Ten people were injured during a shootout in a residential complex in San Bernardino (CA) address: 1277 East Lynwood Drive.
As the representative of the local police captain Richard Loched, three victims are in «very critical» condition, the rest – less life-threatening injuries. He added that the incident occurred yesterday, September 2, at about 22:45 in the common areas of the complex, and that among the victims there are no children.
According to Lohada, the instigators of the shooting, which left the scene, there were a few pistols and rifles. No guns, no shooters themselves had failed to detect.
#Breaking: Capt Lawhead of #SanBernardino PD says: 10 people shot, 3 critically injured, all still alive. Multiple handguns & rifles fired by unknown suspects who fled the scene. Does not appear to be terrorist-related, neighbors say this is gang territory @CBSLA #CBSLA #KCAL9 pic.twitter.com/T8PpzdHOaq
— Cristy Fajardo (@fajardonews) September 3, 2018
Alice Marie, who lives nearby, told CNN he heard 15 to 20 shots.
«My brother-in-law heard flying past our house the bullets, he was outside at the time of the shooting, – said a resident. – About five minutes after this, a helicopter began to circle over our street. [Someone] said over the loudspeaker, so [the gunman] had put the weapon».
1200 block of Lynwood Drive in San Bernardino: Police are responding to a mass shooting at an apartment complex in San Bernardino, California https://t.co/mBqs882ykM via @BNONews #California pic.twitter.com/HeXwp0nYKS
— @livemapus (@livemapus) September 3, 2018
According to an eyewitness, the scene gathered a large number of police officers and about 10 ambulances.