Fourth of July celebrations across the country were marred by violence that left at least five people dead and scores injured in multiple cities.Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscriptionGet exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading.In New York’s Coney Island, a man in a black ski mask opened fire on a family barbecue late Saturday night, wounding at least eight people, including four children.
Seven victims are expected to survive, but a 21-year-old woman remains in critical condition after being shot in the chest, New York City police said.The gunman fled on foot, and authorities are working to identify and apprehend him.The scene following a shooting in Coney Island, N.Y., on Saturday.
Kyle Mazza / Anadolu via Getty ImagesIn Florida, a 19-year-old was killed and six others were wounded by gunfire in downtown Pensacola after 1 a.m.Sunday.
Pensacola Police Chief Eric Winstrom said at a news conference that the shooting appeared targeted and that no one is in custody.He noted that many young people, some as young as middle-school age, had been out unaccompanied that evening.
“The youngest victim in this case was 16, the age range was 16 to 26 of the seven victims — very young, innocent kids out there,” Winstrom said.A shooting also erupted after 3 a.m.Sunday in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Police responding to the 2200 block of Oliver Street found one woman dead; eight adults were treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, the Fort Wayne Police Department said.In Compton, California, a woman and a man were killed and three others injured at a large Fourth of July party at an apartment complex in the 700 block of West Laurel Street around 11:30 p.m.
Saturday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.The two victims were pronounced deceased at the scene.
Three others — a man, a woman, and a female juvenile — were taken to hospitals; the man is in critical condition, and the other two sustained non-life-threatening inju...