Four individuals were killed in a shooting incident in Arizona, including a female constable, according to media reports.

Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay, 43, was serving an eviction notice at a home complex when the incident occurred, according to KGUN9.

Another victim is a housekeeping officer. The shooter is also dead while there is no information about the fourth killed person. The exact motives of the assailant are still unknown.

A few days earlier, three people were shot in Atlanta’s Midtown area, according to police who announced that the shooter is on the loose.

The Atlanta Police Department advised residents to avoid the Midtown area streets while officers investigated. The victims’ conditions were unknown, and the police department’s information was described as “preliminary”.

Midtown High School, about a mile from Colony Square, was placed on lockdown as police searched for the shooter, according to local news station 11 Alive.

Gun violence in the US has become the main cause of death among the youth in the US, with the majority of gun-related incidents concentrated in schools across the country.

The recent spree of tragic shootings in the US has pushed guns to the forefront of a national debate as US leaders grapple with how to reduce the alarming rate of violence.

The number of school shootings in the United States has been exponentially rising as of late, surging to reach 193 documented incidents during the last academic year. These crimes have left 59 people dead and scores wounded, advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety has lately said in a report.

Source: Agencies (edited by Al-Manar English Website)