An investigation is underway after a 6-year-old boy was killed and 4 others had been injured in a drive-by capturing at a park in Mississippi.

The capturing occurred at round 4:50 p.m. at a park, situated behind McComb Excessive Faculty, on Minnesota Avenue and sixth Avenue in McComb on Sunday, in accordance with native information station WLBT.

On the time, a number of kids had been taking part in basketball within the park, The Enterprise-Journal reported.

Pike County Coroner Wally Jones stated the boy died at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Middle.

Authorities didn't give additional particulars concerning the capturing or the situation of the opposite 4 individuals who had been injured.

The identities of the kid and the opposite victims had been additionally not launched.

McComb Police are investigating, however no arrests have been made. The police division and the coroner have been contacted for extra remark.

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Inventory photograph. A 6-year-old boy was killed and others had been injured in a drive-by capturing in a park in Mississippi.iStock

Sunday's capturing is simply the newest occasion of a kid being gunned down within the U.S. as an epidemic of gun violence continues to assert younger lives throughout the nation.

It comes after a 7-year-old lady was fatally shot in Glendale, Arizona, when a number of bullets had been fired into her mom's automotive early Thursday morning. The mom, her boyfriend and the girl's 5-year-old daughter had been additionally within the automotive on the time, however averted damage.

On February 14, a 9-year-old lady was transported to the hospital in vital situation after being struck by a stray bullet throughout a theft at an ATM in Houston, Texas.

And in January, a 6-month-old child was shot lifeless after being caught within the crossfire of a capturing in Atlanta.

Kids had been "bearing the burden and the ache of adults who're selecting to make use of weapons to unravel disputes," town's mayor, Andre Dickens, stated at a information convention on the time.

Firearms are the main explanation for loss of life for youngsters and youngsters within the U.S., in accordance with Everytown for Gun Security, a nonprofit group that advocates for gun management.

Yearly, 18,000 kids and youngsters are shot and killed or wounded within the U.S. and about 58 p.c of kid and teenage gun deaths are homicides, in accordance with information cited by Everytown.

"Kids and teenagers within the U.S. are impacted by gun violence in all its types," the group's web site states.

"Publicity to gun violence has an influence on the psychological and psychological well-being of kids and teenagers and impacts their faculty efficiency, amongst different components. When houses, neighborhoods, and colleges should not secure from gun violence, complete generations of American kids are affected."