Another woman was killed in the same neighborhood a short while later

A 7-year-old boy was killed in a mass shooting at a birthday party in southwest Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday night.

Three others, two adults and a child, were wounded at the party, but are expected to make a full recovery, according to The Charlotte Observer.

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The 7-year-old victim has been identified as Kevin Antonio Calderon Rodas. Neighbors said that he and his family had just moved into the home where the shooting happened.

“It’s a sad state of affairs in this city and our country when a 7-year-old boy can’t be free to celebrate at a birthday party without being murdered,” Deputy Chief Jeff Estes said in a press conference Sunday. “If you know something about this crime and you don’t say something, we ask that you clear your conscience and let us know what you know so there will be no more senseless loss of life.”

He added: “If nothing else will compel you other than a 7-year-old boy being killed at a birthday party, I’m not for sure what will.”

As police were investigating that shooting, they heard gunshots just a few blocks over. When they arrived, they found 30-year-old Laquanta Franchez Young dying of her wounds on her porch. A man sitting next to her was also shot in the leg.

Witnesses said that they were fired upon in a drive-by shooting.

Police have not commented on whether the two shootings are related, but after there were reports of a person with a high-powered rifle in the area, officers “got out on foot and walked shoulder-to-shoulder down the streets to make sure there was no further violence,” Estes told The Observer.

Authorities did say they do not believe the shootings were random, but thus far, they have no suspects.

“I’d love to be able to put a suspect description out there,” Estes said. “We have nothing concrete.”