Police: 1 dead, 5 wounded after shooting at a Phoenix house

PHOENIX (AP) — A man was killed and five other people suffered non-life threatening gunshot wounds after a shooting at Phoenix house party, according to authorities.

Phoenix police said officers responded to the scene around 2 a.m. Sunday.

An unidentified man in his early 40s was pronounced dead at the scene while three men and two women were taken to hospitals for treatment of their wounds.

Police said there was a physical fight between several men during the party and the suspect pulled out a gun and shot multiple times into the crowd as he was attempting to run away.

After the shooting, the man was held down by witnesses until police arrived and took him into custody.

Police said the suspect remains in hospital for treatment of a laceration.

The name of the man who died was being withheld until his relatives could be notified.