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Fresno shooting: four dead after attack at backyard party | Fresno shooting: four dead after attack at backyard party |
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Police say 10 people shot by unknown assailants at family gathering in California city | Police say 10 people shot by unknown assailants at family gathering in California city |
Four people have been shot dead in Fresno, California, after suspects entered a backyard party and fired into the crowd, police said. | Four people have been shot dead in Fresno, California, after suspects entered a backyard party and fired into the crowd, police said. |
The shooting took place at about 6pm at a residence in the south-east of the city where people were gathered to watch a football game, according to Fresno police. | The shooting took place at about 6pm at a residence in the south-east of the city where people were gathered to watch a football game, according to Fresno police. |
Michael Reid, the deputy police chief, told the Fresno Bee and the KSEE/KGPE TV stations that 10 people had been shot, with three found dead in the backyard. A fourth victim died at the hospital. | |
Six others were expected to survive and were recovering at the hospital, police said. All the victims were Asian men aged 25 and 35, Reid said. | |
The Fresno police lieutenant, Bill Dooley, said the shooting took place at a backyard gathering of family and friends. Guests were watching football when unknown suspects approached the residence, entered the backyard and opened fire, he said. | |
The victims were taken to Community Regional Medical Center, with some in a critical but stable condition, local media reported. About 35 people were at the party when the shooting began, Reid said. | |
No suspect is in custody. Police said there was no immediate indication that the victims knew the assailant or assailants. | |
Police were going door-to-door in search of surveillance video that might help them track down the suspects. The shooting took place about a half-mile (0.8km) from the city’s airport. | |
Agents from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives field office in San Francisco were at the scene, the Bee reported. | Agents from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives field office in San Francisco were at the scene, the Bee reported. |
It was at least the second fatal gun attack on Sunday in south-east Fresno, the Bee reported. A man in his 20s was shot to death earlier in the day at a home in another part of the city. | It was at least the second fatal gun attack on Sunday in south-east Fresno, the Bee reported. A man in his 20s was shot to death earlier in the day at a home in another part of the city. |