According to Fresno police officer Bill Dooley, the shooting took place about 6 p.m. at a backyard party, behind a house where shooting suspects fired into a crowd.
“Officers arrived on scene – what we found were several individuals deceased in the backyard.” he said. “We do have multiple shooting victims. We’re not releasing the total number yet.”
Four people were killed and six more were injured, according to Fresno police.
A family was having a football party of about 3 dozen people, when someone came up on foot and started shooting at people in the back yard around 8PM pic.twitter.com/rVIw8uWXLK
The exact number of people who died in the incident hasn't been reported so far.
According to local media, some of the injured were taken to Community Regional Medical Center in critical condition, while others are in critical but stable condition.
Four Killed, Six Injured in Family Backyard Shooting in Fresno, California
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