EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. (KRON) — Dozens of children were playing in a neighborhood park Tuesday when a gun battle broke out between two groups of men.
Children ran for their lives through Jack Farrell Park, screaming for their parents, as 33 shots were fired at 6:02 p.m., Police Chief Jeff Liu said.
Four victims — all adults — were shot, and one man was killed.
There were at least 60 children playing in the park at the time of the quadruple shooting, Liu told reporters at Wednesday’s press conference.
Pastor Paul Bains said the park shooters’ actions were an “egregious act on the sanctity of life.”
“There is a street code that’s out there. You even broke the street code by shooting where kids were. Kids were running, saying ‘mommy help me.’ This is totally unacceptable,” Bains said.