A shooting Saturday night at a block party in Memphis, Tennessee, left two people dead and six injured, according to police.
The Memphis Police Department said officers responded to a call around 7 PM at the party in Orange Mound to find five victims with gunshot wounds on the scene.
Three were transported to the hospital in critical condition, according to their post on X.
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— Memphis Police Dept (@MEM_PoliceDept) April 21, 2024
#UPDATE: Here is more footage of the mass shooting that took place earlier this evening. As Memphis Police have just announced that 16 people were shot, with at least 2 killed, during the block party/street takeover pic.twitter.com/qm4xzHPc77
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Video taken at the party, where 200-300 people were in attendance, shows the moment the shooting began, causing the block party attendees to scatter for cover.
JUST IN: Memphis police in Tennessee are responding to a mass shooting reported in Orange Mound at a “block party.”
According to the Memphis Police Department who spoke with ABC24, at least two people are dead and others were rushed to the hospital.
“Two people were pronounced… pic.twitter.com/wh6vw0jCsy
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 21, 2024
A photo show many of the partygoers brandishing firearms before the shooting broke out.
This was taken at the scene. Seems several people were holding and waving their firearms in the air. pic.twitter.com/ar90vLutng
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MPD interim Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis said there were at least two shooters involved, and that no suspects are in custody, according to reports.
“We believe there are at least two individuals that fired weapons during this incident,” Davis told reporters.