Bowling alley shooting kills 3, injures 4

Three people were killed and four more injured when shots were fired in a bowling alley in Torrance, California, late Friday.

All seven of the victims were male, and at least two of those wounded have been hospitalized. Eyewitness accounts and limited statements from authorities so far suggest the shooting occurred after a fight broke out between two groups of people.

A patron named Wes Hamad, who was bowling with his niece, told The Associated Press he saw a "huge fight" followed by "complete chaos" that temporarily blocked the facility's exit. "I grabbed my niece and started running towards the far end of the bowling alley," he said. "As we were running, we heard 15 shots."

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The police investigation is ongoing, and no suspects have yet been publicly identified. Torrance is a coastal suburb on the southwest side of Los Angeles.