Iran Press/America: One teenager is dead and two others have been injured following a shooting at an Alabama mall open late ahead of Black Friday shopping, the Independent reported.
At the moment it is unclear how many people were injured at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, which is situated 10 miles from Birmingham, the state's largest city.
According to witnesses, there were two separate bursts of gunfire, which were thought to take place between JCPenny department store and Footaction shoe store near the shopping centre's food court.
On Nov. 08, a mass shooting at a restaurant in the US state of California left 13 people, including the gunman, dead.
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The police presence on the scene has intensified as they attempt to clear the area.
Four people were injured, according to WBRC TV news.
The issue of gun violence has become all the more polarizing under US President Donald Trump, a Republican whose presidential campaign was funded partially by the National Rifle Association (NRA).
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BUSINESS INSIDER reported, Americans are more likely to die from gun violence than many leading causes of death combined, with some 13,000 people in the US killed in firearm assaults each year, which translates to a roughly 1-in-315 lifetime chance of death from gun violence.
That's about 56% more likely than the lifetime risk of dying while riding inside a car, truck, or van. It's also more than 11 times as high as dying from any force of nature, such as a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, flood, or lightning strike.
These measures also suggest Americans are more likely to die from gun violence than the combined risks of drowning, fire and smoke, stabbing, choking on food, airplane crashes, animal attacks, and natural disasters.
In 2015, some 333 mass shootings left 367 people dead and 1,328 injured. The statistics rose in 2016 to 383 mass shootings, 456 deaths, and 1,537 injuries. In 2017, there were 346 mass shootings that led to 437 deaths and 1,802 injuries. 101/201
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