Two gunmen ambush backyard party, killing five people in Pittsburgh, US

Two gunmen have shot dead four women and one man in Pittsburgh, US.They fired from an alleyway next to the party in the garden of a residential property then fled, police say.

In a statement, the local Allegheny County police said officers went to the Wilkinsburg address on Wednesday evening in response to a 911 call about a shooter.

"Once on the scene, officers found eight people suffering from gunshot wounds," the police briefing said.

"Four of the victims, three females and one male, were dead at the scene ... One female died at the hospital, the two males are in critical condition and the female is in stable condition."

The police statement also said it appeared a party was being held at the house.
"The ballistic evidence on the scene leads police to believe that two different weapons were discharged from two different people.

"Shots were fired from an alley to the rear of [the house]. Partygoers appeared to try to run into the residence at which point a person on the side or backyard adjacent to the residence fired at the back porch.

"All four of the individuals who died at the scene died on that back porch."
Police said the investigation had just begun.