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One person was killed and six people were injured when multiple shots were fired at a crowded New Year’s house party early Thursday morning.

Police were still looking for the shooter in the evening and said it was unclear whether more than one offender was involved, and what the motive was.

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Acting duty inspector Quinn Jacques said more than 50 people, many of whom identified themselves to police as members of local “African communities,” were at a house in the 1900 block of 36th Street S.W. when the shots rang out around 5 a.m.

One of the victims was on life support at Foothills Hospital on Thursday morning. His cousin identified him as Abdullahi Ahmed, in his mid-20s, and said he was shot in the forehead.

Late Thursday afternoon, police said the victim had died in hospital, becoming the city’s first homicide of 2015.

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The remaining six victims are in their 20s and 30s and had injuries ranging from minor to serious but stable.