Nine youths have been shot dead after a dispute erupted Saturday morning at a 12-year-old child’s birthday party in Louisiana, authorities said.
About 60 young people were attending the gathering at a home in LaPlace when a gunfire broke out around 8:40 p.m., according to a press release from St John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators say an altercation between two groups of young men resulted in the shooting.
The shooters were 17 years and younger. Two of them remained in hospital Monday, police said, while the other seven were treated and released.
No arrests were made and police said witnesses to the chaos remained mother.
“Not one person has made a formal statement,” Sheriff Mike Tregre said in a statement.
“I ask witnesses to bring forward information to help us learn more about what happened,” he said.