Shooting outside Cheras mall leaves two men dead; cops on hunt for helmeted perpetrators
KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 — Two men were gunned down outside a shopping mall along Jalan Loke Yew in Cheras shortly after midnight today.
The victims were walking towards their parked car when several individuals rushed at them and fired multiple shots, local media reported.
The attackers were said to be wearing helmets and sped off in a vehicle immediately after the shooting.
Both victims are said to be in their 40s from Sarawak.
They suffered gunshot wounds to the head and body and died on the spot.
Cheras police are investigating the case.
More information is expected to be released soon.
The case comes just days after a separate shooting in a Brickfields restaurant on June 13 that left one man dead and two others injured.
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Amy Klobuchar called him a close friend and person devoted to public service. Hoffman, who was shot on Saturday, is out of his final surgery, Gov. Walz said Sunday and is 'moving towards recovery.' Hoffman's family has been told that a bullet 'very nearly missed' the senator's heart and that his wife had no organs pierced, CNN affiliate KARE reporter A.J. Lagoe said Saturday. Before taking office, Hoffman worked supporting children and families across public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
