Six people, including a 6-month-old baby and his mother, were killed when a gunman opened fire on a home in California on Monday.
Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreau said the crime was targeted and may be related to drug cartels.
The police found the dead inside and outside the house, and believe that two people attacked the house and fired several shots. "The situation is tragic. We have a 17-year-old mother and her 6-month-old baby who were shot in the head," Boudreau said.
Two people survived the attack after they hid in the building, while paramedics treated a number of the wounded at the scene.
Six people have died after a shooting in Goshen, California, on Monday morning.
Among those killed in the "horrific massacre" were a 17-year-old mom and a 6-month-old baby, #Tularecounty Sheriff told reporters.
Both were shot in the head, he said.
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It appears that the attack is linked to a drug gang, according to the security official, adding, "We believe that the attack was not random, we believe that the family was targeted."
Tulare has a population of 70,000 in the San Joaquin Valley, located roughly halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
About 49,000 people were killed in the United States by gunfire in 2021, more than half of them by suicide.
At least every 3 adult in the United States owns a gun, and every 2 adult lives in a household with a gun.