Two killed, five injured following shooting near US-Mexico border in Arizona

Two people were killed and five people were left injured after a shooting took place near the US-Mexico border in Arizona, Fox news reported. The incident took place on Saturday night in the Arizona city of Yuma. All the victims involved in the incident were aged between 15 and 20 years. The two people who were killed were young men aged 19 and  20. The two young men succumbed to injury after they were taken to the Yuma Regional Medical Center.

Among the victims, a 16-year-old boy was flown to Phoenix since he was in critical condition. As per the report, police in Yuma received a call about an aggravated assault just before 11 pm on Saturday night. The Yuma Police Department’s Lt. Craig Johnson told the local media that the incident took place on South J. Edward Drive.The matter is still under investigation as the police said that they are yet to take the suspect under custody. However, the police made it clear that there was no credible ongoing threat to the community.

The migrants in Yuma

The incident happened days after the US city’s mayor Douglas Nicholls informed the residents that the border patrol is planning to release nearly 300 migrants who recently crossed into the US border.  According to the New York Post, the reason behind this was how overwhelmed Customs and Border Protection facilities are. The situation has become worse with the expiration of the Pandemic-era Title 42. Nicholls insisted that migrants entering the city had been “vetted” and had no criminal records. However, the Saturday incident did raise concerns among the authorities.