Young girl among six shot at California party where dozens gathered despite coronavirus stay-home order
A YOUNG girl was among six shot at a party in California last night where dozens gathering despite the coronavirus “stay-home” order. Paramedics took the victims to a local hospital where they were treated for non life-threatening gunshot wounds. The party took place in Bakersfield, Kern County, which has a had a stay at home […]
A YOUNG girl was among six shot at a party in California last night where dozens gathering despite the coronavirus “stay-home” order.
Paramedics took the victims to a local hospital where they were treated for non life-threatening gunshot wounds.
The party took place in Bakersfield, Kern County, which has a had a stay at home order since April 2.
Alongside the girl, four women and a man were injured.
Police do not know how many people attended the gathering, which took place at an apartment complex, but said it was “large”.
Other reports put the number at between 400 and 500 people, according to a local ABC station.
“Unfortunately it came to a bad end,” Kern County Sheriff’s Lt. Cesa Ollague said.
Investigators found 94 shell cases and three live rounds at the scene after partygoers called 911 shortly after midnight.
Police are now searching for four men who drove away in a white car.
According to Kern County Sheriff’s Office, non of the victims are cooperating with police.
Government officials have been urging the public to stay home, particularly over the Easter weekend, in an attempt to flatten the curve on the number of people who are being infected by the coronavirus.
The US on Saturday overtook Italy for the most coronavirus deaths reported worldwide.
On Friday, there were 2,000 deaths in the US in just 24 hours.
There are now at least 530,830 confirmed cases in the country, and 20,614 deaths.
Governors and mayors have struggled to keep members of the public indoors, forcing them to take drastic action such as in California, where state beaches and hiking trails were shut.
And across the country, state officials are warning Christian worshippers not to attend church this Easter weekend.
In Kentucky, churchgoers face 14 days of quarantine if they flout lockdown rules, while in Mississippi parishioners have been fined $500 for attending a drive-in service.
President Donald Trump cautioned Americans to keep apart on Easter Sunday as some US churches plan to defy states’ lockdown orders.
The president acknowledged that this year’s holiday “will be much different than others” because of the coronavirus outbreak in a video posted to his Twitter account Sunday morning.
He urged Americans to continue practicing social distancing to “get rid of the plague.”
On Sunday morning, Trump’s coronavirus adviser Dr Fauci said the US could start to reopen next month, but warned a second wave of the virus could still hit the country.
The doctor said the country might be able to begin to open up next month, but said a “rolling re-entry” would have to happen and it was not a one-size-fits-all approach.
“It’s not going to be a light switch,” he said. “It will depend on where you are in the country.”
Fauci expressed a “cautious optimism”, pointing out that the admissions into ICU units in New York, the worst hit state, had started to flatten.
“It’s started to turn a corner…it’s cautious optimism that we are seeing that decrease.
“Once you turn that corner, hopefully we will see a very sharp decline.
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“Then you can start thinking about how we can keep it that way and prevent it from re-surging.”
On Saturday, Trump declared the US economy would see a “tremendous surge – like a rocket ship” once coronavirus lockdowns are lifted and people return to work.
He made the prediction after hitting back at claims he saw a memo from White House trade adviser Peter Navarro back in January warning that two million Americans could die from coronavirus.
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