At least 1 Dead in Alleged Shooting in Central China

Reports of fatal shootings are rare in China, where the CCP generally bans civilian gun ownership and tightly controls information deemed harmful to its image.

Motorists drive along a street in Wuhan, in Hubei Province, China, on Dec. 21, 2024. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

At least one person has died in what eyewitnesses described as a shooting incident outside a restaurant in China’s central Wuhan city.

Two other individuals were injured outside the restaurant located on Chongren Road, Qiaokou district—an area with many food stalls and late-night barbecue restaurants that offer outdoor seating—at 9:37 p.m. local time on May 18, according to a police statement released on May 19.