Two young children and one woman have been killed in an apparent shooting at a house in the US state of Colorado. Another child was critically wounded. All of the children were under the age of ten.
Denver’s WGRZ news has reported that the injured child has been
taken to the hospital and is undergoing surgery.
The bodies were found inside a house in the northern section of
Denver around 6:55am local time.
The shooting appears to have been an isolated incident and
there’s no indication that a shooter is on the loose, police Major
Crimes Cmdr. Ron Saunier told AP.
"Is there a mass killer or someone running around? At this
time we don't believe so," he said.
The area has been blocked off by police as they investigate the
situation.
The shooting comes in the midst of a heated national debate on gun control following the December Sandy Hook massacre which killed 20 young children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut.