6 Shot Dead, Including Mother and Baby, at California Home

According to the authorities, a gang-related attack involving the narcotics trade was carried out by two gunmen. Sheriff Mike Boudreaux of Tulare County told reporters, "This was very personal."

According to the authorities, a gang-related attack involving the narcotics trade was carried out by two gunmen. Sheriff Mike Boudreaux of Tulare County told reporters, "This was very personal."

In what the authorities said was believed to be a gang-related attack, two gunmen broke into a home in Tulare County in Central California early on Monday and killed six people, including a 16-year-old mother and her 10-month-old baby.

After receiving a call reporting numerous gunshots, officers were dispatched to a residence in Goshen around 4 a.m. local time, according to Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux.

Although the details of the crime were vague, Sheriff Boudreaux later told The Los Angeles Times that a deputy who responded to the call discovered the baby in her 16-year-old mother's arms in a ditch outside the residence. Both had suffered head wounds.

According to the sheriff, there was one more victim standing in the doorway and three others, including an older woman, were inside. Except for one man who passed away after being transferred to a hospital, all were dead when they were found. The sheriff claimed that two women managed to flee the assault by hiding in a neighbouring trailer. The victims' names were kept a secret by the government.

By Jesus Jiménez from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/QGw7vYS

New York Times