Washington:
One man was killed and 3 other folks injured in a shooting in Santa Rosa, US State of California on Monday morning (neighborhood time), Xinhua reported citing neighborhood police as saying.
Shortly following midnight, Santa Rosa police officers responded to the incident at an illegal fireworks gathering and located 4 gunshot victims. A 35-year-old Santa Rosa man died at the scene and his identification is not however released.
A 29-year-old lady and a 17-year-old girl, each from Santa Rosa, had been critically injured in the shooting. A 16-year-old boy was also shot, but his injury was not viewed as life-threatening, according to the police.
The incident occurred as dozens of persons participated in a significant, illegal fireworks show, police stated.
Citing the report by San Francisco Chronicle, Xinhua reported that a vehicle drove into the neighborhood and one or more persons from the vehicle began shooting. A individual in the crowd exchanged fire with the vehicle occupants.
The vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle and the suspects fled on foot. Investigators searched for the suspects on the spot but failed to come across them, stated police.