a woman died and at least 14 injured after a shooting in a bar

A 20-year-old woman has died and at least 14 people were injured in a Sunday morning shooting at a bar in Saint Paul, capital of Minnesota, United States, local police reported.

Several 911 callers were “desperately crying for help,” reporting gunshots at a busy bar on West Seventh Street, one block from the Xcel Energy Center.

The Saint-Paul Police Department said in a statement that so far there are no prisoners for this fact, whose causes and perpetrators are under investigation.

Police said their units visited a crowded bar in the city shortly after midnight, where they discovered a “chaotic scene” with 15 people injured by gunshot wounds.

One of them, a woman in her twenties, died at the scene, while 14 others were transferred to area hospitals for treatment.

Police have indicated that all the other wounded “survive”.

Township Police Chief Todd Axtell said people in the bar, “in an instant, they found themselves trapped in a hellish situation“.

“We won’t stop until we find those responsible for this madness,” Axtell added.

On its Twitter account, the Saint-Paul Police Department reported, “We are investigating a shooting that occurred in Block 200 West Seventh Street. Several people were transported to hospitals in the region. We are currently collecting more information and will have an update later this morning. More information available. “

Preliminary information indicates that there was “Various” attackers with firearms.

The statement said the motive for the shooting “has not yet been determined.”

With the death of the woman they rose to 32 homicides that have taken place in this city so far this yearthe police added.

With information from EFE.