May 4 (UPI) — A shooting erupted at a lake party in the Oklahoma City suburb of Edmond on Sunday night, according to police, who said at least 10 people were transported to area hospitals though the number of victims was expected to change.
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a party by Lake Arcadia following reports of shots fired just after 9 p.m. CDT and found several victims.
Ten people were transported to local hospitals in various conditions, Edmond Police Department spokesperson Emily Ward told reporters during a press conference, but she said the number was expected to increase as additional victims arrived at the hospitals in personal vehicles.
“At this time, I don’t have a condition on anyone as far as fatality or not,” she said.
No suspects were in police custody, and authorities were asking members of the public with information about the shooting to contact them, she said.
“This is obviously a very terrifying situation, and we understand the concern from the public and those involved, and we are working extremely hard to find the suspects and help these victims,” she said.
Investigators were at the scene and taking statements from victims and witnesses across the metro area, according to police.
“So that’s what we’ll be doing in these next multiple hours,” Ward added.
Little information about the shooting was made public.
Ward did not describe the party at the lake nor those who attended it, other than to say it was “a large group of young people.”
The man-made Arcadia Lake is located on the Deep Fork River in Edmond, an Oklahoma City suburb of about 99,000 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.