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the hawaii shooting left 4 dead and 2 injured. since 2024, there have been 376 mass shootings in the united states!

2024-09-02

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china news service, september 2. according to us media reports, a large-scale shooting occurred in honolulu, the capital of hawaii, on the evening of august 31 local time, killing 4 people including the gunman and injuring 2 others.

according to local media reports, the honolulu police said at a press conference on september 1 local time that the incident was not a random incident but a targeted act.

police said they received multiple calls from residents of the community that night, saying their neighbor operated a forklift and rammed several cars into homes.

the 58-year-old male suspect who was operating the forklift shot multiple victims. then, another 42-year-old man shot and killed the suspect. currently, the 42-year-old man has been arrested for second-degree murder.

according to police, the forklift operated by the suspect was carrying four 55-gallon drums of unknown fuel, and witnesses said the suspect fired shots into the drums.

the u.s. gun violence archive website defines a mass shooting as a shooting incident in which at least four people (excluding the shooter) are killed or injured. according to the website, there have been 376 mass shootings in the united states since 2024, with gun violence killing 11,446 people and injuring more than 21,000 people.