Orinda: Four dead in Halloween party shooting
According to a tweet from a Contra Costa Sheriff's Office spokesman, sheriff's deputies were at the scene of a multiple shooting late Thursday.
ORINDA — According to a tweet from a Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office spokesman, sheriff’s deputies were at the scene of a multiple shooting Thursday night.
“Orinda Police Department and Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff are working a multiple shooting in Orinda,” the tweet read. “Investigation is active. Details coming later.”
Orinda Police Department and Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff are working a multiple shooting in Orinda. Investigation is active. Details coming later.
— CoCo Sheriff PIO (@cocosopio) November 1, 2019
According to tweets by a KTVU reporter, the shooting happened at a Halloween party on Lucille Way near Knickerbocker Lane, leaving at least four people fatally shot and multiple others wounded.
Numerous people shot at Halloween party on Lucille Way near Knickerbocker in Orinda. @CityofOrinda @CoCoSheriff investigating pic.twitter.com/3Zak5AAJZ8
— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) November 1, 2019
“Looks like we have a 4th 10-55 out on the back patio.” @cityoforinda police @CoCoSheriff deputies reporting at least 4 dead, several others wounded in shooting at Halloween party on Lucille Way near Knickerbocker pic.twitter.com/UYlSThcqGb
— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) November 1, 2019
Orinda police chief David Cook said officers responded to a call around 10:45 p.m. for shots fired at a short-term rental on Lucille Way.
When officers arrived, they found a party under way with more than 100 people in attendance, as well as four people who were pronounced dead at the scene and four others who suffered injuries, Cook said. No information was immediately available on victims’ gender or ages.
According to social-media posts, an “AirBNB mansion party” flyer adorned with crime-scene tape and telling attendees to “DM for location,” “BYOB” and BYOW,” had been advertised for Thursday night. One post sharing the flyer appeared to have a location of “Orinda, California” and said doors would open at 10 p.m.
Halloween parties, often festive affairs, have seen striking upticks of fatal violence last year and this year. In Long Beach this week, three men died and nine others were injured late Wednesday during a joint birthday party and Halloween party. In an off-campus college party last Sunday in Greenville, Texas, two people were fatally shot and 12 others injured. Last year, a private Halloween party in East Palo Alto left two men dead and two others critically injured.
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