By EFE
06 Jul 2024, 14:24 PM EDT
New York – A shooting early this morning at a home in Florence, Kentucky, left five people dead, including the shooter, and three others injured, the city’s Police Department reported.
Authorities received the alert at around 3 a.m. local time (7:00 GMT) and rushed to a home where a 21-year-old man was celebrating his birthday with his family.
The 20-year-old suspect apparently knew the partygoers but had not been invited, according to Florence police.
Boone County Coroner Missy Rittinger confirmed that all four victims were adults: two women and two men.
The suspect, an adult male who suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound, had fled the scene by car when police arrived.
After being stopped, he ignored the officers and began a chase that ended with the suspect leaving the road and falling into a ditch.
He was sent to a local hospital but his death was confirmed shortly afterwards.
The three other people injured in the incident are now recovering at a nearby hospital and are in stable condition, according to the Florence Fire Department.
The Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the shooter acted alone and there is no current threat to residents of the town.
Florence is a city of about 35,000 people located in Boone County, Kentucky, but only about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Cincinnati, Ohio.