One person is in critical condition, police said.
Eugene Police Department Chief Chris Skinner the scene is"dynamic" and"one that's going to take us a while to process," in a briefing early Saturday morning. At around 9:30 p.m. local time, police said they responded to a shooting at WOW Hall in Eugene, Oregon. WOW Hall's interim executive director and board chair said in a Six unnamed victims were transported to a local hospital with gunshot wounds.
All classes at WOW Hall have been canceled until further notice and all employees who were working or volunteering Friday are safe and accounted for, the WOW Hall statement said. Although a suspect is not yet in custody, Skinner said police are aware of a male wearing a hoodie who was seen running away from the scene after the incident. He said officials believe at this time that there was only one suspect and that there is no significant safety risk to the public.
"We really don't have a lot of information," Skinner said."Detectives are doing the very best they can to try and ascertain what happened tonight.""What law enforcement found when they came on scene is what you would exactly expect when six people just got shot," he said."They're trying to get out of here. Their friends are on the ground. They're trying to help and unfortunately it just made it very difficult to control.
The police chief called on witnesses at the event to come forward with any relevant information on the incident, which he said is"one of the highest profile shootings" the city of Eugene has experienced.
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