美国两起独立的大规模枪击事件在短短几小时内共造成14人死亡，当地警方已证实。
Fourteen killed in two separate US mass shootings Two mass shootings in the United States have claimed the lives of 14 people in the space of a few hours, local police forces have confirmed.
佐治亚州道格拉斯市警方周六表示，周五晚间该市一住宅发生枪击，造成5人死亡。
Five people were shot dead at a home in Douglas, Georgia, on Friday evening, the city's police department said on Saturday.
道格拉斯警方周五深夜接到报警称有枪声，赶到现场发现5名枪伤者均已死亡。
Officers from the Douglas Police Department were called out late on Friday to a report that shots had been fired.
同样在周五晚间，宾夕法尼亚州伊利市发生另一起被描述为“悲剧性大规模枪击”的事件，造成9人死亡。警方称死者中包括两名儿童和一名孕妇。
Five people with gunshot wounds were all pronounced dead. Also on Friday evening, a further nine people were killed in Erie, Pennsylvania, in what was described as a "tragic mass shooting". Police said two children and a pregnant woman were among those who died.
伊利市在声明中表示，包括枪手在内的所有9人死亡均发生在警方抵达现场前，之后未再发生枪击。
The city of Erie said in a statement all nine deaths, including that of the assailant, occurred before officers arrived at the scene, with no additional shots fired after that.
警方是通过ShotSpotter系统接到警报的，这是一个有争议的检测系统，利用人工智能和麦克风网络识别可能的枪声。
They had been alerted via ShotSpotter, a controversial detection system that uses artificial intelligence and a network of microphones to identify possible gunshots.
州长乔什·夏皮罗在社交媒体上写道：“我已与市长[达里娅]·德夫林通话，并就昨晚伊利市发生的悲剧性大规模枪击事件提供我政府的全力支持——造成9名宾夕法尼亚州同胞遇难。”伊利市警长里克·洛拉形容现场是他任职以来最困难的案件之一。
Governor Josh Shapiro wrote on social media: "I've spoken with Mayor [Daria] Devlin and offered my Administration's full support following the tragic mass shooting in Erie last night - killing nine of our fellow Pennsylvanians." Erie police chief Rick Lorah described the scene as one of the most difficult he had seen during his time.
他在声明中说：“生命的逝去令人痛心，我们正在处理的情况极其令人不安”，并补充称动机尚未确定。
"The loss of life is devastating, and the circumstances we are working through are deeply disturbing," he said in a statement, adding a motive had not yet been established.
他对当地电视台表示，在其“28年多的职业生涯中从未见过这样的事情”。
He told a local news station he had "not seen anything like this in my 28-plus years".
“伊利市恐怕从未经历过我们刚刚目睹的这种生命损失和毁灭性后果。”预计周六晚些时候将举行新闻发布会。
"I'm not sure that the city of Erie has ever seen the loss of life and the devastation that we just witnessed." A news conference is expected later on Saturday.
美国对大规模枪击没有单一的定义，但通常理解为至少造成三四人中枪身亡（不包括行凶者）的事件。
There is no single definition of a mass shooting in the United States, but it is generally understood to mean at least three or four people shot and killed, excluding the perpetrator.