(CNN) Two people were killed and three others injured Friday in Missouri when gunfire erupted at a gathering in the St. Louis County city of Kinloch, police said. Willoid Williams told CNN affiliate KMOV that he was in the area for a "neighborhood celebration" at a park that started "peaceful and beautiful" and then turned violent. Officers who responded about 6:30 p.m. were told "five adult male victims had self transported to area hospitals," according to St. Louis County Police. Two victims were pronounced dead at a hospital and three others sustained non-life threatening injuries, police said in a statement. Williams told the station that a truck pulled up near the park -- about 12 miles northwest of St. Louis -- and at least three people "just started shooting."

Source: CNN May 08, 2021 15:11 UTC