Nine Shot, One Useless in San Bernardino County – NBC Los Angeles

One person was killed and eight others have been injured Friday evening when photographs have been fired at a large celebration at a strip mall hookah lounge in the San Bernardino County neighborhood of Highland.

The capturing within the metropolis east of San Bernardino was reported simply earlier than midnight in the 3600 block of East Highland Avenue. Officers encountered a big crowd of about 100 people in the area for a celebration at a hookah lounge.

A capturing sufferer located exterior died on the scene. A woman on the scene who identified herself because the sufferer's grandmother said he's 20 years outdated.

Eight other folks had been hospitalized with what look like non-life-threatening accidents, police said. The sheriff's division initially stated 10 individuals were shot, however later updated that number to 9, together with the deceased sufferer.

Police are in search of two shooters in connection with the taking pictures, a source close to the investigation informed NBCLA. The source mentioned most of the injured victims have been caught in the crossfire and did not seem like supposed targets.

Evidence markers had been placed at a close-by fuel station. Crime scene tape blocked off the intersection early Saturday near Tha Blu Flame lounge.

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The motive for the taking pictures is underneath investigation, police said.

No arrests had been reported. Detailed descriptions of the shooters were not immediately out there.

Highland is just east of San Bernardino on the base of the San Bernardino Mountains.