25 people shot, 1 fatally, after chaos breaks out at street party in Akron, Ohio, police say

AKRON, Ohio -- At slightest 25 radical were shot, 1 fatally, erstwhile gunfire broke retired aboriginal Sunday greeting astatine a ample thoroughfare enactment successful Akron, Ohio, authorities said.

Two victims remained successful captious condition, authorities said successful an update Sunday evening.

The victim's ages scope from 19-33 years old, with astir individuals being successful their 30s, constabulary said.

Authorities recovered 2 handguns from the scene, and grounds suggests determination was a drive-by shooting progressive successful the incidental with grounds of returned fire, officials said.

As of Sunday night, nary arrests had been made and determination were nary suspects successful the ongoing investigation, constabulary said. Anyone with accusation has been asked to interaction Akron Police.

The shooting occurred conscionable aft midnight successful East Akron followed by galore 911 calls from witnesses reporting aggregate victims were struck by bullets, according to a associated connection issued Sunday greeting by Akron Mayor Shammas Malik and Police Chief Brian Harding, who was sworn successful past week to pb the department.

As constabulary officers responded to the country of the shooting, section hospitals reported aggregate radical arriving astatine their respective exigency rooms with gunshot wounds.

One victim, a 27-year-old man, was killed successful the mayhem that occurred adjacent the intersection of Kelly and 8th avenues, authorities told Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS.

"This morning, our metropolis is reeling aft the devastation of senseless violence," Malik and Harding said successful their associated statement. "With much than 2 twelve victims, the symptom and trauma reverberates crossed each of Akron contiguous arsenic we hunt for answers. As with each acts of unit successful our city, our hearts are with the victims and their loved ones."

No details were disposable connected a motive.

"We volition bring those liable to justice, and we request the assistance of our assemblage to bash that," the politician and constabulary main said. "For those who person accusation astir this horrific shooting -- we request you to talk up successful bid to forestall further unit and retaliation. This tin beryllium done anonymously."

Witnesses told WEWS that aggregate rounds of gunfire sent hundreds of radical moving for cover. One witness, who would lone springiness her archetypal name, Brittney, said the shooting broke retired aft the thoroughfare enactment devolved into galore thoroughfare fights.

"There were radical connected the thoroughfare fighting; women screaming astatine their men, similar trying to propulsion them away," Brittney told WEWS. "But astatine this point, it got excessively overmuch retired of hand. There were astir apt 20 to 30 men warring successful the street. So I wasted nary clip getting done determination and retired of there."

Another witnesser told the presumption that the thoroughfare enactment transformed from a amusive lawsuit to a chaotic 1 successful seconds.

"Everyone was wearing achromatic T-shirts; determination were women connected apical of vehicles dancing. It looked similar a country from a outpouring interruption movie. It looked similar everyone was having a bully time. On our mode back, it was a wholly antithetic scene," the witnesser said.

At slightest 7 patients with gunshot wounds were admitted to Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital, including 1 successful captious condition, infirmary officials said. Following the shooting and the influx of patients, the infirmary enactment its exigency country connected a "hard lockdown" from conscionable aft midnight until 3:30 a.m., infirmary spokesperson Joe Milicia told ABC News.

"That's a communal process erstwhile you person gunshot victims," Milicia said of the lockdown.

Summa Health successful Akron said it treated 15 patients Sunday morning, 13 of whom had non-life-threatening injuries. One idiosyncratic taken to Summa Health remained successful captious condition, infirmary officials said.