During the morning of Monday, May 5, the authorities in the city of Glendale, Arizona, They reported that three people had died and at least five others were seriously injured in a shooting that broke out on the night of Sunday, May 4 in a renowned restaurant located in the metropolitan area of Phoenix.
According to the Local Police, the agents received “multiple calls” at the emergency service, so it is speculated that the shooting occurred around 8:45 p.m. in the famous restaurant “The giant shrimp: seafood & steakhouse”located less than 15 kilometers southwest of the Coenix city center, Arizona.
Police spokesman in Glendale, Moroni Méndezhe told the American television channel CNN that when police officers arrived at the scene “found a very chaotic scene,” considering that investigators still believe there were “several shooters involved in this unfortunate fact, where 3 people died. “
Given this situation, several people who were present at the restaurant at the time of the attack were arrested to later be questioned by the authorities. However, spokesman Moroni Méndez assured the media in Arizona that so far “none has been put in custody.”
Shooting at Phoenix, Arizona
According to the American television channel CNN, so far it has not been established if the shooting occurred between known people, enemies or if it went randomly. Likewise, the status of seriously injured people have not been announced or shared details About the three people who died in the place.
Besides, the non -profit organization “Gun Violence Archive”an American group with social networks distribution platforms that seeks to catalog each incident of what he considers armed violence In the United States, he indicated that so far from 2025 they have occurred 97 Mass shootings In the North American country.
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The counting of this website only collects incidents in the territory of the United States with four or more people injured or deadnot including the shooters, so it is speculated that the number of shootings where less than four people have finished injuries is much higher than the platform.
In turn, Kpho-tv, The largest television station in Phoenix, Arizona, reported that at the restaurant “El Camarón Gigante: Mariscos & Steakhouse” a celebration of the May 5the date of commemoration of the battle of Puebla where Mexico defeated France.
For two decades, the commemoration of May 5 has become the greater Mexican celebration In the United States, considering that the victory of the Mexican army against the invasion of the second French empire is marked, since it was the first time that Mexico faced a foreign power satisfactorily.
“Obviously there were many people who were attending this type of event. Anyone who has information, please come and Provide it Because, as we have just mentioned, there are three dead. So we want to make sure to carry out a complete investigation and exhaustiveand do justice to the victims, “Méndez said.
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🚨update 🚨on Glendale, Arizona Shooting: this was May 5 Family Event
After Fight, 2 People reported LEFT AND THN CAME BACK with Guns, Showering An estimated 30 Bullets at A Family Steakhouse Restaurant At 5717 N 57th Drive, On An Event Night, “On Sunday… pic.twitter.com/hui0obwcin
– ✝️ Dr Margaret Aranda Ferrante, MD PHD FACFEI ♿️ (@Therebelpatient) May 5, 2025