Three teen girls were injured when gunfire erupted outside a party at a Hueytown recreation center.

Hueytown Police Chief Mickey Willis said officers responded about 10:30 p.m. Friday to the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center on Forest Road. The initial call reported multiple gunshots had been fired, and the police department received follow up calls saying several people had been shot.

Three juvenile girls showed up at the police station with injuries, Willis said. One had been shot in the arm, a second girl had been shot in the leg and third had minor injuries. They were treated by medics on the scene and then transported to the hospital.

The preliminary investigation shows the community center had been rented for a private party. During the festivities, someone reported someone else breaking into a car in the parking lot. The party-goers went outside where a fight erupted among several juveniles and shots were fired by some males, Willis said.

Detectives are working to identify those who fired the shots, and the investigation is ongoing.