San Bernardino apartment-complex shooting puts 10 in ‘critical’ condition – By Alex Lockie (businessinsider.com) / Sept 3 2018
The police in San Bernardino, California, say a shooting at an apartment complex Sunday night left 10 people in critical condition, with three of those people in “extremely critical” condition.
“We got a call about 10:45 p.m. for shots fired,” Capt. Richard Lawhead of the San Bernardino Police Department said. “We found 10 victims down at the scene. Three are extremely critical.”
A police officer speaking with reporters said no deaths were confirmed. A video posted to the YouTube channel News Now Yucaipa showed what appeared to be an SUV with bullet holes near the scene on Lynwood Drive.
The police previously reported that children had been injured in the shooting, but an officer on the YouTube video said all victims had been adults.
The officer went on to say “handguns and rifles” had been used in an exchange of gunfire between two parties. “We do have a lot of gang activity in this area,” he said in the video.
The police have not recovered any weapons from the incident and reported an uncooperative crowd when officers first responded to the scene. Lawhead said that as of early Monday detectives had not identified any suspects or a motive in the shooting.
The shooting happened on a hot holiday weekend in the city, which is located about 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
People were gathered outside playing games in a common area of an apartment complex of about 100 units, the police said. Units from multiple agencies had responded.
The shooting took place a week after a gunman shot 11 people, two fatally, at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, August 26.
In December 2015, a couple in San Bernardino opened fire on a nonprofit’s office, leaving 14 dead in what the police called an act of terrorism.
