(AP) – Nine people were shot at a large party in Syracuse, authorities said, and one victim, a 17-year-old boy, was in critical condition Sunday.
No one was immediately taken into custody, and Syracuse Police Chief Kenton Buckner emphasized that the investigation was in its early stages in an appearance at a press conference alongside Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh.
A woman who identified herself as the party’s hostess told the Post-Standard of Syracuse that the celebration was a birthday party for her son. She said she has held the party every year for 14 years and there was never a problem before.
Police say one man is dead and 11 people are wounded following a shooting in a trendy nightlife area in Minneapolis.
A nearby restaurant manager said the shooting broke out shortly after midnight and included “a lot of shots” and what appeared to be groups of people shooting at each other. And he described people fleeing inside the restaurant for safety.
The neighborhood is about three miles west of the neighborhood hit hardest by violent protest following George Floyd’s death, and had been touched earlier by some of that damage. Police said they had no one in custody in the shooting.
