At least one person is dead and another six were injured when gunfire erupted inside a crowded Rochester park Sunday evening, according to police
A victim in their 20s was k!lled while another person was left in life-threatening condition following the shooting at Maplewood Park around 6:20 p.m., Rochester police said.
Another five victims were also taken to the hospital with minor injuries in the upstate New York city, authorities said.
The park was full of people barbecuing and enjoying the summer weather when a barrage of gunfire broke out — causing the crowd to flee in a chaotic and scary scene, a purported video of the shooting posted on social media shows.
More information about the victims and what led up to the shooting, including the number of suspects, was not immediately available.
“At this point, we don’t know how many people were shooting,” Rochester police Capt. Greg Bello said during a briefing that was posted online by Rochester First. “We are trying to work our way through that. We are trying to work our way through as many witnesses as we can.”
Police officials later confirmed that they were searching for more than one shooter, but the exact number of gunmen was still unknown.
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