Three people were shot on Halloween night in Bear's Salem Woods community in Delaware, according to New Castle County police, as trick-or-treating was coming to an end.
New Castle County Police Department Spokesman Cpl. Mike McNasby said that the police were alerted about a shooting in the first block of Alvin Drive just before 8 p.m., as reported by Delaware Online.
Officers found two boys aged 16 and 17 and a 20-year-old woman with gun wounds who were taken to Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware. While their conditions are not known, McNasby reportedly said that at least two of the three victims were critically injured. NBC 10 Philadelphia reported that two of them were on trauma codes.
Several roads were closed in the area following the incident, including Jaymar Boulevard, Emily Court, and Alvin Drive, and police stepped up their presence in the locality.
"The public can expect an increased police presence in the area for several hours," the New Castle County Police Department wrote. "This is an active investigation and further information will be provided when it becomes available."
(Newark, DE 19702) Officers from the New Castle County Division of Police are currently on scene for a shooting in the community of Salem Woods - Newark....
The dynamics of the shooting are still unclear and are currently being investigated by the police. Officers are asking anyone with information to call the criminal investigations unit at 302-395-8110 or submit information anonymously through Delaware Crime Stoppers at 800-TIP-3333 or at delawarecrimestoppers.com.
Newsweek contacted the New Castle County police department for comment by email on Wednesday.
The shooting in Delaware wasn't the only one in the days leading to Halloween.
Another mass shooting took place at a Halloween party in Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday when a 48-year-old convicted felon allegedly opened fire and shot 15 people. The gunman, identified as William Groves, was charged with 15 counts of attempted first-degree murder. As a convicted felon, he shouldn't have had a gun.
According to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, 11 people were shot dead and 76 others wounded in mass shootings across the country in the weekend before Halloween.
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