Several shootings in downtown Orlando on Halloween night left at least seven people wounded, according to reports.
The gunshot victims included a 16-year-old and three innocent bystanders, WESH 2 News reported citing a statement from local police.
All were taken to nearby hospitals and were expected to survive.
Police were investigating at least five separate incidents in which gunfire erupted around the city.
The first shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. Sunday on East Robinson Street near Lake Eola Park, where three people were shot and wounded, WFTV 9 reported.
The second shooting occurred just after 1 a.m. Monday on Orange Avenue near Central Boulevard, where four people were shot, the station said.
None of their injuries were life-threatening, reports said.
No suspects had been named or taken into custody as of Monday afternoon, WESH reported.
In the first shooting, the 16-year-old victim was apparently targeted following a feud on social media, Police Chief Orlando Rolón told WESH.
On Sunday night, the teenage victim came face-to-face with the rival in the downtown area and shots were fired. Three people who had nothing to do with the confrontation wound up being shot, reports said.
The circumstances that led to the second shooting were not immediately clear, police told both news outlets.
Authorities continue to investigate whether the two incidents might have been related.
Rolón also described several other shootings in the city the same night, including a gunfight between two vehicles, a barrage of gunfire on the city’s west side and the wounding of an unidentified victim near some railroad tracks in the downtown area, WESH reported.
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