Shooting in Australian town leaves 3 dead, 1 wounded

Key Highlights

• The shooter or shooters appeared to be at large.
• Police used geo-targeted text messages to urge the public to avoid the area and for local residents to stay inside and contacted.
• Local resident Manisha, who did not want to give her family name, told Sydney’s The Daily Telegraph newspaper there were police cars and ambulances “all over town.” “The town is made of just two main streets.
• We can hear the sounds of sirens, she told the newspaper.
• The shooting comes on a National Day of Mourning as Australia remembers the 15 people shot dead in Sydney at a Hanukkah celebration on December 14.