� according to a police
department statement.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/indianapolis