At least 9 people were shot at on Friday night, in San Francisco’s Mission District neighbourhood in what the police have called a “targeted and isolated incident”. All the victims have survived the shooting which happened during a block party, CNN quoted San Francisco Police Department Officer Eve Laokwansathitaya as saying during a press conference. “We can confirm there are 9 shooting victims — all are expected to survive their injuries,” the San Francisco Police Department said in a tweet.
According to CNN, the San Francisco Police Department was called to the scene at Mission District at 9 pm local time.
Five of the victims were hospitalised, Santiago Lerma, a legislative aide to a San Francisco Board of Supervisors member, told the news outlet. One of the five wounded had to undergo surgery, while the rest were treated for minor injuries.
When police reached the spot they had located people with multiple gunshot wounds, officers called medics to treat the victims and transport them to hospitals, a police statement read.
“When officers arrived on scene they located multiple victims suffering from gunshot wounds,” police CNN quoted the statement.
“Officers summoned medics to the scene to treat and transport the victims to local area hospitals”, it added.
There has been no information about any arrests or who the perpetrator is.
Earlier, the city’s Department of Emergency Management issued a tweet asking people to avoid the area of 24th Street and Treat Avenue.
This incident follows a shooting in California’s Sunnyvale city in which one person was shot dead and four others were injured. The incident took place when the suspect shot into a family's car, IANS reported. Interim Chief of Police Bill Vegas said the four injured persons, including three children, were taken to a hospital. The children did not suffer any life-threatening injuries, according to Chief Vegas.
Sunnyvale is located about 65 km from San Francisco.