WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — One woman was fatally shot and four people wounded when several people opened fire Saturday night at a large outdoor party in Winston-Salem, police said Sunday.
Winston-Salem police arrived at Happy Hill Park to find multiple people with gunshot wounds and a crowd of about 200 fleeing from the pavilion where a party was held. Beatrice Knights, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a police report released Sunday. No arrests had been made.
“Numerous” people fired weapons at the party, police said, but no one came forward with information identifying the shooters.
Police also found Latia Brown, 34, suffering from gunshot wounds to the arm, leg and abdomen that were not life-threatening. Emergency medical services transported her from the park to a nearby hospital late Saturday.
Three other people with gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening were driven by friends to hospitals. A hospital in Greensboro treated Maya Alston, 24, for a gunshot wound to the face. Alston has since been released, according to police.
Demaryo Gamble, 30, was being treated at a hospital in Clemmons for a gunshot wound to the leg, and 20-year-old Monique Griffin was being treated for a gunshot wound to the arm, police said.
Police were investigating the crime scene Sunday and the area surrounding Happy Hill Park was closed.