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

One person was killed and eight others were injured Friday night when photographs had been fired at a large occasion at a strip mall hookah lounge in the San Bernardino County neighborhood of Highland.

The shooting in the metropolis east of San Bernardino was reported simply earlier than midnight in the 3600 block of East Highland Avenue. Officers encountered a large crowd of about 100 individuals in the area for a party at a hookah lounge.

A shooting victim positioned exterior died at the scene. A woman at the scene who recognized herself because the sufferer's grandmother mentioned he is 20 years previous.

Eight different individuals had been hospitalized with what seem like non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The sheriff's department initially stated 10 people have been shot, but later updated that quantity to 9, together with the deceased victim.

Police are looking for two shooters in connection with the capturing, a source near the investigation informed NBCLA. The source said most of the injured victims were caught within the crossfire and did not seem like meant targets.

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

NBCLA has reached out to the enterprise for comment.

The motive for the taking pictures is underneath investigation, police said.

No arrests were reported. Detailed descriptions of the shooters weren't instantly accessible.

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