April 17 (Reuters) – A shooting at a house party in Pittsburgh, United States, has left two people dead and at least eight injured and police are still looking for the shooters, authorities said on Sunday.
The two victims were under 18 and eight other people were shot and injured early Sunday morning at a party at a rented house in the East Allegheny neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
Five other people were injured trying to flee the gunfire as hundreds of mostly young people gathered for a big party.
“This shouldn’t have happened. We’re sick of it and we’re going to do everything we can to catch those responsible,” Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert said at a press conference on Sunday. .
The evidence suggests the presence of several shooters and an altercation could be the origin of the shooting, added Scott Schubert, who did not give further details. The authorities have so far not released the names of the victims.
More than 90 shots were fired at the “very chaotic” scene, which investigators combed through for clues and where they recovered several weapons as well as different types of shell casings, added the police chief .
The Pittsburgh shooting came hours after another shooting that left several injured at a South Carolina mall and days after a gunman opened fire in a New York City subway car, injuring dozens of injuries. (Report Maria Caspani New York and Anirudh Saligrama Bangalore; French version Kate Entringer)