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Halloween Shooting in Orinda, California, Leaves 4 Dead Halloween Shooting in Orinda, California, Leaves 4 Dead
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Four people were killed in a shooting in Orinda, Calif., on Thursday night, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said. ORINDA, Calif. Four people were killed in a shooting in Orinda, Calif., on Thursday night, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office said.
The sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to requests for information on Friday morning, but it said on Twitter early Friday that there were four fatalities and several injuries.The sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to requests for information on Friday morning, but it said on Twitter early Friday that there were four fatalities and several injuries.
Witnesses told NBC Bay Area, a local news outlet, that the shooting happened at a Halloween party that was being held at an Airbnb rental in Orinda, which is about 15 miles east of San Francisco.Witnesses told NBC Bay Area, a local news outlet, that the shooting happened at a Halloween party that was being held at an Airbnb rental in Orinda, which is about 15 miles east of San Francisco.
The home where the shooting occurred is on a street shrouded with mature trees on a steep slope above downtown Orinda, a white-collar bedroom community home to technology executives, bankers and professors at the nearby University of California, Berkeley.
A neighbor told reporters that around 100 people had attended the party and that it was overflowing into the street.
“There were over 100 people in a house that really can only fit maybe 50,” he said.
Victims limping away from the crime scene could be seen on television footage from ABC7 News, while paramedics loaded at least one man on a stretcher into an ambulance.Victims limping away from the crime scene could be seen on television footage from ABC7 News, while paramedics loaded at least one man on a stretcher into an ambulance.
Two hours after the shooting, groups of people who had attended the party huddled by their cars, still appearing dazed. None were willing to speak with a reporter.
David Cook, the chief of the Orinda Police Department, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday morning. He told The East Bay Times that officers had responded to a call reporting that shots had been fired shortly before 11 p.m. on Thursday, and that they arrived to find a party at a rental property where four people were pronounced dead at the scene and four others were found to have suffered injuries.
The shooting occurred two days after three people were killed and nine others injured at a Halloween party in Long Beach, Calif., 25 miles south of Los Angeles. Three people were killed and at least 13 others were injured in a shooting at a food festival in Northern California in July.The shooting occurred two days after three people were killed and nine others injured at a Halloween party in Long Beach, Calif., 25 miles south of Los Angeles. Three people were killed and at least 13 others were injured in a shooting at a food festival in Northern California in July.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Thomas Fuller reported from Orinda, Jacey Fortin from New York and Elian Peltier from London.