Authorities say one person was killed and eight were wounded in a shooting during a private party at a Pennsylvania community center early Sunday
October 08, 2023 at 12:39 pm PDTThe scene of a fatal shooting at the Chevy Chase Community Center in White Township, Indiana County, Pa., Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. State police in Indiana County said troopers, local officers and emergency services responded at 12:35 a.m. Sunday to the shooting at the center in White Township, about 50 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. INDIANA, Pa.
An 18-year-old man from Chicago was critically injured, and an 18-year-old man from Florida was also among the victims. The others who were shot were all from Pennsylvania: three men ages 19, 20 and 22; two 19-year-old women; and a 23-year-old woman. The shooting scene is about 2 miles from the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, which was having its homecoming weekend. The school's vice president for student affairs, Thomas Segar, said two of the injured were students, and officials were working with their families to provide support. Campus activities were going on as scheduled with enhanced police presence, a university official said.
“Then all of a sudden, I heard about 20 gunshots,” he told the Tribune-Review. “There was people lying on the edge of the sidewalk out there. It’s terrifying.”Trooper Cliff Greenfield said investigators were trying to gather as much information as possible from witnesses. Executive director Brandi Ports said on the center's Facebook page that officials are “praying for everyone involved” and that the center would be closed until further notice.
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