Long Beach CA Halloween Party Shooting Leaves 3 Dead 9 Injured Tuesday ‘Filled With Chaos’

LONG BEACH, CA. (THECOUNT) — Long Beach officials confirmed Wednesday three people were fatally shot and nine others injured at a Halloween party at a home in Long Beach, California.

According to reports, first responders arrived at the home on calls of shots fired around 10:44 p.m. on Tuesday. The scene would later be described as “filled with chaos.”

The department says three men were dead and the nine others were injured. Their conditions weren’t immediately available, reports Dispatch.

It was not immediately known if the shooter had been taken into police custody.

Some witnesses say there might have been a Halloween party going on at the house.

Forty-seven-year-old Oswaldo Morales told the Times he heard as many as 17 shots. Some residents say they heard up to 20 shots.

Morales says minutes later police and fire vehicles could be heard in the neighborhood.

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