Goodyear house party shooting leaves 1 dead, another injured

GOODYEAR, Ariz. - A man is dead and another is injured following reports of gunshots at a house party in Goodyear overnight.

What we know:

There were multiple reports of juveniles and young adults hearing multiple gunshots while leaving a house party near Indian School Road and Citrus Road in Goodyear just before 2 a.m. on Aug. 15.

"There's a gigantic bullet hole in the back of that white car that was right here, and you can see obviously all of the blood splatter going two houses down," neighbor Chris Wagner told FOX 10.

Goodyear Police arrived to a "chaotic scene," and found a man near Indian School Road with life-threatening injuries. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died.

Another man suffered a minor graze wound and took himself to a nearby hospital, according to the police department. He has since been treated and released.

What they're saying:

Neighbors described how it sounded hearing the overnight gunshots in what some say is a relatively safe area.

"I thought it was fireworks," a neighbor said. "We do get a lot of fireworks going off at odd times, but not gunshots."

"Just several barrages of gunfire," another neighbor added. "When I looked out the window, the street had tons of cars, kids were running, getting up on people's porches."

"My husband was up, and he heard multiple noises, bang I guess," neighbor Lona Bruncie said. "He thought they were…they sounded like gunshots….We've lived here six years. We've never experienced that."

Dig deeper:

Wagner said that the house involved has had problems in the past. 

"Different teenage issues, kids showing up, fights, that kind of thing, but this, what happened here, that's the first time anything like that has ever happened," Wagner said. 

Meanwhile, neighbors are hoping this situation never happens again.

"You think that you live in a safe neighborhood and you hope that you do but unfortunately bad people are in all neighborhoods and bad things can happen," Bruncie said. 

What we don't know:

There are no suspects in custody, and the events leading up to the shooting remain unknown.

Police have not said how many people were at the party or who hosted it. 

Traffic Restrictions:

As police investigated the active homicide scene, "with a large investigative footprint," drivers were asked to avoid the area of Indian School Road and Loop 303, as both directions were restricted on Saturday afternoon. 

The neighborhood was blocked off through Saturday evening, but has since cleared.

Map of the nearby area of the house party shooting. 

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