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       Shooting at California NFL-watch party leaves 4 dead, 6 wounded A manhunt for suspects is underway in Fresno, California after gunfire breaks out at a backyard football party.

       California police are on the hunt Monday for a group of “unknown suspects” who opened fire last night at a backyard football viewing party in Fresno and left four people dead.

       Investigators say 10 people overall were hit with gunfire during the incident, which unfolded around 8 p.m. local time.

       Three people were reported dead at the scene, while a fourth succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital. Five of those wounded had non-life threatening injuries while a sixth person is being treated after he was grazed by a bullet, according to Fresno Deputy Chief Michael Reid.

       “What we do know is that this was a gathering, a family and friend gathering in the backyard,” Lt. Bill Dooley told the Fresno Bee. “Everyone was watching football this evening when unknown suspects approached the residence, snuck into the backyard and opened fire.”

       Police and other emergency responders at the shooting scene Sunday night in Fresno, Calif. (FOX 26 of Fresno)

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       Reid told reporters at a Sunday night news conference that all 10 of the victims were Asian males between the ages of 25 and 35, and about three dozen people attended the party.

       “Thank God that no kids were hurt, because there were several kids and females there in attendance at this party,” Reid said.

       As of Monday morning, no descriptions of the suspects were available.

       “We are going to everything that we can to find out who the perpetrators are and bring them to justice,” Reid added.

       Fresno City Councilman Luis Chavez, who represents the southeast portion of the city, where the shooting occurred, described it a "senseless and criminal act."

       “This action is not a reflection of our community and our officers are working diligently to piece together the sequence of events that led up to this, but more importantly, to bring all those involved to justice,” Chavez told the Fresno Bee.

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       Investigators on scene included personnel from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

       The slayings in Fresno followed a recent wave of violence in California that has included the murder-suicide deaths of a family in San Diego on Saturday; the deaths of two high school students in Santa Clarita plus the shooter on Thursday; and the deaths of at least four people at a house party in Orinda on Halloween night.

       Neighborhood resident Choua Vang told the Fresno Bee that a nearby resident's house had been shot at just the previous week.

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       “We’re thinking about moving out of the neighborhood,” he said. “We don’t know how many more shootings there will be.”

       Earlier Sunday, a man in his 20s was fatally shot in another part of the city. Police did not say whether the two shooting incidents were related.

       The Associated Press contributed to this report.