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8 wounded in shooting at Southern California home

Victims were taken to hospitals, and two were listed in critical condition, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.

LOS ANGELES — A shooting at a Southern California home left eight people wounded, authorities said Saturday.

Our affiliate ABC7 in Los Angeles reported authorities were dispatched shortly after midnight after the shooting occurred at a pool party in the city of Carson, south of Los Angeles.

Victims were taken to hospitals, and two were listed in critical condition, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.

The victims range in age from 16 to 24, the statement said. Five were found at the home with injuries to the head, back and upper and lower body areas, the statement said.

Authorities said they received a call two minutes later after a vehicle crashed into a wall nearby. They found a 16-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound, the statement said.

More than a dozen detectives are investigating, authorities said. No further information is available at this time. 

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