Four people and one suspect are dead after a shooting in Kentucky early Saturday, the Florence Police Department says. 

The shooting took place at around 2:50 a.m. at a home on Ridgecrest Drive, located in the city of Florence, in northern Kentucky, Florence Police Chief Jeff Mallery said at a press briefing Saturday. 

A 21st birthday party was taking place at a residence there which suddenly turned deadly, Mallery said. 

Police were called to the scene after receiving calls about an active shooter and when they arrived they still heard shots being fired, he said.

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They found at least four people dead at the scene and others injured.

The suspect, identified by Mallery as 20-year-old Chase Garvey, fled the scene southbound in a vehicle, sparking a police chase, but it crashed into a ditch on Dale Heimbrock Way near Hicks Pike after Garvey shot himself.

He was found by police with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The four deceased victims were all adults and named as Delaney Eary, 19, Hayden Rybicki, 20, Melissa Parrett, 44, and Shane Miller, 20.

The party was being held at Parrett’s home for her 21-year-old child, according to the chief.

Garvey was not invited to the party, but did know those celebrating, a visibly shaken Chief Mallery explained.

“We’ve never dealt with this before and now it’s going on through the nation, but this is the first time we’ve had a mass shooting in Florence, so yeah, it’s very emotional.”

“We train on this, hoping it would never happen, but unfortunately, we’ve been touched like so many departments and cities,” Mallery said.

A motive for the shooting is unclear. 

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The other three victims were transported to a local hospital and currently listed as critical but stable, Mallery said. He said they are expected to make a full recovery.

Florence Police Department tells Fox 19 that there is currently no threat to the public.

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Ridgecrest Drive is about 15 miles southwest of Cincinnati, Ohio.

A Google Earth image of Ridgecrest Drive, Florence, Kentucky, where the shooting took place. (Google Earth)

New Orleans police believe a teenage girl may be a victim of human trafficking after she vanished from a group trip to a downtown museum.

Kristhal Chinchilla-Canizales, 14, was in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) on May 22 when they took a group trip to a museum in New Orleans’ Central Business District, New Orleans police told Fox News Digital.

Chinchilla-Canizales “left the group” at some point and has not been seen since, police said.

Investigators are concerned that the 14-year-old girl may be a trafficking victim, but police could not say what exactly led authorities to make this determination. 

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Little information is available at this time due to Chinchilla-Canizales’ age.

She was last seen wearing a black Harley-Davidson pullover and a blue yoga-style jumpsuit. She is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 135 lbs, police said.

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Kristhal Chinchilla-Canizales was last seen wearing a black Harley-Davidson pullover and a blue yoga-style jumpsuit. She is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 135 lbs, police said. (NOPD)

Authorities are asking anyone with information about Kristhal Chinchilla-Canizales to call the NOPD Special Investigations Division at 504-658-5267. (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)

Authorities are asking anyone with information about Chinchilla-Canizales to call the NOPD Special Investigations Division at 504-658-5267.

DCFS did not immediately respond to an inquiry from Fox News Digital.

A Publix in South Carolina recently received an unexpected “shopper” in the form of an alligator that was found under a group of carts outside the supermarket.

The gator was spotted near the entrance of the grocery store before officials with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) were called to the scene.

Video recorded of the reptile shows a hurdle of shopping carts and yellow caution tape to block off the area where the gator was hiding.

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Customers and workers are seen near the barrier monitoring the scene, according to the footage.

The gator seems to be minding its own business while lying beneath the carts with its tail sticking out at the end.

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“One of our employees responded and saw that the alligator had a pellet in its head, that it had apparently been shot by a pellet gun,” a SCDNR official wrote in an email to Fox News Digital.

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A wildlife contractor successfully removed the alligator from the area.

After being treated for its wound, the alligator was released into state waters. 

If you see an alligator, stay alert and aware and do not approach it, the SCDNR advises. (Lisa Royal via Storyful)

The SCDNR shared safety tips in case any person finds him or herself in the presence of an alligator.

Alligator safety tips from the SCDNR

“If you see an alligator, stay alert and aware and do not approach it.”

“Remain aware of your surroundings, stay away from the water’s edge, and if you encounter an alligator, keep a respectful distance”

“Feeding alligators is illegal and can result in animals that associate people with food, which increases the likelihood of negative interactions.”

“Alligators will open their mouth, hiss, and move forward about a foot or two if they feel particularly threatened (this is called a ‘bluff lunge’).”

“Alligators are more mobile during mating season, which can increase the likelihood of encountering one on land or in a new area.”

“Alligators eat everything from small frogs and snakes to turtles, birds, fish, and mammals like raccoons, opossums and even occasionally deer.”

Fox News Digital is told SCDNR officers are still investigating the incident after the reptile was seen outside a Publix supermarket with a pellet gun wound to its head. (Lisa Royal via Storyful)

SCDNR officials told Fox News Digital that the team is still investigating the incident.