7 shot, 4 fatally, during party at Kentucky home; suspect died after vehicle chase, police say

FLORENCE, Ky. -- Four radical were killed and 3 others were wounded successful an aboriginal Saturday shooting during a enactment astatine a location successful bluish Kentucky, constabulary said.

The shooting fishy aboriginal died aft fleeing the location and starring constabulary connected a conveyance pursuit that ended with the suspect's car falling into a ditch, constabulary said.

Police heard shots being fired erstwhile they arrived astatine a location successful Florence astatine astir 2:50 a.m., said Jeff Mallery, the city's constabulary chief. Police recovered 7 shooting victims astatine the home, Mallery told media during a quality conference.

Four radical were recovered dead, constabulary said. Three radical were taken to a infirmary successful Cincinnati successful captious condition. They were expected to recover, Mallery said.

The fishy led constabulary connected a pursuit that ended aft his conveyance went disconnected a roadworthy and fell into a ditch. The fishy had a self-inflicted gunshot coiled and died astatine a hospital, constabulary said.

Police said the fishy acted alone, and determination was nary ongoing menace to the public.

People had gathered astatine the location for a day enactment for the 21-year-old lad of the homeowner, Mallery said. The homeowner died successful the shooting, the constabulary main said. It appeared that the 20-year-old fishy knew radical astatine the enactment but helium had not been invited, Mallery said.

A motive was nether investigation.

"I cognize what's going connected passim the nation, but this is the archetypal clip that we've had a wide shooting successful Florence," Mallery said. "Yeah, it is precise emotional. My emotions are for the victims, their families, the officers that responded, everybody that was touched by this situation."

Florence is located astir 12 miles (19 kilometers) southbound of Cincinnati, Ohio.