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

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

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

A capturing sufferer situated outdoors died on the scene. A woman on the scene who recognized herself because the sufferer's grandmother mentioned he is 20 years previous.

Eight different folks had been hospitalized with what seem like non-life-threatening injuries, police mentioned. The sheriff's division initially said 10 individuals were shot, but later updated that quantity to nine, together with the deceased sufferer.

Police are in search of two shooters in connection with the capturing, a supply near the investigation told NBCLA. The source said many of the injured victims had been caught within the crossfire and didn't seem like supposed targets.

Evidence markers had been positioned at a nearby fuel station. Crime scene tape blocked off the intersection early Saturday close to Tha Blu Flame lounge.

NBCLA has reached out to the enterprise for remark.

The motive for the taking pictures is beneath investigation, police mentioned.

No arrests have been reported. Detailed descriptions of the shooters weren't instantly obtainable.

Highland is simply east of San Bernardino at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains.