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

One person was killed and eight others had been injured Friday evening when photographs had been fired at a big social gathering at a strip mall hookah lounge in the San Bernardino County group of Highland.

The shooting in the metropolis east of San Bernardino was reported simply before midnight within the 3600 block of East Highland Avenue. Officers encountered a large crowd of about 100 individuals in the space for a celebration at a hookah lounge.

A taking pictures sufferer situated outdoors died at the scene. A girl on the scene who identified herself as the victim's grandmother mentioned he's 20 years old.

Eight different people have been hospitalized with what seem like non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The sheriff's division initially said 10 people had been shot, however later up to date that number to 9, together with the deceased sufferer.

Police are looking for two shooters in connection with the taking pictures, a source near the investigation advised NBCLA. The supply stated a lot of the injured victims had been caught within the crossfire and didn't seem like supposed targets.

Evidence markers had been 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 remark.

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

No arrests have been reported. Detailed descriptions of the shooters were not immediately accessible.

Highland is just east of San Bernardino at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains.