PRINCETON, W.Va. — Four people were shot at the Days Inn in Princeton Friday night during a family gathering.
All four are hospitalized. There conditions were not immediately released.
Police said there was an argument and two family members opened fire on one another. Others were hit with the shots.
One of the shooters is among the four people hospitalized. A child is also one of the victims, authorities said.
The second alleged shooter turned himself in to police a few hours after the shooting.
Police have not released the names of those involved.
Mercer County Sheriff’s Dept. Lt. L.B. Murphy told WVNS-TV it was a chaotic scene.
“We responded to a multiple shooting, people were down. We get here, we find out there are possibly two shooters, where multiple shots were fired,” Murphy said. “We’ve got some individuals at the hospital now with some gunshot wounds, and right now, we’re just starting to process the scene, so we’re really just now getting into it.”
The mass shooting occurred at a gathering at the hotel’s conference center at a few minutes before 8 p.m. Friday.