(CNN) North Carolina authorities are investigating a shooting that unfolded shortly after midnight inside a Salisbury restaurant, leaving nine people injured, at least six of them from gunfire, police said. Sunday's incident happened after a party at Thelma's Down Home Cooking, located on a commercial thoroughfare in the city of 34,000 located about 45 miles northeast of Charlotte. One victim was shot in the chest, Salisbury police said in a statement, while five others were treated for gunshot wounds at Rowan Regional Medical Center. A seriously injured victim was flown to Wake Forest Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, the statement said. The most seriously injured victim is in stable condition, police said.

Source: CNN January 26, 2020 13:20 UTC