Several people were injured in a shooting near a highway in Kentucky, US, authorities in the southeastern state announced on Saturday.
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Four to six people were shot and wounded, Kentucky State Police spokesman Scottie Pennington told local media, without providing details on the condition of the injured.
The shooting occurred in Laurel County — about 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of the city of Lexington — along I-75, a major north-south highway that crosses half of the United States.
There were “multiple serious injuries,” but no deaths have been confirmed, local news station WYMT reported, citing the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office.
Joseph Couch, 32, is suspected of being the shooter. The sheriff’s office said the suspect appeared “armed and dangerous” and the highway was closed in both directions.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear urged residents to avoid the area of the shooting.
With more guns than people, the United States has the highest gun death rate of any developed country.
Shootings are a recurring scourge that successive governments have so far failed to stem, with many Americans remaining very attached to their guns.
