Police in California on Saturday said they were responding to a shooting with multiple victims at a bowling alley near Los Angeles.
Los Angeles:
The shooting happened at around 12.20 a.m. local time (8.20 a.m. GMT) at Gable House Bowl in Torrance, the Los Angeles Times reported.
In a tweet posted shortly after midnight, the Torrance Police Department said there were "reports of shots fired with multiple victims down."
"T P D is on scene. Investigation is ongoing. Please stay away from the area," it added.
The Los Angeles Times reported the shooting took place at Gable House Bowl, a gaming complex.
Video on the social media taken from inside Gable House Bowl, a bowling alley and arcade, by a witness reportedly showed a male victim covered in blood on the ground.
Gable House Bowl patron Jesus Perez told the Los Angeles Times that he heard about four gunshots.
“We just ran right into the bar and took cover. All we heard was just, like two people got shot,” he told the newspaper.
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A witness told the newspaper there had been a "big fight" prior to the shooting.
Torrance, a coastal city, is located around 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of downtown Los Angeles in the South Bay region.
According to health authorities, nearly 40,000 people died in the United States as a result of firearms in 2017 -- a figure that includes suicides.
(With inputs from IANS and Reuters)