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4 killed, 7 hurt in mass shooting at July 4 block party in Louisiana; no arrests made
Four people were killed and seven others injured when a mass shooting broke out at a July 4 block party in Shreveport, Louisiana, authorities said.
About 200 people were at the annual event when, around 11:40 p.m., multiple men engaged in an exchange of gunfire, Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith and Councilwoman Tabatha Taylor said at a news conference on Wednesday.
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At first, three people were reported killed, the chief said, and then on Wednesday morning, a fourth body was discovered in the area.
No arrests have been made.
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"You will not get away with this," Taylor said in an emotional message to the shooters. "What you have done is traumatized this community. You have traumatized us in a way that is unfathomable. ... I want whoever you are to pay."
The councilwoman and the police chief are urging anyone with information to come forward.
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