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The authorities reported that A teenager died and three other people were injured in a shooting in the southwest of Houston, Texas (United States) in the early hours of Sunday June 25.
Houston Deputy Police Chief Wyatt Martin said an altercation outside a business led to the shooting after 1 a.m. on West Fuqua Street.
“We still don’t have many details about the exact motive for the shooting. Apparently two groups of people were shooting at each other,” Martin said at a news conference at the scene.
The deceased victim was a 17-year-old girl who was about to turn 18, Martin said.
Three other victims with non-life-threatening injuries they include an 18-year-old woman and two men, ages 18 and 20. Firefighters transported the woman to an area hospital and the men went to a hospital in private vehicles, police added.
Martin indicated that there were at least two shootersaccording to several casings found at the scene.
“It was a very chaotic scene. We hope someone has seen something, maybe has evidence. It seems like people always have their cell phones on, they’re filming,” Martin said, urging witnesses to come forward.
“All we heard was gunshots, and we ducked. People ran and jumped over fences. When the shooting stopped, I ran outside to look for my sister. I saw her there on the ground,” Sakani Blue, a friend of the victim, told local media.
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