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, "OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE SUNKARAS." RIGHT NOW, DES MOINES POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE SHOOTING OF SIX PEOPLE OVERNIGHT. IT HAPPENED OUTSIDE A HOUSE PARTY IN THE 1200 BLOCK OF SAMPSON STREET. THE HOMEOWNERS SAY IT STARTED AS A BIRTHDAY PARTY THAT REACHED NEARLY 150 PEOPLE. AROUND 1:30 AM, THEY ASKED PEOPLE TO LEAVE AND AS KCCI INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER ALEX SCHUMAN REPORTS, THAT’S WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENE >> WE TRIED TO WRAP HIM UP WITH TISSUES AND LIKE THE T-SHIRT AND STUFF TO STOP THE BLOOD. ALEX: ANDREW BOWEY SAYS HE DIDN’T KNOW THE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS HURT AFTER A SHOOTING OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSE SUNDAY MORNING. >> HE DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING. HE WAS JUST ON THE FLOOR. CALM. ALEX: BOWEY SAYS THEY TOLD EVERYONE TO GO HOME FROM HIS COUSIN’S BIRTHDAY PARTY. THEY KEPT PARTYING IN THE STREET AND 10 MINUTES LATER, GUNSHOTS. >> I WAS IN MY ROOM. ALL I HEARD WAS SCREAMING. AND THEN OUT OF NOWHERE, I HEARD NO NOISE. THEN A COUPLE SECONDS LATER I HEARD SCREAMING AGAN AND THEN THE SHOOTING. >> IT’S A MIRACLE NOBODY WAS KILLED. ALEX: POLICE SAY SIX PEOPLE WERE SHOT. TWO 16-YEAR-OLDS, TWO 17 EUROS, -- 17-YEAR-OLDS, AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD AND A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD. THREE MALES AND 3 FEMALES. DETECTIVES RETURNED TO LOOK FOR MORE EVIDENCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE BROUGHT IN ABOUT A DOZEN WITNESSES AND TALKED WITH VICTIMS. AT THIS POINT IN THE INVESTIGATION, POLICE SAY THEY DON’T THINK THE SHOOTING HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PARTY. INSTEAD THE SHOOTERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN TARGETING SOMEONE IN THE CROWD. >> THERE’S BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH WITNESSES THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A RIVAL GANG ISSUE HERE. ALEX: EVERYONE HURT IN THIS SHOOTING IS EXPECTED TO BE OK. POLICE ARE ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY’S HELP TO PREVENT MORE VIOLENCE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE. >> IT’S THAT MIX THAT WE KEEP SEEING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. GUNS AND KIDS. AND IT’S GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR AGGRESSIVE APPROACH. WE NEED THE COMMUNITY’S SUPPORT TO DO WHAT THEY CAN. AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET ACCOMPLISHED BEFORE THIS SUMMER GETS ANY WOR

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Authorities say they are searching for a gunman who shot and wounded several people after a house party on Des Moines’ east side. The shooting happened early Sunday in the 1200 block of Sampson Street, officials said. Homeowners said 150 people attended a birthday party that ended in gunfire when someone pulled up and opened fire on a crowd of people standing in the street. Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said in a news release that six people were taken to nearby hospitals with gunshot wounds. "We tried to wrap him up with tissues and like the T-shirt and stuff to stop the blood," said Andrew Bowey, who tried to help one of the victims. The victims – three males and three females ages 16 to 20 – were in stable condition as of Monday morning. They’re expected to be OK. “I was in my room – all I heard was screaming,” one neighbor said. “Then out of nowhere, I heard no noise. A couple of seconds later, I heard screaming again and then the shooting.” Parizek said it was a “miracle” that nobody was killed. He said the shooter might have been targeting someone in the crowd. Investigators have interviewed about a dozen witnesses, but no arrests have been made as of Monday morning. Meanwhile, police say they are asking for the community’s help to prevent more violence among young people. “It’s that mix that we keep seeing over and over and over again: guns and kids,” Parizek said. “It’s getting to that point where we’re going to continue our aggressive approach.”“We need the community’s support to do what they can and see what we can get accomplished before this summer gets any worse,” he said. Check back with KCCI-TV, kcci.com or our mobile app for developments to this story.