Two people were killed and seven others injured after police and a gunman exchanged fire in Florida State of the United States, reports said on Sunday.
CBS News reported the clash occurred in in a bar at CityPlace Doral, a leisure destination in Miami, in the early morning and gunshots were then fired among a security guard, police officers and a gunman.
The gunman and the security guard were killed while a police officer from Doral City and six bystanders got shot, reports said.
The wounded police officer has been discharged from the hospital while two of the bystanders are still in critical condition.
The City of Doral Police Department alongside the Miami Dade Police Department and the Federal Department of Law Enforcement have been working to investigate the cause of the gunfire, said the Doral Police Department on social media.
With a highest rate of gun-related deaths, over 4,200 people died and more than 7,500 others were injured from gun violence in the country so far in 2024, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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