
Two women were killed and five others were injured in a shooting at a park in upstate New York.
According to foreign media, hundreds of people had gathered in Maplewood Park in Rochester when someone opened fire around 6:20 p.m., police said.
"At some point, shots were fired from multiple directions, striking the victims," Police Chief David Smith said at a news conference.
Tyasia Manning, 25, a city employee, was killed, police said, while Phylicia Council, 34, died later.
Rochester police confirmed a party was going on in the area at the time of the shooting.
"At this point we don't know how many people were shooting," Capt. Greg Bello said Sunday evening.
Rochester is about 340 miles (547 kilometers) northwest of Manhattan.
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