LOS ANGELES, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed in a mass shooting in a small desert community in California, local media reported Monday, citing police.
The shooting happened late Sunday night at a home in Mojave, a community of some 4,000 residents about 104 km east of Bakersfield, the county seat of Kern County in the southern Central Valley of the state, reported KGET-TV, a television station in Bakersfield.
The fatal victims included three women and a man, said the report, citing the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Earlier reports said the victims were men in their 20s or 30s.
The sheriff's Lt. Daniel Perez was quoted as saying that deputies located "four victims suffering from traumatic assault injuries."
Two women and a man were pronounced dead at the scene. The third woman was taken to Antelope Valley Hospital where she was later pronounced dead, the report added.
There was no immediate arrest, suspect information, or possible motive. Detectives were on the scene gathering evidence, and details were unclear Monday morning, it said.
According to the news outlet's Homicide Tracker, the deaths marked the 32nd, 33rd, 34th and 35th homicides of 2023, it added. ■