Gunfire erupted inside a Louisiana night club early Sunday morning, wounding 12 people in yet another U.S. mass shooting, authorities said
The bloodshed at Dior Bar & Lounge in Baton Rouge unfolded at about 1:36 a.m. CT, police said, less than an hour after 10 people were gunned down at a Southern California dance hall about 1,800 miles west.
All 12 shot were taken to local hospitals by ambulance or private cars, Baton Rouge police Sgt. L’Jean McKneely Jr. said in a statement.
The dozen victims were all listed in stable condition, police said.
A motive for the attack at 4619 Bennington Avenue wasn’t immediately disclosed.
“These senseless, preventable shooting tragedies are emblematic of America’s ongoing gun violence crisis,” Shannon Watts, founder of anti-gun violence group Moms Demand Action, said in statement to NBC News on Sunday.
Colin Sheeley contributed.
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