Six people, including a 17-year-old mother and her 6-month-old baby, were killed in a shooting that occurred early Monday morning at a home in a small, predominantly Latino town in California's Central Valley.
Authorities are looking for at least two suspects.
Deputies responded to a residence in Goshen, a rural town of about 3,000 a few miles east of Visalia, in response to an alert of multiple gunshots around 3:30 a.m., the county Sheriff's Office said. from Tulare (35 miles from Fresno, in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley).
"The report was that there was an active shooter in the area because of the number of shots being fired," Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said.
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Agents found two dead victims on the street and a third person fatally shot outside the residence, located in the 6800 block of Harves Road, Boudreaux said.
Three more victims were found inside the home, including a man who was still alive but later died at a hospital, it added.
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The sheriff indicated that the murders may be related to a criminal gang.
His agents executed a drug-related search warrant at the home last week, Boudreaux said.
"We believe that it was not a random act of violence," he said, "we believe that a family was the target."