California teen killed, 5 injured in house party shooting, police say

A 17-year-old lady was killed and 5 individuals had been wounded in a taking pictures early Saturday morning at a big home social gathering in Chico, California, police stated, just some blocks from the campus of California State College, Chico. 

Chico Police Chief Billy Aldridge stated in a information convention Saturday that officers had been first dispatched to a distinct social gathering at round 12:27 a.m. on a report that “a number of rounds from a firearm had been discharged.”

A battle had occurred at that social gathering, Aldridge defined, and the suspect had been requested to depart previous to the arrival of officers. Two individuals had been hospitalized after stories that they had been bodily assaulted, Aldridge added. 

A couple of hours later, simply earlier than 3 a.m., officers had been referred to as to a distinct social gathering a few mile away on Columbus Avenue, the place there have been stories of a gun, police stated. At that second social gathering, police discovered an individual matching the outline of the suspect from the sooner incident, and he was arrested for possession of a gun and reckless discharge, Aldridge stated.

Lower than half-hour later, simply earlier than 3:30 a.m., police had been referred to as again to the Columbus Avenue social gathering to seek out that six individuals had been shot, with one fatality, Aldridge stated. 

The victims ranged in age from 17 to 21 years previous and had been taken to native hospitals, police stated. The 5 individuals wounded all sustained non-life-threatening accidents, police stated. Aldridge referred to as the taking pictures an “remoted incident” with “no ongoing menace to the neighborhood.”

The names of the victims, together with the 17-year-old lady who was killed, weren’t being instantly launched because the investigation is ongoing, Aldridge stated.   

The police chief didn’t say if investigators had a motive within the taking pictures, or whether or not they had recognized a suspect or suspects.