Published 16:49 IST, October 30th 2019
US: 3 dead, 12 injured in mass shooting at Long Beach Halloween party
Long Beach Halloween event shooting leaves 3 dead, 12 injured on Tuesday. Witness Lambert Alcendor claimed that the guns were fired from a moving car.
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A Halloween event happening in backyard of a home behind a nail salon in Long Beach was attacked by a shooter on October 29, which left 12 people injured and killed three at spot. It is unkwn wher re was one shooter or several as house was chaotic when incident occurred. Long Beach Police Department tweeted that shooting occurred at 10:45 PM on Tuesday which was followed by tweets from Fire Department which mentioned that deceased were males whose identities have t been me public. Nine of injured were transferred to hospital of which five were immediate and four were delayed. Some victims h life-threatening injuries, Long Beach Police Department Public Information Officer Jennifer De Prez said.
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A witness claims guns were fired from a car
Until w suspects have been t been identified by Police. Yet one witness, Lambert Alcendor, 21, who lives in area claimed that he saw a car drive by and heard gunshots coming from vehicle. He told Police that he was walking to a liquor store at 7th Street and Temple Avenue when he saw a white car swerving on 7th Street in front of nail salon and heard 20 to 30 shots fired. As a result, he ducked behind a car on 7th Street near Glys Avenue, and when he looked back toward area car was gone. Though he didn't see firing straight out of car, he felt confident that shots came from re. Yet Police have t confirmed source of shots. number of shooters has also t been confirmed yet.
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Ar native, Oscar Cancio, 33, said that he was unloing hockey equipment from his car in his parking lot on 7th and Walnut when he heard between nine and 11 gunshots back to back. Initially, he imagined m to be fireworks until he heard a helicopter circling overhe and sirens approaching. Just n he reached crime scene and found that people were killed. He ded that many in costumes were also seen limping while y were making ir exit.
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15:37 IST, October 30th 2019