USWNT’s Lynn Williams laments Auckland shooting, says US has ‘dealt with this far too many times’

Two members of america Girls’s Nationwide Workforce (USWNT) reacted to the Auckland taking pictures that took the lives of two individuals on Thursday because the Women’s World Cup will get underway in New Zealand and Australia. 

Police say a 24-year-old armed man entered a development web site in Auckland at round 7:30 a.m. native time on Thursday. The suspect opened fire in a constructing, killing two individuals and injuring 5 extra, together with one officer who was injured throughout crossfire. 

Cops cordon off an space close to the positioning of a taking pictures on July 20, 2023, in Auckland, New Zealand. Three individuals, together with the gunman, had been lifeless, and 6 others had been injured, following a taking pictures in Auckland as the town prepares for the opening match of the Girls’s World Cup.  (Fu Tian/China Information Service/VCG through Getty Photos)

With the U.S. crew scheduled to play Vietnam on Friday of their opening match of group play, USWNT ahead Lynn Williams and defender Crystal Dunn expressed their condolences for the lives misplaced whereas making an attempt to deal with the duty at hand. 

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“There wasn’t actually a dialog had,” Williams mentioned when requested whether or not the crew had mentioned with the ability to deal with what’s forward for the crew following the taking pictures. “Sadly, I really feel like within the U.S. we’ve handled this far too many instances. However there was undoubtedly a way of like, ‘Let’s come collectively. We nonetheless have a job to do.’ But additionally recognizing that there was lives misplaced, and that’s very actual and really devastating.” 

“We had been simply grateful that we had been secure. That the primary responders got here, and every little thing was very fast.”

​​Police Commissioner Andrew Coster mentioned in an replace on Thursday that there’s “no purpose” to consider there’s an “ongoing threat” to the general public and that the tournament should proceed as deliberate.

Lynn Williams, #6 of america, practices throughout a USWNT coaching session at Bay Metropolis Park on July 20, 2023, in Auckland, New Zealand.  (Robin Alam/USSF/Getty Photos)

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“As Lynn touched on, that is very actual, and our condolences are with the households of the victims and the lives that had been misplaced,” Dunn mentioned. “Everybody handles these conditions in a different way. So, it is essential to appreciate that … to offer individuals the house that they should work by means of clearly the trauma that has occurred right now. 

“However simply understanding that we’re a unified crew, and we give individuals the house that they want. And hopefully, right now we’re in a position to get out on the pitch and simply have ourselves a kick round and simply attempt to be related once more in a troublesome day.”

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Crystal Dunn, #19 of america, practices throughout a USWNT coaching session at Bay Metropolis Park on July 20, 2023, in Auckland, New Zealand.  (Robin Alam/USSF/Getty Photos)

New Zealand opened the World Cup with an upset victory over Norway, New Zealand’s first-ever win on the Women’s World Cup. 

Police haven’t recognized the suspect however mentioned he was a 24-year-old man who had been engaged on the development web site. He was discovered barricaded within the constructing when police arrived on the scene. Officers engaged with the person after he opened fireplace, and he was later discovered lifeless.  

Fox Information’ Paulina Dedaj and The Related Press contributed to this report.