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Fresno Police: Backyard Where 10 Shot Likely Targeted, 'We Just Don't Know Why'

The victims were all Asian males between 25 and 35. "Most of them had jerseys on," said the deputy police chief. "And it looks like something terrible happened."
People console one another near the backyard where 10 men were shot, four fatally, on Sunday evening in Fresno, Calif.

A gunman walked into a backyard party in Fresno, Calif., where people had gathered to watch football on Sunday evening, and opened fire, killing four people and wounding six.

Fresno PoliceSunday night it's "very likely" the party was targeted, "we just don't know why."

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