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Girl killed, 5 others wounded in shooting in U.S. California

(Xinhua) 14:15, May 08, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A 17-year-old girl was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting in Chico, the U.S. state of California, on Saturday morning, police said.

The girl was taken to a hospital and died there. Five others were wounded with non-life-threatening injuries, said the police.

They were shot at a party just off the campus of California State University Chico. Officers responded to the shooting at around 3:30 a.m. (1030 GMT) and arrested one suspect on the spot.

The shooting appeared to be an isolated incident and posed no ongoing threat to the community, police said at a briefing.

No information on the shooter was released yet.

(Web editor: Zhang Kaiwei, Liang Jun)

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