While the suspect is still at large, Lt Johnson says there is no credible ongoing threat to the community. He was “just in the wrong place at the wrong time”. She says they don’t know what motivated the shooting and she does not know who was involved and adds her son was not targeted. Is this what is happening in Yuma now? I am sickened, saddened and pissed off. The mother adds: “My kid attended a party like 15-year-olds do. X-rays show that there is probably no serious damage, but they are keeping him overnight or at this point, day, for observation.” The bullet exited near the back of his knee. She continues: “My son was caught in the crossfire and was shot in the leg. A fight broke out, and shots were fired.” The mother of one of the victims told the Z93 radio station: “My son attended a party in the foothills last night. The police department says “several off-duty law enforcement officers” who were in the area assisted with the response to the shooting.

Police have since confirmed that two men, aged 19 and 20, were pronounced dead at Yuma Regional Medical Center.Ī 16-year-old boy was flown from the same medical facility to Phoenix to get treatment for life-threatening injuries.įour other teenagers, aged 15, 16, 18, and 19, were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Yuma police officials report.

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