China News Agency, San Francisco, January 16 (Xinhua) A shooting occurred in Tulare County, California, USA on the 16th local time, killing 6 people, including a 17-year-old mother and her 6-month-old child.
Police said the incident was related to a drug cartel.
The "Los Angeles Times" reported that around 3:30 a.m. on the 16th, a shooting occurred in and around a residence in the Goshen area of Tulare County, California.
The Associated Press quoted Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreau as saying that a 17-year-old mother and her 6-month-old child were shot in the head, and the bodies of the two were in a road outside the home where the incident occurred. The ditch was found by the police.
Subsequently, the police found a dead person at the door of the house where the incident occurred, and found two more dead people and a male injured inside the house. He later died in the hospital.
Police said some of the victims in the case may have been from the same family.
Two women who survived by hiding in the trailer told police that people in the home saw someone sneak in through surveillance equipment, but had no chance to take action.
Boudreau said that the attack on the 16th was a targeted operation by drug cartels, involving at least two male suspects.
According to Boudreau, police executed a drug search warrant on the residence a week earlier.
At the time, police arrested a suspect and confiscated guns and drugs.
According to reports, Tulare is a small agricultural county with a population of less than 500,000.
The region has long played a huge role in the transnational business of moving drugs from Mexico to markets across the United States.
The area has been a producer of meth for decades, as well as growing both legal and illegal marijuana.
Tulare County officials have made several drug-related arrests in recent years.
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