Seven people were injured when shots were fired at a Caribbean festival in Boston early Saturday morning.
All of the victims of the 7:45 a.m. shooting in the Dorchester neighborhood were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Boston 25.
Boston police said several people were arrested and several weapons were recovered at the scene.
The annual Caribbean Carnival kicked off in Dorchester early Saturday morning. Twitter
Police received reports of a shooting in Boston shortly before 8 a.m. Twitter
The city’s annual Caribbean Carnival kicked off early Saturday, with a parade beginning at 6:30 a.m., according to a police advisory.
It is not the first time that violence accompanies the festival.
Last year, one person was killed and several more were injured during the event’s two parades, Fox News reported.
An innocent bystander was also shot to death in 2014, CBS News reported.
The victims of the shooting were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Boston 25.Twitter
Several people were arrested and several weapons were recovered at the scene, Boston police said.
Video posted to social media by Insider Newspaper shows a crowd running out of the shooting scene early in the morning.
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