One person was killed and four others seriously injured after a shooting at a church in California on Sunday, local police say.
Orange County deputies responded after the dispatch received a call at 1:26 pm about a shooting inside the Geneva Presbyterian Church.
The church is located in the 24000 block of El Toro Road in Laguna Woods, a Southern California community of about 18,000 people about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles.
Another victim suffers minor injuries.
Police took the suspect into custody at the scene and recovered a gun that may have been involved in the shooting.
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The deceased victim died at the scene. All the victims are adults and were transported to the hospital.
Fire and rescue personnel were at the scene, treating and transporting several patients to the hospital, the Orange County Fire Authority said.
So far it is not clear how many people were shot or what was the motive behind the shooting.
Two people also died Sunday after a shooting at a bustling Houston flea market, authorities said. Three others were also taken to hospital.
The shooting stemmed from an “altercation” involving at least two weapons and all five people, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.
He said no “innocent bystanders” were injured.
Laguna Woods was built as a community for seniors and later became a city. More than 80% of the city’s residents are at least 65 years old.
Thousands of people were shopping at the market 14 miles north of downtown Houston when the shooting began around 1 pm Sunday, Gonzalez said on Twitter.
Both incidents follow the mass shooting that killed at least 10 people at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo on Saturday.
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The incident is being investigated as a hate crime and a case of racially motivated violent extremism, according to police.
Of the 13 victims, 11 were black and two were white, while the shooter is white, police said.
— With files from Reuters and The Associated Press
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